[MC-129718] Hover events are removed from an entity's name when showing it in chat

The bug

When you hover over the name of an entity's name in chat with a hoverEvent, the hover event doesn't show. This is (most likely) because of the fix for MC-124024 even though hoverEvents cannot be exploited.

How to reproduce

Summon an entity with a hoverEvent in its name:

/summon minecraft:armor_stand ~ ~ ~ {CustomName:"{\"text\":\"hover\",\"hoverEvent\":{\"action\":\"show_text\",\"value\":\"hi\"}}"}

→The hover event doesn't work

Linked issues

is duplicated by 1

MC-251671 Raw JSON text doesn't work completely in mob naming Resolved

relates to 1

MC-124024 click- and hoverEvents are not removed from item and entity names before they are shown in chat, allowing tricking players Resolved

Comments 7

kumasasa 2018-05-16T16:06:42Z

Exactly that is the fix of MC-124024
Edit: That ticket is no longer private.

AlexMCool 2018-05-16T17:03:09Z

@unknown the thing is, there's nothing harmful about hover events

AlexMCool 2018-05-16T17:07:14Z

I don't understand why MC-124024 suggested that hoverEvents should also be disabled in the first place

user-f2760 2018-05-16T18:14:10Z

Agreed, hover events cannot be exploited, only click events.

[Bot] Arisa 2018-06-04T16:38:49Z

Please do not mark unreleased versions as affected.
You don't have access to them yet.

[Bot] Arisa 2019-03-14T15:29:28Z

Please do not mark unreleased versions as affected.
You don't have access to them yet.

Avoma 2021-01-30T16:29:37Z

Can confirm in 21w03a.