without any "Follower robot count" research, i am able to deploy only one defender and one sentry(i think it should be something like 5?), while being able to deploy an unlimited amount of destroyer robots

list of mods:
core
base
QueueToFrontLimited
squeak-through-2
VehicleSnap
AutoDeconstruct
combat-mechanics-overhaul
CombatRobotsOverhaul
DeathNotice
dqol-resource-monitor
elevated-rails
EvenDistributionLite
far-reach
FastGate
Fill4Me
Fireproof-Bots-2
flib
FluidWagonColorMask
grappling-gun
helmod
mechanicus-reborn
ModuleInserterSimplified
Nearby-Ammo-Count
Placeables
quality
RPGsystem
SA-Humvee
SchallCircuitGroup
SchallTransportGroup
visual_tracers
Automatic_Train_Painter
BottleneckLite
cybersyn
space-age
StatsGui
Aircraft-space-age
cybersyn-combinator
EditorExtensions
electric-trains
loaders-modernized
lyra_loaders_can_stack
scattergun_turret

There could be an issue with the migration to the current release. Can you look what your current follower robot count is? There should be a button named "bonuses" under the research button in the top right corner.

If this shows 5, try to remove and install the mod again.

https://imgur.com/2VITThZ - screenshot of the bonuses tab, checked it with vanilla and by default, without any research, there is a +5 robot count

then i tried to reproduce this behavior with just vanilla and this mod, and it kinda did bork - +5 robot count is still missing from the bonuses tab, but without any other mods, the destroyer robot count is being limited by the maximum robot follower count, i.e. works as intended by this mod, so this behavior(unlimited amount of destroyers) is certainly some weird interaction with one of them mods that im playing with, listed above

btw everything(except unlimited destroyers) fixed itself once i researched the "Follower robot count" tech

i wanted to find out wich mod causes this unlimited destroyers behavior, but im kinda lazy, besides i guess i can just "honor" it and limit meself, so tis not a big problem for me

Care you willing to upload your save somewhere so I can have a look at it? Because I play with many of the mods myself and when I checked my current World yesterday, the bonus tab showed me a way too high robot count. After I saved the game and re-loaded it, the issue was gone however and I was unable to reproduce it.

I have the same issue but without the unlimited destroyers, i am only limited to a single drone of each type, checking bonuses reveals i have no +5 or anything like that to robot count, and my mod list is almost entirely different from jdeens

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RUtxfKhT25Z6rY8uJqpvtP_UEIhXIrFk/view?usp=sharing - modded save, before any of the "Follower robot count" research, i enabled cheats on this one to quickly research robots and test them

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c6qyrorsOM9ndp-RtHdgpwDEyXYZHKUP/view?usp=sharing - modded save, after some "Follower robot count" research - everything fixed itself, except unlimited destroyers

tell me if these links dont work - google drive can be kinda stupid

Thanks for the save. It looks like the mod data storage has been borked. It shows me roughly 57 different destroyer combat groups. Hence why you can spawn unlimited destroyers units, but not others. I assume this happened due a fault in the migration code which I recently pushed with the 2.1.15 release. While the error has been fixed, since I didn't push a new update but re-uploaded the old version, the error remained in your save file. To fix it I reccomend you remove the mod, load and save the world and then re-enable it. I'm sorry for the inconvience.

thank you very much for the quick response, did what you said and it fixed this strange follower count behavior and error from the other thread that i posted
godspeed
o7

is having only a single robot being spawnable at the start of combat robot research normal?

No, it should be five after unlocking the defender robot. I assume you have the same issue as JDeen. Remove the mod, open and save the world and then add it again. It should fix the issue.