[MC-144357] data modify ignores selectors in text

Using a mcfunction to copy a player's name onto an entity (a zombie in this example) as such...

execute as @s run data modify entity @e[type=zombie,limit=1,distance=..6] CustomName set value "{\"text\":\"Zombie \",\"selector\":\"@s\"}"

Names the entity "Zombie " and ignores the selector portion of the string.

I even tried specifying my own <playername> in place of the @s selector, and it still ignores the selector string portion.

Linked issues

duplicates 1

MC-131328 The "score" and "selector", and "nbt" text component content types do not get resolved if the text component is the name of an item, entity or scoreboard objective Resolved

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Arisa Bot 2021-01-16T00:56:36Z

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We're tracking this issue in MC-131328, so this ticket is being resolved and linked as a duplicate.

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