I've tested the following mobs:
Cave Spider
Spider
Creeper
Zombie
Guardian
The trident disappears when you hit a mob. If it misses and hits the ground it returns like normal.
Steps to reproduce:
Create creative world in 20w10a.
Give yourself a trident and enchant it with Loyalty (level doesn't matter).
Spawn a mob, throw it and hit the mob.
The trident will now be gone.
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[MOD] Greymagic27
migrated
Thank you for your report!
We're actually already tracking this issue in MC-173766, so I've resolved and linked this ticket as a duplicate.
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