The problem is I do not get the similar pattern as you wrote:
The response is as blow:
p$prior[1]
[1] ""
> p$prior[3]
[1] "student_t(3, 0, 10)"
> p$prior[1]
[1] ""
> p$prior[3]
[1] "student_t(3, 0, 10)"
> p$prior[18]
[1] "student_t(3, 0, 10)"
> p$prior[21]
[1] ""
:(
I can send some of the data, if it helps to understand why!