Just updating as wookus003 provided the following in the Discord!
https://discord.com/channels/227126593754103810/1176174510588833892/1176629084982354052
wookus003:
after some testing i found out how to cause this, if you take the "eat your carats" chip this bug will happen
The new patch added an icon above the bot when it can be upgraded. I drilled a shard and upgraded the bot but now it shows the upgrade icon when there is no upgrade.