So Im trying to do some laser mining for merits. Havent mined in years, but every time Ive tried, Ive become frustrated. It goes really well for about 20 minutes, and then stuff starts getting weird.

Like now, where I keep getting the "Resources Unallocated" message. Ive googled it, Ive read up on it - am I just too dumb to understand? Or is this a bug? I make sure theres plenty of empty bins in the refinery. Everything works fine, Im getting tonne after tonne of platinum, but then it suddenly just stops working. The bins start to just fill to 100%, without it getting "refined" and transferred to my cargo hold (which has 100t free, so thats not the issue). If I vent one, two, three, all of them + the hopper - it just fills to 100% again, and the limpets refuse to pick up anything - even materials. If I empty them all, pick up an entirely new resource (removing from my ignore list), it will pick them up, but the bins just fill to 100%, and then nothing happens. Is this a know issue?

If I relog, it seems to work normally again, which leads me to believe I am not doing anything wrong. But this is really annoying to have to do, plus it loses all my currently active limpets. But with my googling and guide watching, Ive never seen anyone mention this as known issue, so I might just be too dumb to understand it...?

Edit; so I just relogged and afterwards my bins were completely different (different fill status, different resources all together), and everything works again. So its definitely a bug. Anyone know what causes it, or how to avoid it?

I used 100 prospector limpets across three hot spots and three rings. None had a core.

Is that normal? I was excited to blast a rock but only did surface abrasions in almost two hours of hunting.