If you build the contraption in the attached picture in 24w34a and quickly break and replace the redstone torch, sometimes the left piston extends like in the attached picture.
Expected behavior would be that the right piston extracts, because it is "closer" to the redstone source/gets the higher signal strength.
This does not require any automated input or auto-clicker to reproduce, just breaking and replacing the redstone torch quickly (for example by keeping right-click pressed while breaking) in survival may trigger this behavior in a few attempts
This is expected behavior. While the right piston is retracting, the space in the middle is open for the left-most piston to extend. The right one can not extend during the short pulse because it is still retracting.
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