Some redstone components (block entities) do not update themselves when placed

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version 1.7.4 / Launcher version 1.3.8 or later? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

Confirmed for 14w20b

Duplicated by:
MC-50612

MC-50612 duplicates the related ticket MC-31100

Confirmed for 1.8-pre1.

Confirmed for

• 1.8.3 only for redstone it is diagonally (probably because of the redstone update order), but you can also place a block directly next to it to cause the update

Could the title be updated to something more accurate, like "Some redstone components do not update themselves when placed"? This bug also occurs with dispensers, droppers, and note blocks.

Confirmed for:

• 1.8.6

Seems to be caused by wether the block is a TileEntity or not. Non-TileEntities like pistons, lamps... work. TileEntities like command blocks and dispensers don't

Relates to:

• MC-80901

Duplicated by:

• MC-31100

• MC-80901

• MC-51340

First of all this whole block placing updating blocks thing is really complicated and confusing with Minecraft. Because of that the provided fix might cause other problems but I hope I got that right and currently it does not cause other problems.

The method setBlockState(BlockPos p_177436_1_, IBlockState p_177436_2_) in the class /Client/src/net/minecraft/world/chunk/Chunk.java (MCP 1.8 names) which is called at some point after a block was placed or destroyed used to call only var15.updateContainingBlockInfo(); however I am unsure what this method actually does...
For TileEntities the onNeighborBlockChange(World worldIn, BlockPos pos, IBlockState state, Block neighborBlock) method must be called to update them. This method is called by the notifyBlockOfStateChange(BlockPos pos, final Block blockIn) method.
The reason why this did not affect basic redstone powered blocks is that they update themselves when the onBlockAdded(World worldIn, BlockPos pos, IBlockState state) is called (and this method is called).

public IBlockState setBlockState(BlockPos p_177436_1_, IBlockState p_177436_2_)
{
	//...
	
	if (var8 == p_177436_2_)
	{
		return null;
	}
	else
	{
		//...
		
		if (var11.getBlockByExtId(var3, var4 & 15, var5) != var9)
		{
			return null;
		}
		else
		{
			if (var9 instanceof ITileEntityProvider)
			{
				var15 = this.func_177424_a(p_177436_1_, Chunk.EnumCreateEntityType.CHECK);

				if (var15 == null)
				{
					var15 = ((ITileEntityProvider)var9).createNewTileEntity(this.worldObj, var9.getMetaFromState(p_177436_2_));
					this.worldObj.setTileEntity(p_177436_1_, var15);
				}

				if (var15 != null)
				{
					// Added the following line
					worldObj.notifyBlockOfStateChange(var15.getPos(), var15.getBlockType());
					
					var15.updateContainingBlockInfo();
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

Still in 1.9.4

Can confirm for 1.11