I've confirmed this as a vanilla bug. I've forwarded this report over to FP, but will keep this open as I will likely patch it on our end in the meantime.
I'm hoping the new black market will enable you to find various ways to produce the resources you need without having to micro too much. I agree that the game is slowly shifting away from solo play. I'll try and accommodate solos as much as possible.
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