How I discovered it:
Upon seeing the new nether snapshot mob, the strider, I decided to do some tests with different potion effects. Out of curiosity, I threw a splash potion of slow falling at a strider, mounted it, and guided it off a cliff. To my surprise, both I and the strider splattered on the ground, unaffected by the effect. I also tried the same test with pigs and horses and got the same result.
The real question:
Is this intentional design, or simply an overlooked bug? Thank you for your time and consideration.
Thank you for your report!
We're actually already tracking this issue in MC-121788, so I resolved and linked this ticket as a duplicate.
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