Cactus can be placed under water, but doesn't break
Now, I know that cactus can't normally be placed like so:
[a][b][a]
[b][c][b]
[a][b][a]
A=Air B=Block(Any) C=Cactus
But for some reason, you can place cactus on sand underwater. It also doesn't break!
Is this a bug?
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Cactus can be placed in water, but doesn't break
Now, I know that cactus can't normally be placed like so:
[a][b][a]
[b][c][b]
[a][b][a]A=Air B=Block(Any) C=Cactus
But for some reason, you can place cactus on sand underwater. It also doesn't break!
Is this a bug?
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This issue clones MC-72368.
Hello,
First, this is related to MC-72368 (fixed 3 years ago). This bugfix leads to an inconsistency with cactus/water interaction.
*How to reproduce:*
Place some cacti in a 1 deep pond of water, it works fine. Now flood the top to make a 2 deep pond and all cacti break.
*What I expected to happen:*
Water touching a cactus from any side consistently breaking or not breaking the cactus.
*What happens instead:*
Water touching a cactus from a side does not break it, from the top it does break it. It's not really intuitive or consistent.
*Suggested fix:*
Water does not break cacti from any angle.

I think so.
Confirmed. (Assuming you mean that it doesn't break when placing underwater; placing a block next to it or punching it breaks it like normal).
No long possible under water or in lava.