- Generated registry validation always re-renders recorded semantics with the current fixer
- Validation canonicalizes the rendering like the installer
- Renderer changes need no version bump
- The renderer identity SPI, both identity strings and the identity-based source preference are gone
- New captures record the fixer class as an informational renderer identity
- The v1 history format is unchanged
- The modded forced datapack, world check and datapack command use the runtime data version
- That is the same data version validation uses
- Tests cover a renderer change under an unchanged identity
- Tests cover 26.3 bare natural_mob_spawns history against the overlay rendering
- Tests cover semantic round trips for every supported fixer
- 26.3 custom biomes write natural_mob_spawns as an overlay modifier with its argument, matching vanilla biomes
- NeoForge biome modifiers can add spawns to Iris biomes again
- The 26.3 custom biome codec test checks the overlay modifier
- PregenChunkRetention holds every chunk in a FULL request's dependency square until all in-area regions reaching it drained; drained regions keep only the border strips undrained neighbours need
- Removes the unload/reload churn (about 1.5 reloads per generated chunk at r1000: lattice passes, next region's border, future-region and ring protos)
- Capped at one chunk per MB of heap; over the cap the drained strips farthest from the active region are released; heap pressure and close release everything
- Regions still save and unload at drain; the early-unload test now pins that plus border retention
- Limit terrain cleanup to affected columns and batch cave boundary reads.
- Reuse offline generation workers and native air states.
- Gather history writes and defer unpublished append synchronization until atomic publication.
- Cover terrain parity, worker lifecycle, history durability, and publication failures.
Brian Neumann-Fopiano