[MC-137935] Skeletons do not shoot player when seeking shelter from sun

The bug

When skeletons seek shelter from the sun, but there is no nearby shelter, they start drawing their bow to attack the player but stop and continue to walk away.

How to reproduce

Go to a flat area, for example a Void superflat world with a platform
Set the time to day
Spawn some skeletons
Switch to Survival or Adventure mode

Linked issues

clones 1

MC-68155 Skeletons won't shoot/ignore player when on fire/seeking shelter from sun Resolved

relates to 1

MC-130052 Skeletons/Strays with melee weapons in water hiding from the sun can't decide if they should target the player Reopened

Comments 4

Adrian Östergård 2019-03-28T12:55:22Z

Is this still an issue in 19w13a?

[Mod] Neko 2019-04-15T06:38:31Z

Can reproduce on a void superflat world.

user-189af 2020-08-15T18:20:50Z

If they burn before seeing the player, they flee instead of targeting the player.

marcono1234 2020-08-16T14:41:10Z

@@unknown, the issue described here was that they would fail to shoot the player if there was not shelter around (which has been fixed). If you think the behavior you are experiencing is a bug please create a new report (after searching for existing ones).