The bug
(Apparently) Every loot table exception that occurs is not caught causing the game to crash when an invalid loot table is used for containers and in general printing an fatal error in the log.
Affected situations
Invalid loot table name
(Loot table name contains for example a colon)Expected name to be an item, was unknown string
(Invalid item name in loot table)Missing entries
(noentries
tag provided)Exceptions thrown while parsing the loot table (thrown by Json parser)
Example
When using a string containg a period as DeathLootTable
a fatal error occurs.
Used command
/summon Cow ~ ~ ~ {DeathLootTable:".",Health:0.1,NoAI:1}
Fatal Error (15w43a)
[19:16:52] [Server thread/FATAL]: Error executing task
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.google.common.util.concurrent.UncheckedExecutionException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid loot table name '{}' (can't contain periods)minecraft:.
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:192) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at g.a(SourceFile:46) [15w43a.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.D(SourceFile:590) [15w43a.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.C(SourceFile:546) [15w43a.jar:?]
at bxi.C(SourceFile:154) [15w43a.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(SourceFile:450) [15w43a.jar:?]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.8.0_25]
Caused by: com.google.common.util.concurrent.UncheckedExecutionException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid loot table name '{}' (can't contain periods)minecraft:.
at com.google.common.cache.LocalCache$Segment.get(LocalCache.java:2201) ~[guava-17.0.jar:?]
at com.google.common.cache.LocalCache.get(LocalCache.java:3934) ~[guava-17.0.jar:?]
at com.google.common.cache.LocalCache.getOrLoad(LocalCache.java:3938) ~[guava-17.0.jar:?]
at com.google.common.cache.LocalCache$LocalLoadingCache.get(LocalCache.java:4821) ~[guava-17.0.jar:?]
at com.google.common.cache.LocalCache$LocalLoadingCache.getUnchecked(LocalCache.java:4827) ~[guava-17.0.jar:?]
at azm.a(SourceFile:46) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at rv.a(SourceFile:435) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at ru.a(SourceFile:833) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at ru.a(SourceFile:766) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at vp.a(SourceFile:64) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at zl.f(SourceFile:1070) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at ls.f(SourceFile:1032) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at mb.a(SourceFile:899) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at is.a(SourceFile:68) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at is.a(SourceFile:12) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at fh$1.run(SourceFile:13) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at g.a(SourceFile:45) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
... 5 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid loot table name '{}' (can't contain periods)minecraft:.
at azm$a.a(SourceFile:61) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at azm$a.load(SourceFile:56) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at com.google.common.cache.LocalCache$LoadingValueReference.loadFuture(LocalCache.java:3524) ~[guava-17.0.jar:?]
at com.google.common.cache.LocalCache$Segment.loadSync(LocalCache.java:2317) ~[guava-17.0.jar:?]
at com.google.common.cache.LocalCache$Segment.lockedGetOrLoad(LocalCache.java:2280) ~[guava-17.0.jar:?]
at com.google.common.cache.LocalCache$Segment.get(LocalCache.java:2195) ~[guava-17.0.jar:?]
at com.google.common.cache.LocalCache.get(LocalCache.java:3934) ~[guava-17.0.jar:?]
at com.google.common.cache.LocalCache.getOrLoad(LocalCache.java:3938) ~[guava-17.0.jar:?]
at com.google.common.cache.LocalCache$LocalLoadingCache.get(LocalCache.java:4821) ~[guava-17.0.jar:?]
at com.google.common.cache.LocalCache$LocalLoadingCache.getUnchecked(LocalCache.java:4827) ~[guava-17.0.jar:?]
at azm.a(SourceFile:46) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at rv.a(SourceFile:435) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at ru.a(SourceFile:833) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at ru.a(SourceFile:766) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at vp.a(SourceFile:64) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at zl.f(SourceFile:1070) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at ls.f(SourceFile:1032) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at mb.a(SourceFile:899) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at is.a(SourceFile:68) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at is.a(SourceFile:12) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at fh$1.run(SourceFile:13) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at g.a(SourceFile:45) ~[15w43a.jar:?]
... 5 more
I can confirm both but for the chest the crash is delayed: the crash is triggered when you open the chest.
WARNING: backup level.dat before trying to reproduce the crash or you will have to regenerate this file, thus losing the world.