Mobs which hitboxes overlap glass blocks will not take damage.
Repro:
1. Encapsulate a 2x2x1 empty space with glass.
2. Spawn a horse in the empty space.
3. Notice that the horse will not take any damage.
MC-171953
Mobs don't take suffocation damage by being inside glass blocks
Resolved
Works As Intended
0
Thommy Siverman
(Unassigned)
Confirmed
Entities, Hitboxes
20w06a
Retrieved
WAI as of MC-46765 MC-139394 MC-146432
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