From the very beginning of the new addon, in two of my sages, there was no return of resources from the right branch in the bookmark - Tradeskil prestige / general. Also, there was no return of resources when a lucky event happened - Your crafting expertise shines through!I want to return my resources & rar!!
On other crafters, sometimes resources come back and almost always returns. On sages not one more time woke up, no resources, no fuel.
Not always - some recipes will do it for some crafters, but not all. My alchemist had 1 recipe that returned fuels and materials, but none of the three others in the writ selection did. My tailor got all four of hers to return fuels and resources, my jeweller the same. Same as you, got nothing back on my sage.
It seems when i craft a grandmaster if my crafting expertise triggers it keeps components if its for a scout or fighter however if its for priest or mage it consumes em Id say this is a really big deal.