[MC-45623] Leads Breaking

When an animal is tied up with a lead, and the chunk is loaded/unloaded, there is a chance that the lead will break.

This allows the animal to roam free, and the lead to potentially despawn.

THIS IS NOT A DUPLICATE OF https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-14826

I'm sorry for the use of Caps, but having searched for reports on this issue, all those matching the issue I have described have been INCORRECTLY marked as "Duplicates" of the report linked above.
This is NOT the same issue.

In the issue I am reporting, the lead is no longer attached.
In the linked report, the behaviour indicates that the lead is still attached, but is not graphically present.

Linked issues

duplicates 1

MC-14826 Leads in unloaded chunks break, become invisible or connect to an invisible target far away Resolved

Comments 3

PawLurk 2014-01-23T23:06:14Z

Are you kidding me? This isn't a duplicate of that report.
I very clearly explained that.

As I stated, the report you are linking is a visual glitch.
I am reporting the leads functionality being affected.

kumasasa 2014-01-23T23:20:19Z

Read the comments in MC-14826.

PawLurk 2014-01-26T02:44:44Z

Surely this is a totally seperate issue? One is merely a graphical glitch, the other is the item failing to function.

The number of Reports you are having to flag as "Duplicate" as a result of bunching these two issues together should indicate that alone!