What's observed:
Sand/Gravel blocks break when an retracted piston block is pulled down from underneath it
What's expected:
The sand/gravel block should fall normally and not break.
Why this is an issue:
This behavior is new to the 1.16 nether update and has broken the redstone door, shown in one of the videos provided, that I use in many of my builds.
*videos below demonstrate the issue with sand blocks. The result is the same for gravel/red sand/concrete powder as well, though not shown.
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We're actually already tracking this issue at MCPE-81106, so I will resolve and link this ticket as a duplicate.
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