The Bug
When Y position of the waters of drowned is higher than 63, the drowned's pathfind AI will change, just like another underwater mob.
Steps to Reproduce:
Set your gamemode to creative and fly to the sky.
Creat a big hollow cube and fill it with water.
/fill ~15 ~15 ~15 ~-15 ~-15 ~-15 stone hollow
/fill ~14 ~14 ~14 ~-14 ~-14 ~-14 water
Give youself a conduit_power(This step is not important but useful)
/effect give @s minecraft:conduit_power 1000000 0 true
Set time to night.
/time set night
Summon a drowned in the cube.
-> ❌ The drowned will sink to the bottom.Set your gamemode to survival and swim up.
→ ✔ When drowned find you, they will swim up and chase you.Swim down to the bottom.
-> ❌ When drowned close to you, it will stop attacking you and stand next to you.Make a cut in the ceiling and swim out off the water and stare at the drowned on the water's edge.
-> ❌ The drowned will ignore you and sink down.Jump to the water, press and hold the spacebar to float on the water.
-> ❌ When drowned close to you, it will stop attacking you and turn round repeatedly.
Can confirm. Relates to MC-131646.