[MC-147516] Hostile mobs will sometimes stop attacking/following their target when directly next to it

The bug

Hostile mobs attack players, villagers and iron golems normally, but sometimes they will just stop following the player for about a second. Sometimes it will stay next to the player if the player stays still. A video evidence and screenshot shown as proof.

These are the mobs I know so far who will sometimes stop attacking you for 1 second and staying next to you. Rest of them seems to work normally:

Vindicators
Zombified Piglins
Zombies/Zombie Villagers/Husks/Drowned
Endermen
Wither Skeletons
Silverfish
Endermites
Dolphins

(This relates to the latest report I just created: MC-148243)

Linked issues

is cloned by 1

MC-198068 Some entities randomly stop attacking or fleeing during pathfinding Reopened

is duplicated by 6

MC-151718 Some mobs don't keep attacking continuously after being blocked by shield. Resolved

MC-155070 Some hostile mobs stop attacking and stay next the player if the player near it Resolved

MC-158759 Vindicators are weird Resolved

MC-175105 Mobs don't attack other mobs when very close to them Resolved

MC-181186 Melee mobs can't attack you if standing too close Resolved

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relates to 3

MC-147691 Enderman doesn't hit / damage you, if you keep standing still Resolved

MC-184885 Mobs sometimes don't look at their targets when attacking in close range Open

MC-191642 Inconsistent mob melee attack rate / mobs double-attacking Reopened

Attachments

2019-04-05 15-44-09.mp4

Comments 22

Th0mas_02 2019-04-17T22:09:24Z

Still confirmed for 1.14 Pre-Release 4.

noTEing1563 2019-06-13T04:36:01Z

Still confirmed for 1.14 Release,1.14.1 Release,1.14.2 Release,1.14.3 Pre1 and 1.14.3 Pre2.

noTEing1563 2019-06-15T01:33:42Z

Confirmed for 1.14.3 Pre-Pelease 3.

DrownedZombie 2019-11-10T01:39:02Z

Is duplicated by MC-158759. Confirmed in 19w45b

Orbic 2020-02-29T01:29:35Z

Can confirm, and here's a list of more mobs I found with this issue:

-Pandas, especially when it's a grumpy one

-Hoglins

-Piglins

-Zombified Piglins

-Wither Skeletons

-Silverfish

-Endermites

-Wolves

The only two I'm unsure of are Vexes and Dolphins. Vexes wait a while before attacking but considering they float around and spawn it groups this may be intentional. Dolphin attacks seem bugged as a whole, They'll carry on as usual and then attack you.. sometimes. But prioritize even idle movement over it.

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Orbic 2020-03-04T22:17:22Z

Still in 20w10a

Orbic 2020-03-11T21:24:14Z

In 20w11a

awesome90 2020-03-19T07:59:04Z

In 20w12a

Jon1337 2020-03-19T21:45:07Z

Also seems to happen with Spiders sometimes, when you hit them

Jon1337 2020-03-28T20:38:45Z

Some mobs like Endermen and Baby Zombies sometimes do a weird back-and-forth run when they stop "idling" and try to attack the player again

The Crimson Creep 2020-04-15T17:59:43Z

In 20w16a

Orbic 2020-04-29T17:27:48Z

Affects 20w18a

DrownedZombie 2020-05-01T14:21:45Z

Piglins, hoglins and zoglins aren't affected

Orbic 2020-05-06T19:09:53Z

I tested again just now in 20w19a to see, and yes, Piglins, Hoglins and Zoglins are no longer affected. In fact, neither are Pandas, and Wolves. They've somehow.. stopped doing this. Don't know what could possibly cause that, but now the list is:

-Vindicators

-Zombified Piglins

-Zombies/Zombie Villagers/Husks/Drowned

-Endermen

-Wither Skeletons

-Silverfish

-Endermites

-Dolphins

I still can't confirm for spiders or cave spiders doing this. Perhaps MC-49129 is being mistaken for this bug.

ProPork 2020-05-06T19:21:31Z

Confirmed for 20w19a

Th0mas_02 2020-05-06T20:55:15Z

Thanks Orbic! The list has been updated to the specific mobs that still has the issue.

Jon1337 2020-05-06T21:52:55Z

I can't reproduce for spiders either anymore. Maybe I did mistake it for that, I don't know.

Jon1337 2020-05-20T13:23:44Z

At least Baby Zombies still do this, and even adult Zombies sometimes

galaxy_2alex 2020-05-20T17:40:45Z

Not fully resolved, as can be seen in MC-184710 and MC-184758 - though it does seem to affect less mobs now.

Jhon Cena 2020-05-20T18:03:19Z

These videos demonstrate the issue with normal zombies and baby zombies:

https://streamable.com/omr8d9

https://streamable.com/fj1dqj

Jhon Cena 2020-05-20T18:30:30Z

This video gives a much better example. The baby zombie and vindicator are faster than the players backward walking speed. When they catch up to me and attempt to hit me, they fail to because they stop moving before they get close enough to hit me. https://streamable.com/hph3g1

Adrian Östergård 2020-05-25T12:40:01Z

The issue shown in the latest comments is a different issue than this bug. It's potentially MC-2310 or it's a different issue.

Resolving this one again.