Paper/paper-server/nms-patches/net/minecraft/world/entity/projectile/EntityEnderSignal.patch

--- a/net/minecraft/world/entity/projectile/EntityEnderSignal.java
+++ b/net/minecraft/world/entity/projectile/EntityEnderSignal.java
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 import net.minecraft.world.level.World;
 import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3D;
 
+// CraftBukkit start
+import org.bukkit.event.entity.EntityRemoveEvent;
+// CraftBukkit end
+
 public class EntityEnderSignal extends Entity implements ItemSupplier {
 
     private static final DataWatcherObject<ItemStack> DATA_ITEM_STACK = DataWatcher.defineId(EntityEnderSignal.class, DataWatcherRegistry.ITEM_STACK);
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@
     }
 
     public void setItem(ItemStack itemstack) {
-        if (!itemstack.is(Items.ENDER_EYE) || itemstack.hasTag()) {
+        if (true || !itemstack.is(Items.ENDER_EYE) || itemstack.hasTag()) { // CraftBukkit - always allow item changing
             this.getEntityData().set(EntityEnderSignal.DATA_ITEM_STACK, itemstack.copyWithCount(1));
         }
 
@@ -150,7 +154,7 @@
             ++this.life;
             if (this.life > 80 && !this.level().isClientSide) {
                 this.playSound(SoundEffects.ENDER_EYE_DEATH, 1.0F, 1.0F);
-                this.discard();
+                this.discard(this.surviveAfterDeath ? EntityRemoveEvent.Cause.DROP : EntityRemoveEvent.Cause.DESPAWN); // CraftBukkit - add Bukkit remove cause
                 if (this.surviveAfterDeath) {
                     this.level().addFreshEntity(new EntityItem(this.level(), this.getX(), this.getY(), this.getZ(), this.getItem()));
                 } else {
@@ -177,7 +181,7 @@
     public void readAdditionalSaveData(NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound) {
         ItemStack itemstack = ItemStack.of(nbttagcompound.getCompound("Item"));
 
-        this.setItem(itemstack);
+        if (!itemstack.isEmpty()) this.setItem(itemstack); // CraftBukkit - SPIGOT-6103 summon, see also SPIGOT-5474
     }
 
     @Override