Editing Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication (section)

==Timeline==

===March 30th, 2014===
A post titled "[https://bukkit.org/threads/cant-connect-to-my-beta-1-7-3-bukkit-server.250510/ Cant connect to my beta 1.7.3 bukkit server]" has appeared on bukkit.org forums - it seems to be the earliest mention of the issue, as the forum's staff member (at the time) has stated that "[https://bukkit.org/threads/cant-connect-to-my-beta-1-7-3-bukkit-server.250510/#post-2370332 older MC versions (...) no longer authenticate properly with Mojang's servers]".

===September 10th, 2019===
A user named "[https://web.archive.org/web/20200414095750/https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/WEB-1429 Rhys B]" has [https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/WEB-1429 reported a lack of authentication support] for older versions of Minecraft (affecting versions preceding Beta 1.8) on Mojang's bug reporting website, where they've explained the root cause of the issue.

===October 25th, 2021===
Mojang Studios has left their [https://web.archive.org/web/20211204004633/https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/WEB-1429 first note] on the issue, stating that they're "planning to work on this during the first quarter of 2022".

===April 27th, 2022===
The note [https://web.archive.org/web/20220429191927/https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/WEB-1429 has been changed], stating that they "will look into this during summer 2022", where Mojang staff member (at the time) stated that "it has been pushed back slightly" (see: latest comment under the [https://web.archive.org/web/20220429191927/https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/WEB-1429 archived version of the website]).