Dripstone Caves are usually generated underground, but in the latest beta, you can find some dripstone caves biome exposed on the ground with no caves connection at all. This also can be considered a parity bug. (MC-236718)
The seed is 100, it can be observed near spawn.
Expected Result
The Dripstone Caves would generate underground.
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The seed provided could still be interpreted as a small cave. I've added an undeniable example in this new screenshot.

Cannot reproduce in 1.18.0.20 with the seeds provided from the screenshots. Are there any example seeds for this bug in the latest beta versions?
@unknown - Updated the description with the seed from the other screenshot, that one still works.
Finally found another example.
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