BeeStation/BeeStation-Hornet

Open Crafting Menu + Cable Coil = Spam Message Bug ?

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#14,586 opened on Jul 16, 2026

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Description

Issue reported from Round ID: 56785 (BeeStation Sage - Roleplay)

Reporting client version: 516.1684

PR's being test merged: #14395

What Happened

I was collecting materials to do some crafting, at one point i collect a bundle of Cable Coils from Aux Tool Storage and start to notice the following message continuously hitting my chat

You have to be standing on top of a chair to make a noose!

I was not trying to make a noose, or anything similar- simply opening the crafting menu seems to be triggering this message which will continuously send the message about how its failing

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c59f5e01-6772-4235-a5a4-56a73f5d657d

Reproduction Steps

Not sure, simply having cable coils on me and opening the crafting menu doesnt seem to be enough to trigger this, but these messages did only start after i picked up a cable coil, before i picked up any of the other materials in crafting the Ghetto Environmental Suit so its most likely something to do with the noose recipie / cable coils themself...

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Research direction
Investigate the crafting menu code and the noose recipe. Search for the message 'You have to be standing on top of a chair to make a noose!' in the codebase. Trace why opening the crafting menu triggers this message. Check the recent PR #14395 that was test merged.
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