Hello! I would like to make a suggestion for Java Edition.
As many people are aware, a lot of debugging features which were previously hidden away are now available to the public in Java Edition. They can be toggled using debug properties or the Debug Options menu.
Yes, it is true: they should only be used for debugging purposes. However, Mojang states that they "might cause crashes and corrupt world saves" as one of the reasons. If the debugging functions themselves don't work properly, that defeats the whole purpose of them being in the game: to provide assistance with fixing issues.
Thus, I would like to suggest making the debugging features more polished. It would help make things more productive, especially when people are testing snapshots for upcoming releases.
For example, "/chase" and the rest of the developer commands are not translated properly. All of the strings are hardcoded to print text that is in English, while "/warden_spawn_tracker" is not translated at all (https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/39995222435725-Translate-the-warden-spawn-tracker-command). Adding proper translations for the commands would significantly improve accessibility. There are millions of players who do not speak English, but are just as capable of understanding how to debug issues.
For debug properties which make major changes to how the game behaves (such as "DONT_SAVE_WORLD"), adding warnings and/or other safe guards would help improve productivity.
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