[MC-269658] Bows and crossbows with a food component set cannot be eaten in survival/adventure mode if the player has no arrows in their inventory

In survival and adventure modes, bows with the MINECRAFT:FOOD component cannot be eaten if there are no arrows present in the inventory. As item usage is not possible, you should eat it instead. Relates to MC-269655, MC-269631 and MC-145916.

Steps to replicate

/give @s minecraft:bow[minecraft:food={nutrition:4,saturation_modifier:0.1}]

Do not possess any arrows in the inventory
Be in survival or adventure mode
Attempt to eat the bow.

Observed behavior: Not possible.

Expected behavior: Should be possible.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 1

MC-275807 Usable items cannot be made to be consumable through component data Resolved

relates to 1

MC-269723 Spawn eggs cannot be eaten when a food component is set Resolved

Comments 2

ampolive 2024-03-21T01:10:01Z

Also affects crossbows.

[Mojang] Triage Team 2024-03-21T08:17:09Z

Thank you for your report!
After consideration, the issue is being closed as Won't Fix.

Please note that this is not the same as Working as Intended, as this bug report correctly describes behavior in the game that might not be the intended or desirable behavior, but it will not be fixed right now. Sometimes, this is because the issue reported is minor and/or impossible to change without large architectural changes to the code base.

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