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When a requester chest is set to "Request from buffer chests", bots will only pull from non-buffer chests. When you uncheck the box on the requester chest, bots will only pull from buffer chests. This functionality seems to have been flipped in the latest build. To repeat the issue, create a requester chest, a passive provider chest and a buffer chest. As soon as the check box is changed on the requester chest, the bots will pickup from the opposite chest (buffer vs passive provider)

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Thanks for the report however I can't reproduce what you're describing. It works perfectly when I test it.

Additionally since you're the only person I've seen say this is broken it makes me think you're misunderstanding how some part of this works.

I will see if I can re-create the issue this weekend. I was working from a save game that I started on .16. Everything worked as expected and I noticed requester chests were not being filled after loading the game in .17.7 or .17.8. I wasn't actually using any buffer chests, only passive provider chests. The second I flipped the switch on the requester chest to use buffer chests, bots came flying and filled in the items. Strangely enough this issue was only on some of the chests, but not all.