NPCs can no longer be summoned by command blocks

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Verification Builds: 1.20.50

Regression Builds: N/A

Summary: summoning NPCs directly from command blocks is no longer supported

Affects currently Live Content: No

Impact: immense impact. This has effectively blocked access to a resource to make maps.

Repro Steps:

1. make a simple flat world
2. place down a command block and put this command in it "summon npc ~₁"
3. activate command block with redstone
4. observe that the npc is not summoned and this error shows in the command block: "You need Creative + Operator to summon an NPC"

Observed Results: npc is not summoned, and the command blocks shows an error

Expected Results: an npc should appear on top of the command block

Screenshots/Videos attached: See image below

Notes: the logic to ban this behaviour is curious to me.

• in order to use commands you need to have operator. So why does a command need to check if it has been called by an operator IF you couldn't have called that command in the first place if you weren't an operator?
• command blocks are integral to creating marketplace maps and having players use those maps. Why does a command block need special permission? By its very existence it tells the game that it should have operator permission.
• duplicate issue: https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCPE-172215