diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 4c1feebb1..eb17813b8 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.0.1
+current_version = 3.0.2
 files = straxen/__init__.py
 commit = True
 tag = True
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index dad348eca..5e2523e4e 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+3.0.2 / 2025-01-13
+-------------------
+* Collect SOM dtype at one place by @dachengx in https://github.com/XENONnT/straxen/pull/1511
+* Stop support for list of "take" protocol by @dachengx in https://github.com/XENONnT/straxen/pull/1517
+* Add `stage` flag for `RucioRemoteBackend` by @dachengx in https://github.com/XENONnT/straxen/pull/1520
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/XENONnT/straxen/compare/v3.0.1...v3.0.2
+
+
 3.0.1 / 2024-12-27
 -------------------
 * Fix run_doc for led plugin by @GiovanniVolta in https://github.com/XENONnT/straxen/pull/1462
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1a5faa420..c6378f316 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [tool]
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "straxen"
-version = "3.0.1"
+version = "3.0.2"
 description = "Streaming analysis for XENON"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
diff --git a/straxen/__init__.py b/straxen/__init__.py
index d7ee6278f..bd9d3b8f8 100644
--- a/straxen/__init__.py
+++ b/straxen/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # mypy: disable-error-code="no-redef"
-__version__ = "3.0.1"
+__version__ = "3.0.2"
 
 from utilix import uconfig
 from .common import *
diff --git a/straxen/analyses/posrec_comparison.py b/straxen/analyses/posrec_comparison.py
index 163b24265..9eddf031b 100644
--- a/straxen/analyses/posrec_comparison.py
+++ b/straxen/analyses/posrec_comparison.py
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ def load_corrected_positions(
 
     z_obs = -drift_speed * drift_time
 
-    for algo, v_cmt in zip(posrec_algos, cmt_version):
-        fdc_tmp = (f"fdc_map_{algo}", v_cmt, True)
+    for alg, v_cmt in zip(posrec_algos, cmt_version):
+        fdc_tmp = (f"fdc_map_{alg}", v_cmt, True)
         map_tmp = straxen.get_correction_from_cmt(run_id, fdc_tmp)
         itp_tmp = straxen.InterpolatingMap(straxen.common.get_resource(map_tmp, fmt="binary"))
         itp_tmp.scale_coordinates([1.0, 1.0, -drift_speed])
 
         orig_pos = np.vstack(
-            [events[f"{s2_pre}s2_x_{algo}"], events[f"{s2_pre}s2_y_{algo}"], z_obs]
+            [events[f"{s2_pre}s2_x_{alg}"], events[f"{s2_pre}s2_y_{alg}"], z_obs]
         ).T
         r_obs = np.linalg.norm(orig_pos[:, :2], axis=1)
         delta_r = itp_tmp(orig_pos)
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ def load_corrected_positions(
             invalid = np.abs(z_obs) < np.abs(delta_r)
         z_cor[invalid] = z_obs[invalid]
 
-        result[f"x_{algo}"] = orig_pos[:, 0] * scale
-        result[f"y_{algo}"] = orig_pos[:, 1] * scale
-        result[f"r_{algo}"] = r_cor
-        result[f"r_naive_{algo}"] = r_obs
-        result[f"r_field_distortion_correction_{algo}"] = delta_r
-        result[f"theta_{algo}"] = np.arctan2(orig_pos[:, 1], orig_pos[:, 0])
-        result[f"z_{algo}"] = z_cor
+        result[f"x_{alg}"] = orig_pos[:, 0] * scale
+        result[f"y_{alg}"] = orig_pos[:, 1] * scale
+        result[f"r_{alg}"] = r_cor
+        result[f"r_naive_{alg}"] = r_obs
+        result[f"r_field_distortion_correction_{alg}"] = delta_r
+        result[f"theta_{alg}"] = np.arctan2(orig_pos[:, 1], orig_pos[:, 0])
+        result[f"z_{alg}"] = z_cor
 
     result["z_naive"] = z_obs
     return result
@@ -102,16 +102,16 @@ def load_corrected_positions(
 def load_dtypes(posrec_algos):
     dtype = []
 
-    for algo in posrec_algos:
+    for alg in posrec_algos:
         for xyzr in "x y z r".split():
             dtype += [
                 (
                     (
                         (
                             f"Interaction {xyzr}-position, field-distortion corrected (cm) - "
-                            f"{algo.upper()} posrec algorithm"
+                            f"{alg.upper()} posrec algorithm"
                         ),
-                        f"{xyzr}_{algo}",
+                        f"{xyzr}_{alg}",
                     ),
                     np.float32,
                 ),
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ def load_dtypes(posrec_algos):
                 (
                     (
                         "Interaction r-position using observed S2 positions directly (cm) -"
-                        f" {algo.upper()} posrec algorithm"
+                        f" {alg.upper()} posrec algorithm"
                     ),
-                    f"r_naive_{algo}",
+                    f"r_naive_{alg}",
                 ),
                 np.float32,
             ),
@@ -131,16 +131,16 @@ def load_dtypes(posrec_algos):
                 (
                     (
                         "Correction added to r_naive for field distortion (cm) - "
-                        f"{algo.upper()} posrec algorithm"
+                        f"{alg.upper()} posrec algorithm"
                     ),
-                    f"r_field_distortion_correction_{algo}",
+                    f"r_field_distortion_correction_{alg}",
                 ),
                 np.float32,
             ),
             (
                 (
-                    f"Interaction angular position (radians) - {algo.upper()} posrec algorithm",
-                    f"theta_{algo}",
+                    f"Interaction angular position (radians) - {alg.upper()} posrec algorithm",
+                    f"theta_{alg}",
                 ),
                 np.float32,
             ),
diff --git a/straxen/corrections_services.py b/straxen/corrections_services.py
index 18e83fb6a..c51ab0c9c 100644
--- a/straxen/corrections_services.py
+++ b/straxen/corrections_services.py
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ def apply_cmt_version(context: strax.Context, cmt_global_version: str) -> None:
         # this could be either a CMT tuple or a URLConfig
         value = option_info["strax_option"]
 
-        # might need to modify correction name to include position reconstruction algo
+        # might need to modify correction name to include position reconstruction alg
         # this is a bit of a mess, but posrec configs are treated differently in the tuples
         # URL configs should already include the posrec suffix
         # (it's real mess -- we should drop tuple configs)
diff --git a/straxen/plugins/events/event_basics_vanilla.py b/straxen/plugins/events/event_basics_vanilla.py
index c44f457ca..1c74e1a99 100644
--- a/straxen/plugins/events/event_basics_vanilla.py
+++ b/straxen/plugins/events/event_basics_vanilla.py
@@ -173,34 +173,34 @@ def _set_posrec_save(self):
         self.pos_rec_labels = list(set(posrec_names))
         self.pos_rec_labels.sort()
 
-        self.posrec_save = [(xy + algo) for xy in ["x_", "y_"] for algo in self.pos_rec_labels]
+        self.posrec_save = [(xy + alg) for xy in ["x_", "y_"] for alg in self.pos_rec_labels]
 
     def _get_posrec_dtypes(self):
         """Get S2 positions for each of the position reconstruction algorithms."""
         posrec_dtpye = []
 
-        for algo in self.pos_rec_labels:
+        for alg in self.pos_rec_labels:
             # S2 positions
             posrec_dtpye += [
                 (
-                    f"s2_x_{algo}",
+                    f"s2_x_{alg}",
                     np.float32,
-                    f"Main S2 {algo}-reconstructed X position, uncorrected [cm]",
+                    f"Main S2 {alg}-reconstructed X position, uncorrected [cm]",
                 ),
                 (
-                    f"s2_y_{algo}",
+                    f"s2_y_{alg}",
                     np.float32,
-                    f"Main S2 {algo}-reconstructed Y position, uncorrected [cm]",
+                    f"Main S2 {alg}-reconstructed Y position, uncorrected [cm]",
                 ),
                 (
-                    f"alt_s2_x_{algo}",
+                    f"alt_s2_x_{alg}",
                     np.float32,
-                    f"Alternate S2 {algo}-reconstructed X position, uncorrected [cm]",
+                    f"Alternate S2 {alg}-reconstructed X position, uncorrected [cm]",
                 ),
                 (
-                    f"alt_s2_y_{algo}",
+                    f"alt_s2_y_{alg}",
                     np.float32,
-                    f"Alternate S2 {algo}-reconstructed Y position, uncorrected [cm]",
+                    f"Alternate S2 {alg}-reconstructed Y position, uncorrected [cm]",
                 ),
             ]
 
diff --git a/straxen/plugins/events/event_pattern_fit.py b/straxen/plugins/events/event_pattern_fit.py
index cd86b8290..a5315b0fe 100644
--- a/straxen/plugins/events/event_pattern_fit.py
+++ b/straxen/plugins/events/event_pattern_fit.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 import straxen
 import numpy as np
 import numba
-from straxen.numbafied_scipy import numba_gammaln, numba_betainc
 from scipy.special import loggamma
+from straxen.numbafied_scipy import numba_gammaln, numba_betainc
+from straxen.plugins.defaults import DEFAULT_POSREC_ALGO
 
 export, __all__ = strax.exporter()
 
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ class EventPatternFit(strax.Plugin):
     provides = "event_pattern_fit"
     __version__ = "0.1.3"
 
+    default_reconstruction_algorithm = straxen.URLConfig(
+        default=DEFAULT_POSREC_ALGO, help="default reconstruction algorithm that provides (x,y)"
+    )
+
     # Getting S1 AFT maps
     s1_aft_map = straxen.URLConfig(
         default="itp_map://resource://xedocs://s1_aft_xyz_maps?attr=value&fmt=json&run_id=plugin.run_id&version=ONLINE",
diff --git a/straxen/plugins/raw_records_coin_nv/nveto_recorder.py b/straxen/plugins/raw_records_coin_nv/nveto_recorder.py
index cbd71073e..835e9e517 100644
--- a/straxen/plugins/raw_records_coin_nv/nveto_recorder.py
+++ b/straxen/plugins/raw_records_coin_nv/nveto_recorder.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def pulse_in_interval(raw_records, record_links, start_times, end_times):
 
     """
     nrr = len(raw_records)
-    result = np.zeros(nrr, bool)
+    result = np.zeros(nrr, np.bool_)
 
     last_interval_seen = 0
     for ind, rr in enumerate(raw_records):
diff --git a/straxen/scripts/bootstrax.py b/straxen/scripts/bootstrax.py
index de38552da..5b2fd6286 100755
--- a/straxen/scripts/bootstrax.py
+++ b/straxen/scripts/bootstrax.py
@@ -78,13 +78,16 @@
     action="store_true",
     help="Don't allow bootstrax to switch to a different target for special runs",
 )
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--fix_resources",
+    action="store_true",
+    help="Don't let bootstrax change number of cores/max_messages because of failures",
+)
 parser.add_argument(
     "--infer_mode",
     action="store_true",
-    help=(
-        "Determine best number max-messages and cores for each run "
-        "automatically. Overrides --cores and --max_messages"
-    ),
+    help="Determine best number max-messages and cores for each run "
+    "automatically. Overrides --cores and --max_messages",
 )
 parser.add_argument(
     "--delete_live",
@@ -102,10 +105,8 @@
 parser.add_argument(
     "--ignore_checks",
     action="store_true",
-    help=(
-        "Do not use! This disables checks on e.g. the timestamps! Should only "
-        "be used if some run is very valuable but some checks are failing."
-    ),
+    help="Do not use! This disables checks on e.g. the timestamps! Should only "
+    "be used if some run is very valuable but some checks are failing.",
 )
 parser.add_argument("--max_messages", type=int, default=10, help="number of max mailbox messages")
 
@@ -626,6 +627,24 @@ def infer_target(rd: dict) -> dict:
         # also use source field, outcome is the same)
         if "event_info" in targets or "event_info" in post_process:
             targets = list(targets) + ["event_info_double"]
+    elif "ambe" in mode:
+        # rates are very high, to ensure smooth operation let's just do this
+        # based on calibrations of Apr 2023 this is the only safe working solution
+        log.debug("ambe-mode")
+
+        # get the mode from the daq_db
+        # this is a new thing from Nov 2023
+        # it overwrites the mode from the rundb
+        bootstrax_config_coll = daq_db["bootstrax_config"]
+        bootstrax_config = bootstrax_config_coll.find_one({"name": "bootstrax_config"})
+
+        this_eb_ambe_mode = bootstrax_config["ambe_modes"].get(hostname[:3], "default")
+        log.debug(f"Ambe mode for {hostname} is {this_eb_ambe_mode}")
+
+        if this_eb_ambe_mode != "default":
+            log.debug(f"Overwriting targets and post processing for {hostname} from daq_db")
+            targets = bootstrax_config["modes_definitions"][this_eb_ambe_mode]["targets"]
+            post_process = bootstrax_config["modes_definitions"][this_eb_ambe_mode]["post_process"]
 
     targets = strax.to_str_tuple(targets)
     post_process = strax.to_str_tuple(post_process)
@@ -844,6 +863,17 @@ def infer_mode(rd):
         "timeout": [1200, 1200, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, 2400],
     }
     if data_rate and args.infer_mode:
+
+        # Temporary solution
+        # It is a patch to try to process some ambe data without failing for memory
+        # If we are doing ambe -> consider the maximum rate
+        # so that we have 10 cores and 12 messages for new ebs
+        # and we have     8 cores and 6 messages for old ebs
+        # added by Carlo on 19 April 2023
+        mode = str(rd.get("mode"))
+        if "ambe" in mode:
+            data_rate = 550
+
         df = pd.DataFrame(benchmark)
         if data_rate not in benchmark["mbs"]:
             df.loc[len(df.index)] = [data_rate, None, None, None, None, None]
@@ -857,7 +887,14 @@ def infer_mode(rd):
         del df, benchmark, result["cores_old"], result["max_messages_old"]
     else:
         result = dict(cores=args.cores, max_messages=args.max_messages, timeout=1000)
+
     n_fails = rd["bootstrax"].get("n_failures", 0)
+    if args.fix_resources:
+        # If we are in a fix resource mode, we should not change the resources
+        # based on the number of failures.
+        n_fails = 0
+        log.debug(f"Fixing resources, ignoring {n_fails} previous failures")
+
     if n_fails:
         # Exponentially lower resources & increase timeout
         result = dict(
diff --git a/straxen/storage/rucio_remote.py b/straxen/storage/rucio_remote.py
index 113b93c79..e5e6113f1 100644
--- a/straxen/storage/rucio_remote.py
+++ b/straxen/storage/rucio_remote.py
@@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ class RucioRemoteFrontend(strax.StorageFrontend):
     path = None
 
     def __init__(
-        self, download_heavy=False, staging_dir="./strax_data", rses_only=tuple(), *args, **kwargs
+        self,
+        download_heavy=False,
+        stage=False,
+        staging_dir="./strax_data",
+        rses_only=tuple(),
+        *args,
+        **kwargs,
     ):
         """
         :param download_heavy: option to allow downloading of heavy data through RucioRemoteBackend
@@ -49,7 +55,9 @@ def __init__(
 
         if HAVE_ADMIX:
             self.backends = [
-                RucioRemoteBackend(staging_dir, download_heavy=download_heavy, rses_only=rses_only),
+                RucioRemoteBackend(
+                    staging_dir, download_heavy=download_heavy, stage=stage, rses_only=rses_only
+                ),
             ]
         else:
             self.log.warning(
@@ -95,7 +103,7 @@ class RucioRemoteBackend(strax.FileSytemBackend):
     # for caching RSE locations
     dset_cache: Dict[str, str] = {}
 
-    def __init__(self, staging_dir, download_heavy=False, rses_only=tuple(), **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, staging_dir, download_heavy=False, stage=False, rses_only=tuple(), **kwargs):
         """
         :param staging_dir: Path (a string) where to save data. Must be
             a writable location.
@@ -119,6 +127,7 @@ def __init__(self, staging_dir, download_heavy=False, rses_only=tuple(), **kwarg
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.staging_dir = staging_dir
         self.download_heavy = download_heavy
+        self.stage = stage
         self.rses_only = strax.to_str_tuple(rses_only)
 
     def _get_rse(self, dset_did, **filters):
@@ -143,7 +152,9 @@ def _get_metadata(self, dset_did, **kwargs):
             self.dset_cache[dset_did] = rse
 
         metadata_did = strax.RUN_METADATA_PATTERN % dset_did
-        downloaded = admix.download(metadata_did, rse=rse, location=self.staging_dir)
+        downloaded = admix.download(
+            metadata_did, rse=rse, location=self.staging_dir, stage=self.stage
+        )
         if len(downloaded) != 1:
             raise ValueError(f"{metadata_did} should be a single file. We found {len(downloaded)}.")
         metadata_path = downloaded[0]
@@ -178,7 +189,9 @@ def _read_chunk(self, dset_did, chunk_info, dtype, compressor):
                 rse = self._get_rse(dset_did)
                 self.dset_cache[dset_did] = rse
 
-            downloaded = admix.download(chunk_did, rse=rse, location=self.staging_dir)
+            downloaded = admix.download(
+                chunk_did, rse=rse, location=self.staging_dir, stage=self.stage
+            )
             if len(downloaded) != 1:
                 raise ValueError(
                     f"{chunk_did} should be a single file. We found {len(downloaded)}."