While swimming you can regain air bubbles at around 0.8 blocks from water surface, if you do a strong attack on a mob while underwater and swimming. If you were not swimming, hit a mob and started swimming the bug will not occur, and once you go over the surface it will be fixed.
MC-239422
Regain air bubbles before reaching water surface
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Niamh
(Unassigned)
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(Unassigned)
drowning, singleplayer, swimming
21w42a
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