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Minor bug in Lichess Practice mode

In the position displayed below (Double Check #5) Rxd5 is accepted as a solution, however from there we cannot continue since the best solution is Bxd5. I am not sure whether this can be considered a bug, but it seems inconsistent with the other exercises. Thank you.

https://i.imgur.com/ZDhDbUn.png
Yes but did u know that you can only load 1 solution into studies
but your way wins the queen
My point is that after Rxd5 the website should show a notification that there is a better move in the position and let the user try again, because now after playing Rxd5, you're actually stuck in the puzzle ;)
This type of study can have multiple solutions because it uses computer evaluation instead of manually-chosen lines. The problem here is that the eval needs to be at least +15 to count as victory, but when you take the queen, the eval is only around +12. I see a cloud eval of +16.9 after the king takes the queen, but by then, Lichess has already decided that the solution isn't good enough.
Taking the queen results in a completely winning position, I'd think. Unless there's good reason to keep the threshold at +15, I'll see if it can get lowered to make this practice chapter behave more consistently.

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