Since a block is being destroyed, it should play a sound and create particles as appropriate. This does not happen.
MC-160994
Blocks broken by pistons do not display breaking particles
Resolved
Fixed
6
(Unassigned)
Confirmed
Low
Particles, Rendering, Sound
missing-particle
1.14.4, 19w37a, 19w38b, 19w39a, 19w40a, ..., 20w29a, 20w30a, 1.16.2 Pre-release 1, 1.16.3, 1.16.4 Pre-release 1
20w45a
Retrieved
This is fixed in 20w45a - the sound issue has been split into MC-203550.