I think I found the issue.
Mod setting: Max range of each inserter - incremental
Using this causes the crash if opening the inserter menu, while reverting to the default "equal" or "inserter" it works fine.
Tried disabling all other mods, and I still get the same crash only with a few different lines
The mod Smart Inserters (1.2.5) caused a non-recoverable error.
Please report this error to the mod author.
Error while running event Smart_Inserters::on_gui_opened (ID 88)
Smart_Inserters/scripts/util.lua:23: attempt to call field 'inseter_default_range' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
Smart_Inserters/scripts/util.lua:23: in function 'should_cell_be_enabled'
Smart_Inserters/scripts/selector_gui.lua:315: in function 'update'
Smart_Inserters/control.lua:209: in function <Smart_Inserters/control.lua:205>