As mentioned here, Paste in place appears not to be working correctly in Photoshop 21.0.2 (nor in 21.0.1, or 21.0.0).
Here is the issue:
- A path is created that comes off of the canvas
- Right click and select Make selection... so that the marching ants run off the canvas
- Using the shortcut (cmd+shift+v) or selecting Edit > Paste Special > Paste in place, the new copied element shifts up by around 30px and is not pasted in place.
If the path doesn't run off the canvas Paste in place appears to work correctly.
Photoshop 20.0.8 was the last version to work correctly, so I've rolled back.
Best,
Tom