When a repeater is powered from the side by a comparator, it locks like a normal locked repeater, but it doesn't get the bedrock bar on it, until you update the repeater.
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After a bit more experimenting, I found this most commonly happens when the repeater is locked by a "subtraction mode" comparator
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Dupe of MC-9194
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Still an issue in 15w45a.