[MC-303487] dropping an item and putting it in you offhand duplicates it and turns it into a ghost like item

If you drop any item and put it in your offhand at the exact same time it will duplicate it and it will now be placable or used for a split second before disappearing.

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duplicates 1

MC-240720 Dropping an item while simultaneously swapping it into your offhand or another hotbar slot creates a ghost item Open

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[MCQA] Baslod 2025-10-23T07:54:08Z

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clamlol 2025-10-23T16:31:05Z

I can’t reproduce this.

[Mojang] Triage Team 2025-10-24T07:03:14Z

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[Mod] ManosSef 2025-10-24T13:27:05Z

Thank you for your report!
We're tracking this issue in MC-240720, so this ticket is being resolved and linked as a duplicate.

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