Auto-Shield Reborn

Added

• NeoForge support on MC 26.3. The 26 NeoForge matrix stopped at 26.2. NeoForge does ship 26.3 (now 26.3.0.6-beta); the actual blocker was ModDevGradle. On 2.0.140 the NFRT :createMinecraftArtifacts recompile dies inside Minecraft's own source -- NeoForge's access transformer widens HolderSet.Named.contents() to public and the widening is not propagated to the anonymous subclass HolderSet.emptyNamed returns, so javac rejects the recompiled game before a line of mod source is compiled. MDG 2.0.147 builds the identical cell clean.

Changed

• 26.3 cell moved from MC 26.3-snapshot-7 to MC 26.3 (stable, 2026-09-15). The snapshot-exclusive single-build pin is replaced by the ordinary closed prerelease-inclusive range >=26.3- <26.4 (Fabric) / [26.3,26.4) (NeoForge). Resource pack_format 95 -> 97 in compat.resource_format(), read from 26.3's own resources/version.json.
• fabric-api 0.156.2+26.3 -> 0.161.0+26.3, fabric-loader 0.19.3 -> 0.19.5, ModMenu 21.0.0-alpha.1 -> 21.0.0-beta.1, NeoForge 26.3.0.6-beta, ModDevGradle 2.0.147.

Notes

• No source change required, and the one gate that looked dangerous is not. 26.3-rc-1 re-signatured LivingEntity.blockUsingItem and blockedByItem (both gain a trailing boolean fullyBlocked) and changed behaviour so a fully blocked hit no longer knocks the attacker back. That is the obvious hazard for a shield mod, but ASR does not touch either method: its blocking path goes through the BLOCKS_ATTACKS data component on the item, which rc-1 leaves alone. The snapshot-7 swing break was already handled by compat.swing_anim() in 1.2.1.
• Only the 26.3 cells were rebuilt; every other cell keeps the version it already shipped.