HDRP water renders with blocky artifacts while looking through transparent material when Transparent Depth Prepass is enabled

Unity: Environment Effects

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How to reproduce:
1. Open the attached “IN-108732” project
2. Open the “Island” Scene
3. Ensure Transparent Depth Prepass is enabled (Edit > Project Settings > Quality > HDRP > Rendering > Transparent Depth Prepass)
4. Open the Scene View
5. Observe the result

Expected result: The water renders without artifacts
Actual result: The water renders with blocky artifacts

Reproducible with: 2023.3.0b5, 6000.0.54f1, 6000.1.13f1, 6000.2.0b11, 6000.3.0a3
Could not test with: 2023.1.0a1 (Project crashes upon opening), 2023.3.0b4 (Could not fix water rendering issues)

Reproduced on: Windows 11
Not reproduced on: No other environment tested

Note: The issue can be seen easier by moving around in the Scene view

HDRP water renders with blocky artifacts while looking through transparent material when Transparent Depth Prepass is enabled

Unity: Environment Effects

Won't Fix

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HDRP water renders with blocky artifacts while looking through transparent material when Transparent Depth Prepass is enabled

Unity: Environment Effects

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6.2.XWon't FixUnity 6000.2 has reached its end of life and will not receive further updates. If you need additional fixes, please upgrade to a newer Unity version.

6.1.XWon't FixCancelling: the 6000.1 version has reached its end of life. If you need additional fixes, please upgrade to a newer Unity version.

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