Items held in the hands of zombies do not render.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Open a world in 14w05a (any previous version should work).
2. Spawn lots of zombies in an enclosed area.
3. Throw a bunch of non-weapon items in to make the zombie pick up the items.
4. Fly away so all zombies not holding an item despawn.
5. Open the world in 14w05b.
6. Throw a wooden sword at one of the remaining zombies. The sword should disappear.
7. Throw a stone sword at the same zombie. The stone sword should disappear and a wooden sword will appear, as the zombie switches to the better weapon.
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This is the search I did before submitting this bug.
project = MC AND fixVersion = "Minecraft 14w05b" AND text ~ "zombie item" ORDER BY updated DESC, priority DESC, created ASC
Hmm, now that I look at it, it should have been "affectedVersion".
That's why you didn't find anything, you searched for a fixed ticket, not any ticket relating to your search that may not have been resolved yet.
AND fixVersion = "Minecraft 14w05b"
Duplicate of MC-46761 - If you have not, please use the search function in the future, to see if your bug has already been submitted. If you could not find the original report, please comment with the keywords you searched for.