Adding my +1 to this.
I've had multiple platforms die (I'm playing on a server running 24/7) while waiting in orbit. They have big requests (Fulgora is a good source of circuits) and as such not enough rockets to satisfy the request. They then wait indefinitely, ignoring timers.

Or at least it ...

Hi all,

Would it be possible for the Factorio Team to share more insight as to why having an item at +inf will still trash them if trash unrequested is set?

The issue at hand is that for some items you may want a minimum, but sometimes pick up more than the minimum because you know you'll need ...