Redstone dust, when placed on blocks will only visually connect east-west or around corners. Redstone will not visually connect north-south. Redstone transmitting power is not affected.
Environment
The bug exists in every in-game environment I have tested so far in 14w18b.
Duplicate of MC-53384
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