Rapidly spawned falling sand will show fine when the player is not riding anything, but if they get onto a pig, minecart, boat or horse the sand will disappear and only flicker occasionally.
Link to video demonstrating the effect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ElJebs7QOk
I expected it to either always show, or never show. The former would be preferable for map making reasons as currently [another bug|MC-35127] prevents us from properly changing the Time: tag (E.G: To have them last a few seconds rather than disappear instantly). Riding an entity seems like a strange thing to alter whether it displays or not.
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Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases. If this has been done, we can reopen the issue.
Keep in mind that the "Resolved"-Status on this ticket just means "Answered", and that we are waiting for further information on whether this issue still exists or not. We will reopen it as soon as the requested information has been delivered.
Confirmed: Also happens in creative flying mode.