If there are problems/failure with the chain tensioner there are assembly issues that were not resolved...
No ifs ands or buts. I'm sure the choice of chain has a lot to do with "problems".

I ran small blocks on the road course for years [decades] with a tensioner. 4 engines built with tensioners. One engine had to come apart due to valve springs fracturing [chinese mopar performance springs] . No issues found with the chain and tensioner - tensioner was reused....thousands of miles road course pounding...then thousands more. Extended periods of operation between 2500 - 6500 rpm - like 45 minutes of non stop pounding beside thousands of miles of spirited driving. [go get your hellcat] The engine that had to come apart had over 12,000 miles of pounding... If there was going to be a chain tensioner problem i would have found it. Must be lucky... The tensioner provides rock solid timing and keeps the cam from running "late".