In 1.14.1-pre1, hostile mobs in lazy chunks (non-entity-processing chunks at the edges of spawn) no longer count towards the hostile mob cap. This breaks mob switches, which is very important in technical Minecraft.
MC-151144
Hostile mobs in lazy chunks no longer count towards mob cap, breaking mob switches
Resolved
Fixed
2
Timothy Miller
boq
Unconfirmed
Mob spawning
Minecraft 1.14.1 Pre-Release 1
Minecraft 1.14.3 Pre-Release 1
Retrieved
Do you know if this was the case in 1.14 as well?