Pause button does not work for bedrock devices

I recently discovered while playing minecraft on my ps4 that the pause button doesnt function properly. I wanted to change some of my video settings, but because the pause button doent actually pause the game, while doing so, a creeper walked on me and killed me. I lost all my things because of it . This does not only happen on ps4, but on all other bedrock edition devices too. Thank you for taking this report into consideration.