after exiting a world minecart hoppers and villagers regularly despawn regardless of whether the player is directly in front of them or across the map. we have also noticed pigs and sheep despawning though that is less regular.
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[Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay)
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Thank you for your report!
However, this issue has been closed as a Duplicate of MCPE-21416.
Your additional information and observations are very useful, so if you can add them to the comments section of the parent issue it would be appreciated.
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