Whenever you click water really fast for about 5 seconds and you click next to the water source block it sometimes causes the water to no longer update most likely due to the water next to it updates faster before the empty one finishes.
MC-196352
Water Update Glitch
Resolved
Duplicate
0
Jguyjoggy
(Unassigned)
Unconfirmed
(Unassigned)
1.16.1
Retrieved
Thank you for your report!
However, we are already tracking this issue, and this report is a Duplicate of MC-12363, which is a report that has not been resolved yet.
If you want, you can upvote the parent ticket, and enable watching to receive any updates about it - if you believe you have any information that may be important for this issue, please leave a comment on the parent. Please also use the search function in the future to prevent duplicate reports.
Quick Links:
📓 Issue Guidelines – 🛠 Community Support – 📧 Customer Support – ✍️ Feedback and Suggestions – 📖 Game Wiki
💬 Mojira Subreddit – 💬 Mojira Discord