Torches placed by world gen are unattached (Villages, Stronghold, Mineshaft, End exit portal)
Torches placed by the world generator and are supposed to attach to a block float instead.
How to recreate: Find any torches that are placed by the world generator (Villages, Mineshafts, etc.), and you will see that the torches float when they should be attached to a block.
This is displayed in the development console:
[Server thread/ERROR]: Tried to setBlockAndData(minecraft:torch/0) but it's an invalid state. Defaulting to minecraft:torch[facing=up] instead (minecraft:torch/5)
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