If you put items in a shulker box (that's been placed). Then if you leave the game all of those items that were put in the shulker box aren't there anymore. Any shulker boxes that have not been placed in the world before you leave the game are not affected.
MC-140017
Shulker Boxes aren't saving properly in the world
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Nick Terranova
(Unassigned)
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Minecraft 18w47a, Minecraft 18w47b
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