The (Punch a tree, Craft wooden planks, etc) appear whenever I switch game versions then go back to 1.12
This happens on servers where I have already completed the toast tutorial and it sometimes interferes with gameplay (I am traveling in the Nether and it tells me to punch a tree and it doesn't go away until I punch a tree)
Your
options.txtis losing the status of your tutorial completion. Downgrading isn't supported; if you want to avoid this and other issues, use a separate game directory for profiles in older versions. The launcher makes that easy!