Testing with Copper Golems seems to provide the same results. If there is another chest much further away from the initial chest, with neither of them having been checked by it, it seems to first go towards the one that is the closest which I placed slabs over and in front of (1 above, then 1.5 above, 2 above, 2.5 above) (in this case, 5 blocks away from the copper chest). Then, once they reach in front of the slab ahead the chest (1-2.5 above), they do a 180-degree turn towards the other chest without checking it.
If they somehow manage to get under the slabs, they still do not check the chest, they just stand still.
Environment
Done above the ground with two paths on either side of the copper chest with chests on either end. One 5 blocks away with slabs/blocks above it at different heights, and one 10 blocks away on the other end with no blocks above it.
Linked issues
is duplicated by 7
MC-300785
The copper golem has difficulty opening chests on it's y-level when there's limited vertical space
Resolved
MC-300853
Copper Golem can't open a chest when a Slab/Stairs is above the chest (same with Copper Chest)
Resolved
MC-300353
The Copper Golem cannot open the box that it should be able to open.
Resolved
MC-300655
Copper Golems cannot pathfind down stairs
Resolved
MC-301340
Copper golems sometimes don't leave the item on chests when there are slabs on top of them
Resolved
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I reported it under ID MC-301293, but it was marked as resolved in that ticket. I don’t understand why, since I reported it using the latest version and the issue still persists
The issue still exists in 25w34b, I don’t know why this was marked as fixed