Adam Bishop

Thank you for the link - it confirms that it is almost certainly unintended behavior.

In Beta 1.9pre6 when the behavior was changed it was not possible to switch between survival and creative modes, the survival inventory was not accessible, and was not clearable via the console.

Those three things have since changed, but the game still acts as if the survival inventory is immutable in creative mode.

Would it not be more appropriate to re-open the ticket, and let one of the developers confirm if it's intended or not?

Black holing items without confirmation seems like it has a significant chance of being a regression, especially as:

• it wasn't documented in any of the changelogs

• /clear exists

I really think this behavior needs to be changed, intended or not.

A player just lost two chests of items after they broke one open while I was stood next to them with creative mode creative mode active.

While I can see that it is convenient for cleaning up, it's a 'feature' that would work just as well implemented as a console command that clears the inventory.