[MC-126567] Phantoms despawning in day with PersistenceRequired

I have a need for phantoms that do not despawn during the day. I just tried spawning one with:

summon phantom ~ ~10 ~ {PersistenceRequired:1}

It appears to have still despawned.

I would think phantoms would have the PersistenceRequired tag, or should have it if it don't, just as every other mob does.

This causes name tags to be ineffectual.

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Seems to be working alright now in 18w10a or b with the new phantom behavior.

Yes, they fixed it in 18w10a with the new Texture and no spawning in End. Said that 'It made phantoms less derpy'