Update:
Issue occurs when hosted by workstations running Bedrock on local LAN
Issue occurs with "Visible to LAN" turned off, and Friends joining from different public gateway networks
Issue does NOT occur with a 2-year old, nor with a Recent Version world hosted using Bedrock Realms*
*Note: Primary world used for testing was on Realms in the past, but in 2020. It's been hosted on "Friends Only" and "LAN" modes since 2020 and this ticket is a first time issue.
Update:
Issue occurs when hosted by workstations running Bedrock on local LAN
Issue does NOT occur with a 2-year old backup hosted using Bedrock Realms.
Next: Going to test with a recent World save hosted on Realms
Test yielded failure, using recent World (which was discovered as functional when hosted on Realms), world exhibited issue behavior when downloaded and re-hosted on local LAN
I learned this is expected behavior from a Realms world when LAN hosted for the first time, but that's a separate failure mode from the issue reported.
Update:
Issue occurs when hosted by workstations running Bedrock on local LAN
Issue does NOT occur with a 2-year old backup hosted using Bedrock Realms.
Next: Going to test with a recent World save hosted on Realms
I would like to know about this issue as well, it could be related to something I encountered
Guys, 14 days! Can you help?
Edit: Please help, I am paying for a Realm currently to circumvent the Bedrock issue so I am technically a paying customer at the moment..