The bug
Trying to interact with an entity which is 3 or more blocks away without seeing its eyes only causes the interaction to happen only client-side.
How to reproduce
Summon a horse
Make sure you are three or more blocks away from it and that you cannot see its eyes
Right click the horse
→ The rotation of the horse is applied to you but you did not mount the horse
Code analysis
Based on 1.11.2 decompiled using MCP 9.35 rc1
The method net.minecraft.network.NetHandlerPlayServer.processUseEntity(CPacketUseEntity)
requires the player to see the eyes of the entity (method EntityLivingBase.canEntityBeSeen(Entity)
). This check might make no sense because you are not always trying to interact with the head of an entity.
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Does MC-88230 describe the issue?

@Marcono1234 No. Reproducing this issue does not require feeding the horse.