1.18-pre4, pre3, pre2 crash on launch

When selecting 1.18-pre4 in the Launcher and clicking Play, the launcher reloads with the error message:

"An unexpected error has occurred and the game has crashed. We're sorry for the inconvenience. Error code: 0"

This also affects 1.18-pre2 and 1.18-pre3, but not 1.18-pre1