When you kill a mob, or use experience bottles the xp orbs movement will stutter a lot. This seems to be due to desync between their physics on client and the server. This seems to have been introduced in 1.21 Pre-1.
Reproduction Steps
Method 1
Drop an experience bottle (it's more severe if you throw it against a wall)
Observe the orbs movement
Method 2
Kill a mob & quickly switch to spectator (so you don't absorb the orbs)
Observe the orbs movement
Observed Results
The XP orbs abruptly change position
Expected Results
The orb movement would be fluid and uniterrupted
Can confirm.