I can confirm the exact behavior. For me, it was in SVGs I downloaded from Icomoon.io. The alignment and distribution tools would produce weird results, and clicking the same buttons again would further move the imported graphic.
I also found I could ungroup and delete the blank item, but that's very cumbersome. Removing the <title> line from the SVG source code fixed these issues for me.
Because the <title> line is there for accessibility, I think Illustrator should seek to fix this bug instead of our having to edit all our SVGs.
I can confirm the exact behavior. For me, it was in SVGs I downloaded from Icomoon.io. The alignment and distribution tools would produce weird results, and clicking the same buttons again would further move the imported graphic.
I also found I could ungroup and delete the blank item, but that's very cumbersome. Removing the <title> line from the SVG source code fixed these issues for me.
Because the <title> line is there for accessibility, I think Illustrator should seek to fix this bug instead of our having to edit all our SVGs.