Entity AI stops being able to path

Partner Rank:

2

Partner Team Reporting:

Jigarbov Productions

Verification builds and Platforms:

1.17.40.23

Summary:

Entity AI stops being able to path

Impact:

Entities being stuck or unable to move is a huge problem in the scope of all minecraft. Bad case: some unimportant mobs get stuck in walls like robot battle arena where you can just make new ones. Worst case: pathing NPCS could get stuck walking next to a wall and prevent the rest of the gameplay from being completable.

Repro Steps:

1. Open Robot Battle Arena by Jigarbov Productions on the marketplace.
2. Walk through the tube
3. change the arena layout to be flat with no features
4. start robot vs robot mode
5. summon a bunch (10+-) of ravagerbots on both sides
6. have them fight.

Observed Results:

The entities will path toward each other as they should. Sometimes they get next to a wall and when that happens they will no longer path to anything ever. Changing target or hitting them does not fix them.

Expected Results:

Entities should path as normal, they shouldn't stop looking for new paths.

Video attached

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r9sUW5CjCQ

 Regression Builds:

1.17.30

Notes: