The title says it all. I think this is a bug because barriers never produce particles when falling on top of them in previous versions.
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muzikbike
MC-130525
Barriers create particles when falling on top of them
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muzikbike
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barrier, particles
Minecraft 18w22b
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Could this ticket be reopened and MC-122547 split instead? I think it's reasonable to distinguish between survival technical blocks such as portals and mapmaking blocks such as barriers.