Try running the following command on chat in 1.20.4 and 1.20.5 respectively.
/execute summon fireball run damage @s 1 generic by @pIn 1.20.4, the summoned fireball would fire in the direction the player was facing, which was a useful behavior for mapmaking.
But in 1.20.5, this behavior has been removed. The fireball fails to take damage and stays where it was summoned.
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I belive this was intended and you have to set the velocity of the fire ball yourself when summoned on a command if you have anymore reasons to think this was a bug please contact me.
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This applies to other projectiles like Wind Charges.
I know this is unlikely to mean anything, but PLEASE reconsider this. This ruins a lot of functionality that the /damage command added and was critical to a lot of my datapacks. Now they are in an awkward limbo where they only work in a specific set of 1.20.5 snapshots where the Wind Charge and projectile /damage both work.
I knew this was a bug from the beginning, but it was extremely useful because you could input a selector and output a movement vector, which could be used for creating custom projectiles easily. Until we get some kind of /motion (yes, I know that is a suggestion and not a bug) I think that this should be looked at again.
Can confirm.