I've recently made an automatic drone catcher and launcher machine thingy in SMP as an attempt to create a massive non-passive structure almost entirely using moving parts.
The skeleton of the structure (the machine itself) shows some vulnerabilities with the signals stopping abruptly at random causing the drones to occasionally stop midway through their journey to the other side (catcher and launcher).
Eventually the catchers (The tall obsidian towers on either sides) end up breaking randomly for the same reason as the repeating signal skips a tick and makes it continuous instead of alternative.
I have attached a video of the "working" machine and another showing the bug in action; along with those I have also attached some insight into the inner working of these towers hidden in the footage for means of reproduction if needed (instructions).
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