Release 5.9.0

changelogs/5.9.md

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+# 5.9.0
+Released 6th December 2023.
+
+**For Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.20.50**
+
+This is a support release for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.20.50.
+
+**Plugin compatibility:** Plugins for previous 5.x versions will run unchanged on this release, unless they use internal APIs, reflection, or packages like the `pocketmine\network\mcpe`  or `pocketmine\data` namespace.
+Do not update plugin minimum API versions unless you need new features added in this release.
+
+**WARNING: If your plugin uses the `pocketmine\network\mcpe` namespace, you're not shielded by API change constraints.**
+Consider using the `mcpe-protocol` directive in `plugin.yml` as a constraint if you're using packets directly.
+
+## General
+- Added support for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.20.50.
+- Removed support for older versions.
+
+## Fixes
+- Fixed `pitcher_plant` and `pitcher_pod` not being accepted by `StringToItemParser` (and therefore not being usable in commands).
+- Rotation of items in item frames in worlds from newer versions of Bedrock is now correctly loaded.
+- Fixed possible crash in block update sending if a chunk was unloaded during a previous chunk's block update syncing.
+- Fixed `AsyncTask::fetchLocal()` throwing an exception if `null` was stored in the local storage.
+
+## Documentation
+- `Server::prepareBatch()` is now correctly marked as `@internal`.
+- Updated documentation for `Server::prepareBatch()` to accurately reflect its behaviour.
+- Fixed incorrect path in doc comments of `EnumTrait` and `RegistryTrait`.
+
+## Internals
+- Added PHP 8.3 to the test matrix. This has not been thoroughly tested yet, so it should only be used for testing purposes.

src/VersionInfo.php

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 final class VersionInfo{
 	public const NAME = "PocketMine-MP";
-	public const BASE_VERSION = "5.8.3";
-	public const IS_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD = true;
+	public const BASE_VERSION = "5.9.0";
+	public const IS_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD = false;
 	public const BUILD_CHANNEL = "stable";
 
 	/**