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Changelog

• Added a null check for the optional converter by @DoubleNico in #2485
• Fix PacketContainer serialiation (#2478) by @Mr-EmPee in #2479
• Added factory method for initializing WrappedDataValue by @lukalt in #2523
• Fixed PING packet for 1.19.1 and 1.19.2 by @Fanfaryy in #2518
• Improve async packet processing logic by @Ingrim4 in #2503
• Update for 1.20.2 by @derklaro in #2501
• fix invalid packet types due to state mismatch when calling packet events by @derklaro in #2568
• improve support for custom payloads in 1.20.2 by @derklaro in #2553
• Fix async handler scheduler support for folia by @Ingrim4 in #2531
• update dependencies & gradle by @derklaro in #2589
• Cache if a class has a default instance by @Jpx3 in #2676
• 1.20.4 update by @dmulloy2 & @TrainmasterHD in #2683
• Fixed setting Base64 favicon for 1.19.4 or later by @lukalt in #2533
• Fallback to the HANDSHAKING protocol if no packet type is found in the registry by @nickuc

Full Changelog: 5.1.0...5.2.0