Villagers randomly despawing

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Hi again - I couldn't find the add button and had placed the details on the other report prior to writing this one - I have copied them over for you here;

Observed results - I have a 12+k day survival world and over the last week I have had 1 villager (named and traded with) disappear.  He was trapped in a one block area linked to bed and workstation.  I have just logged on and returned to the trading area to find 3 more have disappeared - also traded and named in the same set up.  I have been Afking for a while lower down and logged out, plus moved out of the area, so I am not sure when it happened.  These were also converted natural zombie villagers not regular ones nor ones that I forced into a zombie state, or from a spawner.  You can see the missing three [spaces] here. The villager marked [B] is the replacement for the other one.  I have been losing villagers a lot in another trading area but I assumed they were somehow falling through the walls when waking up into the farm below as I had seen a couple in there.  But now wondering if this is a problem with them just disappearing as well. Bedrock v 1.21.51 Thank you Cjsgoose

I do not know how to reproduce the issue, it is something I have noticed, but don't know why it happens.

What should happen - Villagers that are named should not despawn, villagers that are traded with should not despawn, I believe zombie villagers converted should not despawn.  I have done all three of these.

Hi - I did not receive the message to update this? - Luckily I was heading here to update it anyway.

Steps to reproduce - I don’t know - I log in somewhere in my world, arrive at the villager prison and some are missing. - I can’t say when it happens in any more detail.

Observed Results - I have 40 villagers. They are all real natural spawned zombie villagers (not from a spawner). They have been in minecarts, name tagged, some hold items and have all be cured. Most have been traded with at least once.

I leave and sometimes when I come back they are missing. In my original case I think it was three or four. I replaced those. I logged in on the 23 / 24.03.25 for the first time after 5 weeks (no PC due to repairs) and 3 were missing again.

I used new zombie villagers, sat in minecarts, name tagged, some holding items and cured. to replace them.

I logged in again this morning 25.03.25 and 3 have vanished again. Two are in the same position (marked (a)) meaning they had already been replaced yesterday. I can’t remember if I traded with them. I don’t think I did. But they shouldn’t de-spawn regardless.

Expected results - Due to being natural spawned zombie villagers (not from a spawner) they should not despawn at all. Some hold blocks, some are traded with, all are name tagged and all are cured.

Thank you

CJSGOOSE

This issue is now being tracked at MCPE-191623.