Yes, that’s the issue. And here’s a trick to make chest-on-a-shelf work:
- Put a chest on the floor.
- Put a shelf on the wall, as close to the chest as you can.
- Put a second chest on that shelf.
- Pick up the first chest.
- Repeat this “leapfrogging” process until the shelf with the chest is at the height you want.
I’ve tested this out both in single player and official servers. Done that way, the chest won’t lose stability even after reboot – unless some other bug hits you, of course.
Uh, no. Just because things are buggy, doesn’t mean they’re supposed to be that way.
Back in 2018, people were losing crafting stations and containers randomly if they were placed on foundations close to the walls. Place them on a ceiling near the wall? No problem. Place them on foundation away from the wall? No problem. Place them on a foundation near the wall? Russian roulette. The conclusion was not “well, you’re not supposed to place stuff on foundations near walls”.