[MCPE-163005] Xbox: Downloaded resource packs from realms and servers aren't saved into the game

As of October 5th, the day where the performance update has arrived for Xbox players, every time you try to join a featured server like Cubecraft, The Hive, etc, the game will make you download the resource packs from the server, even if you already have downloaded before.

Stepts to reproduce

Join a featured server like Cubecraft/The Hive. The server's resource packs will download normally, after that, you'll enter the server.
Close the game and join the server again
Notice how the resource packs are download again

Expected

You only need to download the content one time.

Actual

You need to download it every time you try to join the server.

At Windows 10, you may also:

Join a featured server, Cubecraft.
After downloading the resource packs, return to the start screen.
Go to options --> Storage --> Cached data and notice the downloaded packs stored.
Close the game and go to that local again, and see the packs saved.
Repeat the same process on xbox

Expected result

The downloaded packs appear saved on Xbox.

Actual result

No downloaded packs are actually found/saved.

Some things to note

This also affects Nintendo Switch and packs from realms (MCPE-142588)

From featured servers:

Mineplex seems not affected (Mineville and Lifeboat have not been tested yet)
This is actually annoying.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 6

MCPE-161594 Cached Resource/Behaviour packs automatically disappear when I restart Minecraft Resolved

MCPE-163790 Realm Resource Packs have to be redownloaded every time joining Resolved

MCPE-164169 Cache data automatically deleting itself when app closed on Xbox Resolved

MCPE-170414 Resource Packs are not properly saved or accessed when downloading from another player's world. Resolved

MCPE-173068 Sever pack data don’t save when you reopen minecraft Resolved

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Comments 16

[Mod] Umija5895M 2022-10-10T15:46:44Z

Are you still having this issue after:

Making sure the latest version has fully installed
Confirming that you are running the "GDK" version as describe in https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/8386720596365-Minecraft-Performance-Update-Details

Pedro Barbosa Bruno 2022-10-10T22:03:42Z

Yes, this is still an issue after verifying those topics.

CraftHound 2022-10-27T00:40:27Z

I too am having this issue.

Pedro Barbosa Bruno 2022-11-06T01:16:31Z

Nintendo Switch counterpart: MCPE-142588.

Sadistic 2022-11-09T18:43:27Z

This bug is still there even on the GDK version described, and it also affects realms as well it seems, as it clears all saved packs in the cache regards of where their from.

I also checked to make sure I didn't have another minecraft saved to my other storage device, so I can confirm that I only have one installed.

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TheSkyType 2023-03-18T01:53:02Z

Issue is very much still existent in 1.19.70/71 and I'm extremely confused as to why it hasn't been successfully reproduced and marked as confirmed

Pedro Barbosa Bruno 2023-03-18T13:20:53Z

The reproduction stepts says: "Close the game and join the server again." This is literally restarting your game, and by doing that you'll be downloading the packs again.

Update: Galaxite is also affected.

Asdra 2023-04-30T20:34:09Z

Regular worlds affected as well, I have to continuously download the texture pack again when loading into the realm or my creative testing world. Everyone on the realm who is on Xbox is having the issue, even the owner

flang0 2023-06-10T23:05:56Z

Problem is still existing in 1.20. This should have been fixed now, getting closer to a year. This problem don't seem to be a high propriety sadly. Mojang fixed horses and cows in boats, but actually issues affecting people playing won't be fixed, just like the keyboard on xbox too. These issues all came from the performance update from October last year and none of the real bugs are getting fixed within reasonable time it seems.

3minecraftcake6 2023-10-19T03:27:44Z

has it been patched yet?

TheSkyType 2024-03-12T20:32:07Z

Still occuring as of v1.20.70

TheSkyType 2024-04-08T20:27:47Z

For Mojang or any helper/moderator on here with Minecraft on Xbox that wants to reproduce this issue, I've uploaded a short video to youtube showcasing the exact issue and how to reproduce it: https://youtu.be/6vXHPtvAfBk?si=FXGo3ZCcfwbkRdpq

In the video, you will see the game is not saving server packs, as when I joined a server, downloaded it's packs, left the server, restarted the game, then joined the server again, it made me redownload that server's packs.

The issue is happening with ALL the featured servers.

You have to redownload the packs to these servers every single time you restart the game. This does NOT happen on PC or IOS and was NOT happening on Xbox either prior to the October 5th, 2022 performance update for Minecraft Xbox that transfered the game from the UWP version to the GDK version. This issue is extremely tedious to people with slow download speeds.

TheSkyType 2024-05-01T15:57:39Z

Still occurring in 1.20.81

Donavan lopez 2024-06-29T19:12:14Z

Come on man, when are they gonna fix this. Even 1.21 xbox cache data is still downloading over and over again

TheSkyType 2025-01-11T20:10:28Z

This issue is due to/caused by conflicts between the Xbox cloud syncing system and local saves, similar to the issue that caused corrupted worlds after the October 5th, 2022 Minecraft Xbox performance update (MCPE-162920). The game is prioritizing cloud data over locally cached files, causing it to redownload cached data/server & realm resource packs every time it’s restarted.

It may also be mistakenly flagging downloaded packs as temporary and not correctly syncing them to the Xbox cloud.

TheSkyType 2025-01-13T01:51:08Z

After a deeper investigation into this issue, I have theorized another potential cause; I believe the Xbox cloud may not have a functioning pack cache folder inside of the encrypted Minecraft GDK folder (Windows and other platforms all do in their Minecraft folders). For Mojang to fix this, they would have to go to the LocalCache folder visible in the Minecraft GDK folder, and create folders in the LocalCache folder following this file-path: LocalCache -> minecraftpe -> packcache -> resource

This would finally allow the game to save downloaded server packs/cached data and ONLY require them to be redownloaded after a game reinstallation.

Players CANNOT create this filepath or the folders themselves on Xbox as the folder for the Minecraft GDK build is completely encrypted, whereas the folder for the old UWP build was not.