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TL;DR

Make roboports higher on priority list than passive provider chests

What?

Continuing from the post "bots keep taking repair packs and stuck themselves"
What I would suggest is to make a roboport higher on the priority list than a passive provider chest so that construction bots don't go pick up more and more new repair packs from a passive provider rather than using the ones that are already in the roboports.

Why?

To prevent overflow of fresh repair packs being picked up and bots getting stuck and prioritize the repair packs that are already in the roboports to be used first.
I know this could be circumvented but since different logistic chests already have different priority it probably wouldn't be too difficult to add a roboport in there as well.

I wouldn't want, that a bot first skims all roboports in a network before looking in chests.
It should at least be limited to the nearest roboport, which starts to make it more complicated.

workaround, use a storage chest instead of a passive provider. storage can be filtered to only repair packs, although other items can be placed via inserter or manually.

just use storage chest for your repair pack supply, set filter, done

jodokus31 wrote: Wed Dec 24, 2025 9:38 am I wouldn't want, that a bot first skims all roboports in a network before looking in chests.
It should at least be limited to the nearest roboport, which starts to make it more complicated.

workaround, use a storage chest instead of a passive provider. storage can be filtered to only repair packs, although other items can be placed via inserter or manually.

Yeah not every roboport but in a certain radius or at least the roboport the bot is sitting in. I would still say that if it's about the same distance, maybe even a few blocks more, to prefer roboports. if you look at my original post you'll see the issue I come into. Yes a storage chest would definitely fix that but why not have a failsafe in case you're using just the passive providers in your defense wall.