Water Current Changes Break Minecart Redstone Machines

In the Bedrock Edition preview version 26.0.27, changes to water current mechanics have unintentionally rendered the majority of minecart-based item sorting systems non-functional. This poses a significant issue for the Bedrock redstone community.

Unlike Java Edition, where lava cauldrons are commonly used to cleanly separate minecarts from their contents, Bedrock Edition players rely primarily on a two-step process involving water currents and cactus (or fire). Specifically, water streams are essential for transporting items away from the point of separation to the sorting mechanism. The recent alteration to water force has broken this critical transport step: items ejected from minecarts now remain stationary within the water stream, failing to be carried forward.

As a result, while the new water behavior might be more intuitive in isolation, it has effectively disabled the standard design for item sorters. This creates a functional disparity between editions, leaving Bedrock players without a simple, reliable method for building minecart-based sorting systems comparable to those in Java Edition.

How to Reproduce:

1. Load the attached test world.

2. Activate the minecart as demonstrated in the accompanying video.

3. Allow the minecart to encounter fire, which separates the minecart from its contents.

4. Observe the behavior of the ejected items in water.

Observed Result:
In version 26.0.27, items ejected from minecarts do not flow with the water current and remain stationary. This prevents item sorters from functioning as intended.

Expected Result:
Items should flow normally along the water current after being ejected from the minecart, as observed in the stable version 1.21.130. This allows item sorting systems to operate correctly.