[MC-188506] AngryAt cannot be manually applied to endermen

The bug

An enderman cannot have their AngryAt modified with commands; this will result in the tag being removed and their AngerTime set to 0.

I'm aware modifying NBT of living entities is not supported, but when MC-188497 is fixed, this becomes an issue with setting it on-summon. I've opened a separate ticket for it because it is a separate issue.

How to reproduce

Try running this

/data modify entity @e[type=enderman,limit=1,sort=nearest] AngryAt set from entity @e[sort=nearest,limit=1] UUID

Run /data get
→ ❌ The AngryAt tag is not present and AngerTime is set to 0

Linked issues

relates to 2

MC-188497 AngerTime and AngryAt cannot be set on summon Resolved

MC-188665 Inconsistent behavior with AngryAt/AngerTime across different entities Resolved

Comments 11

user-a4a49 2020-06-19T02:58:18Z

Confirmed in 1.16 Release Candidate 1.

Avoma 2020-11-25T16:17:17Z

Can confirm in 20w46a.

BLack_Tea_RGO 2020-12-19T09:26:52Z

Confirmed for 20w51a

tryashtar 2021-01-07T03:02:09Z

Possible dupe of MC-188091

Avoma 2021-01-26T09:31:49Z

Can confirm in 21w03a.

1 more comments

BLack_Tea_RGO 2021-04-29T12:11:07Z

Confirmed for 20w17a

KirbAvion 2022-03-31T12:17:02Z

Confirmed for 22w12a. However, when using a function to update both AngryAt and AngerTime simultaneously, the values do update properly when tested with /data get, but the enderman does not actually become hostile towards the target.

BLack_Tea_RGO 2022-09-08T04:27:25Z

Confirmed for 1.19.2

v-manilsson 2022-10-25T13:28:46Z

We fixed this. Endermen will only accept players as a target when modifying AngryAt using commands. Adding support for all entities is a feature request. We may look at this on another work track, but will not track it as a bug.

user-f2760 2022-10-25T14:57:12Z

A little inconsistent with other neutral mobs, but understandable if it's a big change in enderman code.