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.
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Can confirm in 20w51a.
Can confirm in 21w03a.
Can confirm in 21w05b.
Can confirm in 21w06a.
Can confirm in 1.16.5 and 21w08b.
Can confirm in 21w11a.
Can confirm in 1.17.
Can confirm in 1.17.1.
Can confirm in 1.18.2 and 22w19a.

Additional note: All Water logged blocks don’t break the cactus. Only open water does like if it was a solid block placed beside it.