Found a portal in a deep cave, but it's brand new to me that there's something like that in caves. Is it normal to find something like that in caves and do I have to watch out for something special?
And no, I didn't build it myself
Was it on yet?
Then you play multiplayer and it's from another player, or you accidentally created a new portal when you returned from the Nether because you were too far away from your old portal.
Wasn't it on yet, and maybe missing. A few more blocks?
They have been around since 1.16. Most of the time, however, they spawn on the surface. You don't have to watch out for anything, this is a completely normal portal.
In the world I play alone, there are some reingejoints that I kicked straight away. So others couldn't have done that. When I was in the Nether, I always came back with the old portal and didn't create a new one anywhere else.
I installed an update from Minecraft yesterday or something, maybe it's new that portals spawn in caves. The portal was definitely on and was in the amount of 17.