When running a clone command outside of a relatively short distance from the player the blocks outside the region don't visually update until you move closer.
This is visible in the screenshots:
Iron bars would normally occupy half a block if there were air next to them, but because the "air" that appears to be there is actually another invisible iron bar the iron bar joins with it to occupy a full block.
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Sounds like MC-89262.