Renaming items has a long delay before the renamed item appears

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Hello,
I have the same problem. No item can be renamed on a realm. Neither on Windows 10 nor on Android. See screenshot.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. make anvil
2. put item in it
3. Rename

Observed Results:
No item can be renamed.

Expected Results:
Rename the item

Repo is incredibly simple. Place any item on the anvil, enter a new name, there is no option to remove the item with it's new name. Philip included an image but I will add another one.

If I use the anvil to merge two items and rename, the anvil does not show the new name, and the item was not initially renamed after I took it off the anvil, but after 10 seconds or so it took on the new name. However this only works for items that can be repaired on the anvil, other items cannot be renamed.

Interesting, I left an item sitting in the anvil with the repair and name screen up and a new name entered for a while (a minute?) While entering that last comment, and eventually it showed the item in the output with the new name, and let me remove it and renamed the item. And now it seems to behave normally (without the delay) and I can no longer reproduce the problem.

I can repo it again after going and doing other things for a while in the game, this time the delay was 2-3 minutes before it started working.

It seems like the time it takes for the item to appear is not consistent. I've left the item in there for 5 minutes and it has not appeared in the output slot.

I'm on Windows 10, although I'm not sure that it would make a difference.

Update: after about 15 minutes of waiting, it finally appeared in the output slot. After it appeared, I could take it out without renaming it, then rename a new item, which took less than a second to appear in the output slot.

Update 2: after (I think) 30 minutes, it is again taking much longer for the item to appear.

I know there is a separate sign report but please note it is not just signs and anvils, it is also books and chat, pretty much all text is bugged

I can confirm it is affecting Ps4 realms as well after the recent update - cannot rename/name anything, it stays locked on a red X. I’m level 197 so not lacking that. Tried numerous names, nothing. Had my bf try it on pc, same problem.

Yes i still cant rename Book and Quil , which is game breaking for me since i used that as set home tp command ect in my realm

I find the only way i can rename an item is if I put for eg, the tag in the one spot, type out the name, then put any item in the other spot then remove it, the tag will pop up in the final spot renamed.

I was at a manual kill guardian farm to collect prismarine for a project and stepped aside to use the levels I’d collected to upgrade and rename my gear that I was wearing when I found that I could not and went back to killing snd found that even though I had equipped my armor back, I was suddenly taking a massive amount more thorns damage so I stopped again and used the method I’ve found to work for letting me know when the renaming delay was over, which was to type a message in chat and wait for it to appear on my alt account’s screen (or if someone else was on, I’d ask them to tell me when it popped) after I saw my message pop on my alt, I was able to take my newly renamed  armor off the anvil and the damage taken from the guardians went back to normal

This is definitely happening. On Bedrock for Windows 10,  Realms Plus, my Nametag wouldn't rename. I found a little way around it for the time being. When I put a water bottle that i had in my inventory into the second slot, after the name was in the Rename Box, then removed it, and it said nametag, but when I clicked the new nametag, it was gone, but a few seconds later it reappeared in my inventory, renamed!

I'm seeing similar results to @Drew Kaplan, except with cartography tables. I believe this is a different aspect of the same bug.

Since this appears to be an issue with delayed data synchronization generally, it makes me wonder if it's related to REALMS-9078, where realms seem to occasionally stop synchronizing with clients.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Place a map with a default name (e.g., "map 79") in the input slot of a cartography table. (In my case, a locator map at x4 resolution.)

2. Observe that the action prompt confirms that you're going to rename the map.

3. Type a new name for the map.

4. Drag the renamed map from the output slot to your inventory.

5. Hover the pointer over the map in your inventory.

Expected result:

**The map immediately reflects its new name in the hover-over tooltip text.

Actual result:

The map retains its original name, but if you check again after a brief delay (several seconds to a few minutes) it will show the correct, new name.

Same Thing Is Happening To Me.. Happens With Any Name Tag Or Item I Get Anywhere. New Or Old..

Still happening....didn't know it has been an issue till I wanted to rename some items for my storage area. 

I found a workaround to this issue.

Steps to Produce:

1. Rename the first item.

2. Get any item in the second slot (the item you cannot use to enchant).

3. Remove the item out of the second slot.

4. The named item appears as a default name. Take out the item from the third slot when it displays "Enchantment Cost: X."

5. Wait a few seconds for a named item to appear on the hotbar.

Results:

After renaming an item after placing and removing the second slot of an anvil, there is a 2-second delay for an item to show up. You cannot open chests, inventories, or other interactions until the named item appears on the hotbar.

Confirmed in Realms renamed item doesn't appear in the 3rd slot. 

The only way I have found to get around this is to place the item you want to rename in the first slot, rename it and place any item in the second slot and then take it out, this seems to work as the renamed item then appears in the 3rd slot with the corresponding xp. 

Its an anoying bug for sure! it also seems inconsitant, as as soon as i could try to screenshot the bug, only for the anvil to return to normal after the work around and/or when ever it feels like it!

This is still very much an issue in our realm, we use anvils for renaming items a ton and not having this feature working is a real let down. 

Confirmed naming an item, putting anything in the second slot then removing it allows you to rename. It shows the wrong name once you grab the named item, but then will change to the name you entered eventually.

Also happens when you write on a sign, then it disappears. REALMS-9553

This has become a constant issue on my realm since 1.17.40 (or possibly just before that update).  The name tag doesn't seem to register that I have typed a name on the anvil so I cannot use name tags.

At first this seemed intermittent and I was even able to rename a name tag by closing and reopening the realm.  it seemed as though the issue occurs just by the realm being active for a certain amount of time, like there is a memory leak or some other bad state that triggers this bug.  

Also, just to back Dan Oxford up, I have also had this issue with signs which may have started around the same time.  Although with signs, it seems to work fine using just normal text and disappears when I try to use color codes in the text.

It happened to me where I couldn't rename with the name tag. I even logged out/logged back in. At the same time, my friend who was logged in as well had no issues using name tags.

I just tried the workaround by adding a second item and then removing it, which got it to work. Now it's working again.

It let me rename it before and then my friend joined to check if he could too and it stopped working.

However I saw that another comment put another block in the second anvil slot to fix it, but it's really glitchy when you do so, and it's only temporary.

Confirmed... still not working correctly... on occasion, i can wait for a few minutes and it will eventually show the item in the output slot and start erasing the original name, letter by letter, then typing exactly what i typed letter for letter (backspaces and all). When it finally finishes, the item is able to be removed from the anvil but still doesn't show the correct name for another 5-10 seconds... kinda freaked me out the first time.

This is still an issue in 1.17.41. I cannot use an anvil to name name tags in my Realm but works perfectly fine in solo.

Update: After accidentally "Editing a second world" on the realm and setting it back to my actual world, the issue seemed to resolve itself.

I have discovered if you add the item you intend to rename and then another random item as if you are trying to combine them, then remove that item and you will be able to rename the base item. It is a bit strange as it takes a minute for the realm to process that you have renamed an item but it seems to work as a temporary fix to the issue.

this seems fixed as of 1.18. needs more testing...

This problem is extremely problematic after player for a while...At first you can rename items but later on that delay is getting worse and worse the longer people are on the realm. and I can't say it's been fixed... We still had that issue yesterday while playing on a brand new 1.18 world.

I thought it was my mods, so I popped on a fresh new vanilla realm and we still couldnt rename name tags on the anvil. Tried some of the fixes listed on the thread but none of them worked for our realm. 

Still broken as of today and workaround is broken too now.

Description

I can no longer rename name tags or other objects using an anvil as of the most recent update.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. make anvil

2. put an item in it

3. Rename

Observed Results:
Renamed item does not appear in the output slot at all. just jumps back to the imput slot

Expected Results:
Renamed item immediately appears in the output slot.

My issue is similar but not the same. I can put names on the name tag just fine, they just don't apply to the mobs.

Still experiencing issue as of most recent patch.

Still experiencing this issue in realms. 

As a workaround, how are we supposed to stop things from despawning?

Li-An B:

• You can prevent animals from despawing by taming, breeding, or leashing them.

• Villagers, iron golems, armor stands, minecarts, and vindicators/evokers generated in mansions, and shulkers are always persistent and would only despawn due to a bug (MCPE-144208, MCPE-21416, MCPE-152282, REALMS-10040).

• When mobs convert to another type they stay persistent, so if you zombify villagers the zombie villagers will be persistent.

• Monsters are the only kind of mob that can only be made persistent with a name tag. They are supposed to be immune from despawning for 30 seconds if you punch them, but that is not working due to another bug (MCPE-152500).

Thank goodnes this has been reopened. My result is when after I type in the new name, the output shows the XP amount, but the item still has the original name. When trying to pull and/or quickmove the item from the output, it jumps right back to the input slot.

I wonder if this bug is also affecting signs. The text quickly dissappears a second after the sign has been placed and you finished writing. Is there a ticket already created for this sign bug?

Thanks

Reply from @unknown: expand the "Issue links" section above, scroll down, and check the "relates to" reports linked there.

This is probably also related to not being able to write signs on a realm. Place a sing, write the message, exit editor and the message dissapears. A workaround for both signs and item renaming has been to download the realm locally (in my case to XBox), place sign or rename item, reupload world to realm ... and yes, having to do that is totally stupid.

bit sad this issue hasn't been resolved yet, only seems to have gotten worse in the past few months with the original work around of placing an item in the centre slot then removing it breaking as well making nametags useless at this time. hope to see this along with the sign writing glitch fixed soon just so the game returns to a more playable state

This bug:

1. Has been open since September 2021

2. Has 149 duplicate bugs that have been set to "resolved" and linked back here.

3. Badly affects the enjoyment and playing experience:

• Cannot write on signs (signs broken)

• Cannot name maps (cartography table broken)

• Cannot label weapons, armour, any item (anvil broken)

• Cannot name mobs (nametags broken)

4. Only affects users who PAY MONTHLY FOR A REALMS SUBSCRIPTION

5. Has noone assigned to it in Jira

6. Has no response from devs saying they are working on it or giving it priority.

I don't know how the rest of you feel, but this has been personally devastating for me and my kids. I think even a response from the team explaining why this has not been resolved would make all the difference. We completely stopped playing over the last 6 weeks, and went back today hoping it had been fixed.

Nope. 

I have left a comment on the window store rating the game 5*, with the title "Great game, but no support for bugs in realms. I don't know if it will help, but maybe if we put heaps of upvotes or similar feedback h3ere, we will at least get a response. Honestly I just don't know what else to do. Except maybe contact Joel and Johnny on spawn chunks and get them to ask Heinryck! 🙂

Montag Davis et al.

I feel your pain and others that are frustrated here.

I will say that I found a work around, if you use a 3rd party hosting service it solves all the text related issues.  I won’t say which one I use because I don’t want to be accused of advertising a particular company but all these issues are solved and they have 24/7 online chat support that is super helpful. A little more expensive but there are benefits like cross platform play and you can have 1000+ players. You do need to run an app on your phone to allow connection from a console though.

I gave Mojang plenty of time to sort this but I am guessing it is a

bigger issue than we suspect, like it has to do with protecting children from predatory online behaviour or something similar.

Anyway, good luck all.

Very frustrating that there are so many issues with renaming with a service we pay an ongoing fee.

I've stopped playing and will be cancelling my subscriptions until something is done about it.

Can someone still experiencing the issue post a video showing or doing the following things in order?

1. Version Number

2. Item to be named

3. Open(ing) an Anvil

4. Placing the item in the Anvil

5. Entering a name for or renaming the item

6. Taking the item out of the Anvil?

I have a Realm and was experiencing this issue a few months ago, but it has since resolved. Iirc, all I had done was re-install Bedrock Edition on the devices I wanted to play on and it was fixed.

Just added a video to the Jira attachments on this issue showing the phenomenon on my Realm.

Video name: "No text on signs cartography tables nametags anvils April 1 2022.mp4"

Update: Uninstalling and re-installing made no difference. 😞

Oh no!!! I must have angered the Minecraft Gods! All my skins have disappeared and changed back to Steve and Alex default. Argh!!!!

Based on some reports I have been hearing this is potentially a region based bug. A lot of people talking on Youtube seem to be experiencing the bug in Australian Realms (myself included) where as people from other regions say it is not an issue on their Realms.

I can confirm that I use Australian realm servers and I am fully affected by this bug and all the other text not working bugs in the current Bedrock realms release.

So wait a minute. If this is something that only affects some regions then it's logical to deduce that this has been caused by an administration issue with those affected regions and all of us who have been PAYING for a realm on these servers should be compensated for not getting what we have PAID for.

Can also confirm. The realm affected by this bug was provisioned in Australia.

Still an issue in 1.18 30

i can confim this is still a problem in 1.18.30

What's the latest on this being fixed

This issue is much bigger than just anvils, try renaming a map on a cartography workbench, try placing a sign....

it is something about text storage in realms and has been persistent for almost a full year. Please address this issue, I am very displeased and pay $13/month for my family’s realm. 

Edit/Addition... I am also playing in Australia, my realms subscription is handled/paid through the Apple App Store. 

Also in Australia & experiencing everything above; anvils, signs, name tags, chat - nothing with text works. Not heaps impressed getting redirected around a maze of "RESOLVED" threads that are not actually resolved at all & many redirect to only partly related issues. Seems like a lot of people are having this exact issue - anvils, signs, name tags, chat - nothing with text works.

Confirm that it is happening in Australia. It is making the game UNPLAYABLE.

It seems strange if this is just an Australian thing, but for the record, I've been experiencing this issue in our family realm for almost 12 months as well. (Also in Australia). It first began as only nametags and equipment but has since progressed to signs and anything text-related. 

Furthermore, as mentioned previously, Realms is a paid service, and this issue has become so prevalent, that it significantly affects the experience of playing, so I hope this can be prioritised. 

It is critically important that Microsoft/Mojang understand that this common text issue (text not working in many game elements/modes, apparently mostly in Australian realms) is replicated, tracked and updated across several different bug tracking numbers by different users who all confirm that it has been ongoing for a very long period of time. The frustration levels can be easily felt and to us users as outsiders, it does appear to be largely ignored and dismissed. The other active, open bug reports includes REALMS-9214, REALMS-9223, REALMS-9150 and the biggie REALMS-9191. Perhaps all affected users should join, follow and update all of these active reports to ensure our voices are heard.

Thanks Michael. Unfortunately though, adding our 'voices' to those other bug reports doesn't really work as comments are simply removed. Does Microsoft not understand (or care) that we, their customers, are paying for a service here that doesn't appear to work on realms based in Australia. Something that we (to the best of my knowledge) have no control over.

And for the record, and to add further information to this particular bug report, I believe my realm is also Australian based ... so maybe that's the problem???

I am having this same Issue, live in new zealand so I assume it is the Australian realms too.

Have the renaming issue, signs do not work. Been happening for at kraft 3 months now. 

Note: this is NOT just an Australia thing, I'm in Philadelphia (US east coast) and it happens here, though not every single time just half the time or so.

My complete speculation is it's a latency problem with the profanity-checker server, which would explain why it happens with all text and only on realms (since private and single player servers don't check for profanity). If it's latency related that would also explain why it is worse in AU/NZ since you're probably farther away from the server down there. Additionally I would further speculate that this profanity-checker server is likely run by a different team at Microsoft (the "Tay" team? They know something about profanity 😋) and Mojang may have no direct control over it, which would explain why this bug is "confirmed" but not fixed. 

Makes perfect sense Jeff. So my question here would be ... if this is the cause of the issue then can Mojang/MS please confirm this and then give us an option to turn off the profanity checker on my invitation only/'private' realm

Thanks for the reports! If this is happening for you, can you post your general location in the world (e.g. New Zealand)?

Hello CornerHard, I am the one that contacted you on Twitter regarding this issue.  I am in New Zealand also.

Hello CornerHard. I am in Australia and experience this issue (and related) 100% of the time.

Me! I’m Australia! 

For the record, I am in New Zealand and it has been happening for me for too long to remember now

In Australia too! I'm 100% certain this bug is caused by the same thing that's causing REALMS-9150 and REALMS-9223

Im in Australia

I'm in Southern Canada and I have experienced this, although I'm not certain of the current extent of the issue as I no longer use a realm.

Location is new zealand

In my case, I am on PC, the anvil takes damage from each attempt, but does not consume my levels. Yet, persistently cycles back to the input slot. It does, however, take the levels of my friend, who is playing on XBOX.

In addition, all of us are having issues with text on signs. We have found that if the text sticks, then anvils will work for renaming. However, when it comes to my friend on XBOX, even when the renaming succeeds, when he relogs the item will apparently lose the new name.

Also in Australia, using Realms and PS4

Australia, been happening since last year

Near India, friend on Xbox is in Germany, this started after the XP glitch with furnances was reintroduced.

same thing happing on my realm  playing on PC from New Zealand

Australia, on pc, ps4 and xbox

Happening to me and everyone in realm; Australia on Xbox, PC, Android and Switch. Started at the same time as the signs and books stopped working.

In Australia with a slightly different result ; the item apears in the output slot but when you attempt to remove it , it damages the anvil and takes your exp without naming the item

Western Australia Perth, Signs Won't save there text, anvils just put ### on any item which is named, text chat is delayed heavily

PC

Italy, 1.19 on PS4, I can't rename a map in a cartography table, I only get a bunch of ####### as the name, and the map is  delayed when I take it back from the table.

Never happened before.

EDIT:

As per 1.19.20 the problem is fixed!