[MC-179890] Fire stops ticking forever if gamerule doFireTick is set to false once

The bug

If the gamerule doFireTick is set to false, existing fire blocks will continue to not tick even if that gamerule is set back to true, and as such don't go out or spread to other blocks.

To reproduce

/gamerule doFireTick false
Place fire
/gamerule doFireTick true
Wait
→ ❌ The fire never goes out or spreads to other blocks

Linked issues

is duplicated by 1

MC-181639 Fire not working with /gamerule dofiretick properly Resolved

relates to 1

MC-180877 Fire does not spread from netherack to other blocks Resolved

Comments 1

Tokes 2020-05-29T23:40:38Z

Wait this is considered a bug? This has been the behavior for as long as that gamerule has existed (back to 2013 or 2012).