Tick change stopped sugarcane from growing and nether portals are broken

Seed: Coastal Village (-1813740965); Survival Mode; Normal Difficulty; Infinite Size; world created in Beta v1.16.0.55.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Find sugarcane
2. Harvest the top portion of the sugarcane
3. Wait for it to grow
Observed Results: Sugarcane does not grow, see attached screenshot
Expected Results: Sugarcane would grow 

 

 From the  Beta Information and Changelogs  for 1.17.0.52 Beta

• Fixed an issue with certain blocks which could cause them to grow too quickly when ticked  

Sugarcane stopped growing.  Nether portals stopped turning off and on, see attached video file.  This is the same issue described by back in 1.16 Beta.