The brush is not working correctly. When using the brush, it's supposed to dig the targeted block, and reveal an item. But when you brush, it's not doing that.
[NOTE: I was on an island that was randomly spawned, and I also placed down my own Suspicious Sand and Dirt blocks. I used the brush in survival mode.]
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We're tracking this issue in MC-260045, so this ticket is being resolved and linked as a duplicate.
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