Powder snow isn't mined any faster with shovels

Can confirm in 21w05b.

Can confirm in 21w07a.

You are not supposed to mine powder snow, instead pick it up with a bucket.

Can confirm in 21w08b. Video attached. Also @unknown, this report has been confirmed to be an issue by Mojang themselves, as this ticket has an assigned "Mojang Priority".

Can confirm in 21w13a.

Can confirm in 21w14a.

Can confirm in 21w15a.

Can confirm in 21w16a.

Can confirm in 21w17a.

Can confirm in 1.17.

You're supposed to mine it with buckets, that is why the "bucket of powder snow" item exists

Can confirm in 1.17.1.

Can confirm this behavior in 21w42a. Here are some extra details regarding this problem.

The Bug:

Powder snow does not have an assigned tool.

Steps to Reproduce:

• Summon multiple blocks of powder snow.

/fill ~1 ~ ~1 ~7 ~ ~7 minecraft:powder_snow

• Switch into survival mode, break some of the powder snow with your hand, and as you do this, take note of how fast it's destroyed.

• Now obtain a shovel, break some of the powder snow using it, and take note as to whether or not it's destroyed slower, faster, or at the same speed as using your hand.

Observed Behavior:

Powder snow does not have an assigned tool.

Expected Behavior:

Powder snow would have an assigned tool. Instead, you should be able to mine powder snow faster when using a shovel.

I can confirm this behavior in 1.18 Release Candidate 1.

Here's a potential fix regarding this issue. The following is based on a decompiled version of Minecraft 1.17.1 using MCP-Reborn.

Potential Fix:

In the net.minecraft.data.tags.BlockTagsProvider.java class, simply adding Blocks.POWDER_SNOW within the MINEABLE_WITH_SHOVEL block tag should resolve this problem. The correct line of code within its class should look something like the following:

net.minecraft.data.tags.BlockTagsProvider.java

public class BlockTagsProvider extends TagsProvider<Block> {
   public BlockTagsProvider(DataGenerator p_126511_) { super(p_126511_, Registry.BLOCK); }

   protected void addTags() {
      ...
      this.tag(BlockTags.MINEABLE_WITH_SHOVEL).add(Blocks.CLAY, Blocks.DIRT, Blocks.COARSE_DIRT, Blocks.PODZOL, Blocks.FARMLAND, Blocks.GRASS_BLOCK, Blocks.GRAVEL, Blocks.MYCELIUM, Blocks.SAND, Blocks.RED_SAND, Blocks.SNOW_BLOCK, Blocks.SNOW, Blocks.SOUL_SAND, Blocks.DIRT_PATH, Blocks.WHITE_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.ORANGE_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.MAGENTA_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.LIGHT_BLUE_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.YELLOW_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.LIME_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.PINK_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.GRAY_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.LIGHT_GRAY_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.CYAN_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.PURPLE_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.BLUE_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.BROWN_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.GREEN_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.RED_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.BLACK_CONCRETE_POWDER, Blocks.SOUL_SOIL, Blocks.ROOTED_DIRT, Blocks.POWDER_SNOW);
      ...