I reported a chest that wasnt overflowing with the usual riches here: http://www.escapefromundeath.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77760
Today I did the same quest - along the river tear and the chest was open and empty again. I then did pillars and disks, and the same problem occured.
I just wanted to add that the chests are stuck open. I wasnt able to close them, or lock them in any way, which means probably the next person going in wasnt going to get loot either.
Since it is just an appearance thing, could this chests be replaced by boxes that dont open? Would this fix the problem?
It happens with any container. It's not a function of it being a chest or box but simply being a placeable container.
Edit: What I mean is that it doesn't matter what it looks like, a container that has been broken through lag will be broken through lag. There's not much, if anything, DMs can do about it.