While in creative i placed a coral block on the ground, then let it use up most of it's lifetime. I broke it and then replaced it with another coral block right before it died. The new coral block continued the other coral's lifetime and ended up dying shortly after i placed it.
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Unfortunately this is wrong. 18w16a changed the way coral blocks die (unless it's a bug, but I doubt that).
How to reproduce:
1. Choose a coral block color.
2. Place the coral block above water.
3. Wait a few seconds. Break it right before it dies (may take a few attempts because it's random).
4. Place the same color coral block where you broke it before.
5. You expect the coral block to die after a few seconds, but instead it dies almost instantly.
Unfortunately this duplicates MC-108726
Coral blocks have no lifetime; they simply die as soon as there's no adjacent water.