Can we get somebody to update the title then, and then potentially the description as well?
I feel it was a mistake for the minecart bug and the soulsand bug to ever have been merged or marked as duplicate to one another, and bug reports lacking clarity will only be ignored for a longer time. 😞
Can this be fixed just by altering the point in the model which acts as a breathing/seeing point, so that it's not quite so close to the ground?
This happens because of the hitboxes of endermite and silverfish and the fact that these blocks are actually slightly shorter than a full block. This is probably why it happens.
Are you still active +iftah gold, or may I be named reporter to keep this issue up to date?
Proposed solution: simply shorten the hitbox of these blocks so that points are not "within the hitbox" until they are lower than the foot position of mobs walking on the blocks.
Note: it appears as though in Minecraft 1.8.9 the creatures are harmed both on soul sand and on end portal frames, but that by Snapshot 16w05b only the Soul Sand harms them. End Frames are now safe.
Primarily just because it reveals some very strange design issues with the NPC hitbox system that are liable to find other ways of making your life miserable if you only let them. ;P
Confirmed.