Expected Behavior

Since bubbles are not rendered behind glass blocks, there should be no lag. The game does this by default.

Actual Behavior

If there are a lot of bubble particles nearby, the particles are not rendered but the game still lags.

Reproduction Steps

Place a lot of soul sand in water to make bubble columns, then place glass in front of you to hide the bubble particles.

Setting particle quality to Low is a workaround, but hides particles everywhere else in the game, as well.

Attachments

https://imgur.com/a/vZYa6ry

Left image has Particle Quality set to Low, while right image has Particle Quality set to High

System Information

• Java Version: 1.8.0_51 64bit
• CPU: 4x Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.2GHz
• GPU: Radeon R9 290X

I am unable to reproduce this on the latest commit (Particle quality high).
I was able to achieve this initially after creating these bubble collums but after a few moments it returned to normal