Steps to reproduce:
Put hopper and power it with redstone wire on top
Create a structure that econpasses the whole contraption (don't have to include the power source)
load the structure in the new place - you can't see the loaded hopper
Placing a block where the hopper was will make the hopper reappear
Unless I misunderstood the issue, I was unable to reproduce in 1.20.1:
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