Fall damage is negated while riding a boat

In the latest release of minecraft, there is a "bug" that makes you completely immune to fall damage while on a boat, just like in java edition. Actually, since 1.17.30, this was already a thing. It was unnoticed by the community. However, when i was testing out something in a flat world, i was shocked when i didn't take any fall damage in a boat. I doubt that this is a feature or a bug.