Achievements not working

I have been playing a Minecraft word for years now. I have received many achievements there are a few achievements that’s I cannot get to work. I am absolutely sure that I am doing them right as they are simple. I.e. power a furnace with lava. I have created additional survival worlds and tested the missing achievements and cannot get it to work in them either. I have only played survival with no cheats and no messing around with the file at all. With this latest update it now appears that I can’t get any further achievements. I have attempted multiple “easy” achievements with no luck. I really don’t want to have to bail on this world or this game as I have 100s of hours invested.