Parity issue: Mobs do not actively try to pick up gear on the ground in Java Edition

Is this new in Bedrock Edition 1.16? Or has this been in the case for longer?

This was brought to bedrock in 1.16, as there was a bug preventing it in 1.14 and below, but yeah, they will run toward the weapon if dropped on the ground.

I would like to request ownerhip of this ticket because reporter is deactivated. Aslo affects 1.17 and 1.17.1 pre 1

Can confirm this is still an issue in 1.17.1

In 23w44a

Can I request the ownership? the reporter have not updates for a long time.