In earlier versions of minecraft, the wither's boss bar would slowly fill up during the 'cooldown' effect which happens when you summon the boss in. - However this does not happen in the recent versions.
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We're already tracking this issue at MC-99529, so I will resolve and link this ticket as a duplicate.
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Can confirm this in 19w42a