[BDS-19921] Keep inventory keeps turning off

I have used keepinventory on my vanilla Minecraft server for about 18 months and it has been set to "true" for most of this time. The latest update seems to have set it to "False" - I have reset it to "true", but every time I restart the server, it sets back to "False". This is the same whether cheats are enabled, or if I have completely re-copied the files from a new download. I cannot get past this and it seems to only be this one setting that won't save after a restart.

Server is hosted on Windows 11, fully patched

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MCPE-189071 Keepinventory setting reverts to false on server reboot Resolved

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yunyize 2024-12-07T13:24:22Z

Yes! I encountered the same problem as you. My server had no problems with not dropping items when I died in previous versions, but after upgrading to this version, every time I turned on the option of not dropping items when I died, it would be shut down after a few minutes and restarted. This caused me to die many times. I hope to alert the authorities!

yunyize 2024-12-07T13:25:25Z

my server run in Ubuntu Server 20.04，my client is Windows11

Vasik96 2024-12-07T18:39:02Z

can confirm, also happening to me.

erzeitz 2024-12-09T22:03:42Z

The bug is present in Linux. Steps to reproduce:

Download a new server executable.
Start the server with default properties file.
Check game rules with command /gamerule and observe keepInventory is set to false.
set keep inventory using command /gamerule keepInventory true.
Verify game rules are update with command /gamerule and observe keepInventory is now set to true.
Restart server and the keepInventory setting is reverted back to false.
Do same thing with game rule doWeatherCycle and observe that this setting persists through server reboots.

ktg004 2024-12-12T05:31:20Z

mine has issues as well. hope to get resolved asap

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james_tw 2024-12-14T14:45:15Z

This remains present in 1.21.51.02 - Same steps as per the linux ones below duplicate the same problem. The problem is still with the gamerule Keepinventory.

Hippie459MN 2024-12-24T11:36:25Z

I can confirm this issue is still present in 1.21.51.02 bedrock windows server. I can set the gamerule to true and it will remain set to True, until the server reboots (every morning at 4am for me) then its set to false again. Hopefully there is a fix soon!

[MCQA] krbaj 2024-12-24T15:21:50Z

Hello! Do you stop the server by entering the "Stop" command in the server console?
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mattcaron 2024-12-24T15:58:16Z

I do not issue a stop command on the server console before stopping the server.

Note: Full disclosure, I'm running the Linux version, unlike the OP. As reported in other comments, the bug exists in that version too.

james_tw 2024-12-24T16:15:39Z

I do indeed issue a "stop" command on the server - I ensure that the server is cleanly shut down using this command every time.

To clarify:

I start the server
Run "gamerule" and keepinventory is turned off
Run "gamerule keepinventory true"
Run "gamerule" and keepinventory is turned on
Stop the server (with the stop command)
Start the server
Run "gamerule" and keepinventory is turned back off

This didn't used to happen until the 1.21.50 update

Hippie459MN 2024-12-24T20:29:15Z

Yes. The issue of keep inventory disabling itself on any reboot is happening weather I type the stop command in the server console, or if it closes without typing stop in the server console. Either situation, I have to rerun ' /gamerule keepInventory true' whenever the server is restarted. This issue started with v1.21.50 for me and still present on 1.21.51.02

gabknight 2024-12-30T17:31:12Z

Same issue here, running bedrock server on Windows. keepinventory is always false when starting the server.

Zheteng123123 2025-01-05T13:18:21Z

I found a way to temporarily solve the problem.

Use NBT editors (Or VS code with NBT viewer add-on) to open the level.dat file in the world folder, set cheatsEnabled to 1 and keepinventory to 1. Then no matter how you turn on or shut down the server, the keepinventory gamerule will not be closed. You can have a try.

james_tw 2025-01-05T13:30:28Z

Funnily enough, I've tried that and it didn't seem to work for me, even when I set the file to read only...

Jon Tabor 2025-01-08T00:06:40Z

I also see this issue - when you restart BDS, keepInventory is toggled to false, even if no configuration changes are made. This is...inconvenient, to say the least, and a breaking change from previous behavior (where gamerules were kept between server restarts, even in hard mode).

[MCQA] v-jakublu 2025-01-14T14:49:30Z

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james_tw 2025-01-14T15:13:11Z

Steps to reproduce:
1. Start the Minecraft server
2. Run "Gamerule" - verify that "keepinventory" is set to "False"
3. Run "gamerule keepinventory true" - verify that the command was successful with the successful output
4. Run "gamerule" and verify that "keepinventory" is set to "true"
5. Issue a "stop" command and wait for the server to stop cleanly
6. Start the Minecraft server
7. Run "Gamerule" - verify that "keepinventory" is set to "False"

Observed Results:
The Minecraft server doesn't maintain "keepinventory" as true after a server restart. This has started since 1.21.50 and has persisted since subsequent updates. This did NOT happen prior to the update - "keepinventory" would persist as true after a server restart

Expected Results:
"keepinventory" should persist as true after a server restart as it used to do prior to 1.21.50

james_tw 2025-01-16T20:11:53Z

Is there an update on this at all as my server restarted itself and I lost a lot of inventory...

[Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay) 2025-01-28T15:48:50Z

If you have a copy of the world available, you might like to upload a copy of it for investigation.

On Windows 10 you can use the Export world feature.

If the world is larger than 10MB you can upload the world to OneDrive or a similar file sharing site, and then share the link.

james_tw 2025-01-28T19:46:49Z

This isn't isolated to a single world and I can replicate this problem on any world I create. That said, this is a link to one of many worlds that I can replicate this problem on:

MinecraftSupport

This is an expiring link that will expire on the 13th February

Zheteng123123 2025-01-29T03:59:50Z

This issue may only happen if you upgrade the world from old versions to 1.21.50. Worlds created after that version have no problem.

james_tw 2025-01-29T05:09:12Z

The world uploaded there was created as a fresh 1.21.50 version and has the same problem.

This was also a completely fresh build, not updated.

[Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay) 2025-01-29T13:19:19Z

Thanks for providing a world - would it be possible to share it as a zip file please? (The way it was shared the files cannot be downloaded together.)

james_tw 2025-01-29T17:51:32Z

Please check now - I have zipped it

Keep inventory keeps turning off - won't save

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