Why was this flagged as Deprecated? Is it in base game now? Or there is a better mod out there?

during construction the base game doesn't kick you out anymore, it might still close sub-guis tho

Can you please point out to patch notes and version when it was added? I could not find anything related in patch notes in past few months in changes sections. Was it a "Fix" type?

i don't remember, must have been over half a year ago or more

2.0.18 possibly

insider info: 5e2c344 / #7090

I tried vanilla interactions, its horrible, only machines and not even all wait until you close the guis, inserters and chests kick you out. So your mod is still usefull.