Minecraft 1.18 has been released a few hours ago, and our own preparations are underway! The entire network now accepts connections from 1.18 players on both Java and Bedrock editions, so you can continue playing right away. The actual update with 1.18 features will happen later.

Java players, for the best experience, I recommend continuing to use 1.17.1 for now. Bedrock players, let your auto-updater do its job, as you can now connect using either versions.

The actual upgrade will happen once all necessary server software has been updated and tested, including the plugins. We don't have a timeline for this yet.