To recreate:

• Open a GUI with the recipe book icon (survival inventory, furnace, crafting table).
• Click on the recipe book button to open or close the menu.
• Hold down SPACE. As you do, the recipe book menu should start flashing open and closed and the button click sound should play repeatedly.

This is likely a bug as similar buttons, such as villager trade buttons or beacon power selection buttons, only activate once when clicked and SPACE is held down.