PaperMC
Villagers Are Disappearing when I updated my server version 1.21 to 1.21.4
Expected behavior
The village suddenly despawns at some time and so do the mobs around it
Observed/Actual behavior
suddenly disappears at some time
Steps/models to reproduce
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/06cd7560-490e-43b8-a96b-449a916d5926
Plugin and Datapack List
[17:51:28 INFO]: - EconomyShopGUI, FancyHolograms, nightcore [17:51:28 INFO]: - ajLeaderboards, AxAFKZone, AxVaults, BanItem, BetterRTP, BetterTeams, ChatColor2, ChatManager, Chunky, Citizens [17:51:28 INFO]: FastAsyncWorldEdit, FreedomChat, GSit, GUITrashCan, HamsterAPI, Infiniteannouncements, InteractiveBooks, ItemEdit, ItemsAdder, Jobs [17:51:28 INFO]: LifestealCore, Lottery, LPC, LuckPerms, MineKotH, ModernHome, Multiverse-Core, NBTAPI, NDailyRewards, packetevents [17:51:28 INFO]: PlaceholderAPI, PlayerKits2, PlayerPoints, PlugManX, ProtocolLib, PvPManager, RedstoneLimiter, ServerTutorialPlus, SetSpawn, SkinsRestorer [17:51:28 INFO]: Skript, TAB, Vault, ViaBackwards, ViaVersion, VirtualSpawner, VotifierPlus, VotingPlugin, Vulcan, WorldGuard [17:51:28 INFO]: zAuctionHouseV3, zMenu
Paper version
[17:53:56 INFO]: This server is running Paper version 1.21.4-231-ver/1.21.4@09e9afd (2025-05-19T17:59:36Z) (Implementing API version 1.21.4-R0.1-SNAPSHOT)
Other
No response
Have you reproduced this without any plugins, how are you certain that this is a paper bug?
I have tested by disabling plugin one by one, still same stuff happens, probably this is not a plugin issue and the same bug experiencing was on 1.21.1 also
When there are a lot of players on the server, along with the villager, the mobs around him also despawn
We'll still need some reproduction steps, the behavior you are describing and have shown so far could only be caused by a plugin and not by paper.
Since there's no reproduction steps and the chances of this being a paper issue are low, I'll be closing this now