The bug:
When an armor stand is in water it burns and breaks when hit by a fire aspect enchanted sword
Steps to reproduce the issue
Place an armor stand in water
Hit it with a fire aspect enchanted sword once every ~1 second
Expected result
Armor stand should not burn
Actual result
Armor stand burns
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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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This is not exclusive to armor stands and applies to all entities than can be hit.