When place scaffolding beneath me, it will place infinitely until it hits the build limit

That isn't a bug... It's meant to do that. Try placing scaffolding on the SIDE of the block! 😃

Thank you for your report!
However, this issue is Working as Intended.

This is indeed how scaffolding is supposed to work. It works this way in Java, too.

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