For me, villagers (with nametags and having traded with) in my artificial village will despawn after i return from a long journey away from my base.
The first time i noticed this I managed to catch them in the act of dying since i restored a world backup and it was a mistake on my end due to them being suffocated on their homes' ceilings since they hopped on their beds and i made the ceiling too low, but since then I fixed that but they keep dissapearing again.
If I stay close to the village, they don't seem despawn. I'm using the latest bedrock server for this world (1.16.201.2)
For me, villagers (with nametags and having traded with) in my artificial village will despawn after i return from a long journey away from my base.
The first time i noticed this I managed to catch them in the act of dying since i restored a world backup and it was a mistake on my end due to them being suffocated on their homes' ceilings since they hopped on their beds and i made the ceiling too low, but since then I fixed that but they keep dissapearing again.
If I stay close to the village, they don't seem despawn. I'm using the latest bedrock server for this world (1.16.201.2)