

Once they've done that they release it to the Bukkit development community who test the new BukkitCraft server with their plugins, the developers then have to update their plugins if necessary or request changes to the new CraftBukkit. The Bukkit team need to create a new CraftBukkit server JAR, doing their best to make it compatible with both the new client as well as maintaining and extending the new features to the plugin support.

The Bukkit team cannot start work on a release to work with the new client until they have access to the new minecraft_server.jar. Major updates contain significant changes that would cause issues like server and client instability or even data corruption should the server allow a client of an incompatible version to connect. Whenever the minecraft_server.jar and minecraft.jar receive a major update, users may find that they cannot connect to CraftBukkit servers, typically receiving an 'Outdated Server' message. Pick the version of Minecraft that matches the server’s version, which can be found above the server name.What to do if a new version of Minecraft is available and the players on your server have updated and can't connect to your server.In this case, you’ll need to revert to a previous version of the game in order to connect. Typically, the game launcher uses the latest edition of Minecraft, but sometimes, a server hasn’t updated just yet. Server Mismatch: Other times, you try to connect on PC or Xbox and get the Outdated Client error because your edition of the game is different than the server’s version.Accept the terms and conditions, and the game will have to reinstall with the normal version of the game. Next, select “Manage.” Now, click on “Unenroll” to leave the beta preview version.If you’ve joined, you’ll need to go back into the Xbox Insider app, head to “Insider Content,” and then select “ Minecraft.This is an app on your Xbox and Windows platform that lets you opt-in to play the beta version of the game. Unenroll from the Minecraft Beta: On the Microsoft side, you can opt into the beta program via the Xbox Insider Hub for the Beta program.However, there’s an extra wrinkle on the Xbox and Windows 10 versions of the game when trying to fix the Outdated Client error. All console versions work basically the same way.
