Opening the furnace UI after it is done smelting something presents the smelting-state arrow in a oddly mid-smeltage stage. It doesn't seem to affect the amount of items smelted (xp untested) and resets when you start smelting something else again. It doesn't happen when the fuel runs out with the UI still open.
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We're actually already tracking this issue at MCPE-63099, so I resolved and linked this ticket as a duplicate.
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