The Bug
Introduced in 24w21a.
Entering an End portal makes you spawn on the obsidian platform facing the rotation of your player before you entered the portal. For example, if you entered the End facing 100°, you will spawn on the platform facing 100° instead of west.
However, as far as I am aware, this change was never announced in the changelogs.
It also can confuse the player, as in 1.20.6, the player always spawned facing west (towards the center of the End island), which is where they are likely to go.
How to Reproduce
See this video:
Create an End portal and light it using Eyes of Ender.
Open the F3 debug screen and note your rotation (preferably don't face west).
Enter the End portal while facing the direction noted above.
❌ Note how your rotation is the same as from when you entered.
✔ Trying this in 24w20a or below makes you face west when you enter.
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@unknown Yes, but since this was an unannounced change (as per my knowledge), it feels like a bug to me, especially since it makes sense for the player to face the center of the island 🙂
@unknown Yeah but from what I know this has been the case for a very long time, so this likely could be intended. But I think its best if Mojang decides that 🙂 Besides all that, I can confirm.
Oh? As far as I know, the player always faced west when spawned in the End...
Edit: I just tested it in Minecraft 1.8.9 (the earliest version I can play without experiencing major graphical glitches), and the player does indeed face west when spawned in the End. So this does seem like an unintended bug.
@unknown End portals work completely differently to nether portals, so it's very unlikely this is intended.
Also seems to relate to MC-163618
This could be intended, see MC-3 (which was fixed)