The bug
When you're in spectator mode and use the /spectate command on an entity in another dimension, you won't teleport there. Instead, you'll teleport to the same coordinates but in your current dimension.
To reproduce
Load a few chunks around you.
Be on spectator mode.
Teleport to the end using
/execute in the_end run tp @p 0 100 0/spectate @e[type=cow,limit=1]
Expected behavior
The player would be teleported to the dimension the entity is at.
Observed behavior
The player behaves as if it were spectating an entity, but stays in the same dimension.
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