Answer: The latest Minecraft release version is 26.3, and the latest snapshot is 26.4-snapshot-8.
Status: Confirmed
Entry: version/minecraft
Revision: 1
Digest: sha256:adbf44e9fe685ec3 (changes whenever the content changes)

Timeline:
  Created: 2026-11-12T10:34:18Z
  Last changed: 2026-11-12T10:34:18Z
  Last verified: 2026-11-12T11:33:58Z
  Next check: 2026-11-13T11:33:58Z
  Check interval: Daily
  Expected change: No fixed schedule

Data:
  Field | Value | Source | As of
  latest release | 26.3 | [1] | 2026-11-12
  latest snapshot | 26.4-snapshot-8 | [1] | 2026-11-12
  release releaseTime | 2026-09-15T11:23:02+00:00 | [1] | 2026-11-12
  snapshot releaseTime | 2026-11-10T14:20:05+00:00 | [1] | 2026-11-12

Sources:
  [1] Mojang Studios. "piston-meta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest_v2.json". https://piston-meta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest_v2.json
      Role: primary. Accessed: 2026-11-12T11:33:58Z
      Quote: ""latest": {"release": "26.3", "snapshot": "26.4-snapshot-8"}" (Supports: latest release, latest snapshot)
      Quote: ""id": "26.3", "type": "release", "url": "https://piston-meta.mojang.com/v1/packages/9f67e10ed013deeaad20ac3c800652765d493408/26.3.json", "time": "2026-11-10T06:58:51+00:00", "releaseTime": "2026-09-15T11:23:02+00:00"" (Supports: release releaseTime)
      Quote: ""id": "26.4-snapshot-8", "type": "snapshot", "url": "https://piston-meta.mojang.com/v1/packages/46f6dc6a5cefe084af0ce2ecf7f433c1222d4dd1/26.4-snapshot-8.json", "time": "2026-11-10T14:28:50+00:00", "releaseTime": "2026-11-10T14:20:05+00:00"" (Supports: snapshot releaseTime)
      Published: 2026-11-10T15:01:36Z
      Snapshot SHA-256: f27326fe134922d1c983d35e22d6508c8d0e93c790b60b9528863b085cef1ba6 (captured 2026-11-12T10:34:18Z)

Verification:
  Method: Automated extraction from [1] with deepseek-flash (JSON output, thinking disabled). Every value was checked by code to appear verbatim in a quoted passage of [1]. On this check the text of [1] was unchanged since 2026-11-12T10:34:18Z, so the values verified then were kept.
  Cross-check: not-available at 2026-11-12T11:33:58Z. No independent second source is configured for this entry
  Last successful check: 2026-11-12T11:33:58Z
  Last attempt: 2026-11-12T11:33:58Z

Notes and limitations:
  Extracted automatically from a single official source. Only the first 60,000 characters of the page text were read.

Change log:
  Time | Event | Change | Source
  2026-11-12T10:34:18Z | added | Entry created | —
  Changes for this entry as a feed: https://latestn.com/version/minecraft/latest

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How to cite:
    latestN. (2026). What is the latest Minecraft version? Revision 1, last verified 2026-11-12T11:33:58Z. https://latestn.com/version/minecraft (accessed 2026-11-12T12:50:34Z).

    @misc{latestN_version_minecraft_r1,
      title        = {What is the latest Minecraft version?},
      author       = {{latestN}},
      year         = {2026},
      howpublished = {\url{https://latestn.com/version/minecraft}},
      note         = {Revision 1; digest sha256:adbf44e9fe685ec3; last verified 2026-11-12T11:33:58Z; accessed 2026-11-12T12:50:34Z}
    }

URL: https://latestn.com/version/minecraft