[MC-306385] Worn armor and horse armor are now invisible behind lightning bolts if "Improved Transparency" is disabled

This behavior was introduced in 25w34a and remedied in 26.1-snapshot-4.

Armor doesn't render on the player or a mob when lightning strikes it.

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Automation for Jira 2026-02-13T17:23:46Z

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Maximus_3069 2026-02-14T20:36:01Z

Can confirm in 26.1 snapshot 7

[Mojang] Triage Team 2026-02-24T08:17:40Z

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We suspect that this does not occur in the latest version of Minecraft.

Is this issue present in the latest version of Minecraft?

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