When you drop an item (can be any) on flat lava it bounces around a few times before burning. Normally it should instantly burn up.
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Well in this snapshot, the dropped item(s) bounced on flat lava like I was skipping stones for 2-3 times on occasion. I tried it in other versions and it burned up instantly.
If this is happening on a server , then it's latency. I checked in single player and could not actually reproduce it.
This is kinda normal... the item is knocked back from the 'damage' and it's been happening since alpha/beta MC, so...
Intended.