brlw's Anti Ghost Gap

A lightweight client-side Fabric mod for version 1.21.11 that eliminates ghost golden apples by forcing a release at the exact tick consumption completes, and lets you hold right-click to continuously eat back-to-back- unlike Xicz Gap Releaser which does prevent ghost gaps the same that this mod does, but does not let you eat continuously.

The Problem

Golden apples take 32 ticks (1.6 seconds) to eat. In unmodded Minecraft, after the timer hits zero, the client keeps holding right-click until the server responds with confirmation. On any amount of latency, those extra ticks of holding can desync the client and server — You ate the golden apple on your screen, but the server didn't detect it. That's a ghost gap.

How It Works

• Tracks client-side eat timer — monitors itemUseTimeLeft while you're eating a golden apple
• Waits for server confirmation — listens for inventory slot update packets from the server, which confirm the item was actually consumed
• Force-releases at the perfect tick — the instant both conditions are met (timer expired + server confirmed), it sets useKey to false, stopping the eat cleanly with zero over-hold
• Hold-to-gap — after the force-release, if you're still physically holding right-click and have another golden apple, it immediately re-initiates eating on the next tick with no delay
• This is the same proven approach used by mods like Xicz Gap Releaser and Optimal Eat, but with hold-to-gap built in and no messages in the action bar.

Features:

• Auto-release at the exact completion tick (no ghost gaps)
• Hold right-click to continuously eat golden apples back-to-back
• Toggle the entire mod on/off with a keybind
• Works with both regular and enchanted golden apples
• Client-side only, no server modifications needed