Before 20w18a, you could empty a water bucket by placing it into a water source. Now, however, when placing it into a water source, it still plays the water bucket empty sound effect, but the bucket remains full.
Steps to recreate:
Get a full water bucket
Get a water source
Use the water bucket on the water source
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We're actually already tracking this issue in MC-181499, so I resolved and linked this ticket as a duplicate.
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