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KiCad - the KiCad Bridge

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Reference implementation of the KiCad bridge: multi-instance Python server, forward path via kicad-cli, reverse path via in-process plugin. Most complex of the three bundled bridges.

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v0.9.129: PM plugin bind-wait 15s -> 45s (KiCad starts the PM's embedded Python lazily; a fresh 10.0.5 PM takes 30-45s before the plugin can answer)

John Lauer ·4a1b34f24e ·1mo ago ·parent 1640921
5 files changed +13−9
BRIDGE_VERSION+1−1adom-bridge-kicad-manifest.json+5−5adom-bridge-kicad-v0.9.129.zipbridge.json+1−1handlers/open_symbol_editor.py+6−2
BRIDGE_VERSION+1−1
@@ -1 +1 @@-0.9.128+0.9.129
adom-bridge-kicad-manifest.json+5−5
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ {   "manifest_version": 1,   "name": "kicad",-  "version": "0.9.128",-  "url": "https://wiki.adom.inc/download/adom/kicad-bridge/0.9.128/adom-bridge-kicad-v0.9.128.zip",-  "sha256": "b9b67d49d99e4610de41af67a85a6b3c376359735e957e12790a6b0656251293",-  "size": 413017,+  "version": "0.9.129",+  "url": "https://wiki.adom.inc/download/adom/kicad-bridge/0.9.129/adom-bridge-kicad-v0.9.129.zip",+  "sha256": "a4c2263511a6c4f953f4110695f26c89e7512ac333f136b725f46fba02f2a355",+  "size": 413143,   "verbPrefixes": [     "kicad_"   ],   "healthEndpoint": "/status",-  "released_at": "2026-08-16T18:24:36Z",+  "released_at": "2026-08-16T18:32:28Z",   "hero": "https://wiki.adom.inc/blob/app/kicad-bridge/kicad-hero.png",   "languages": [     "Python",
adom-bridge-kicad-v0.9.129.zipadded
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bridge.json+1−1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@   "manifest_version": 1,   "name": "kicad",   "displayName": "KiCad EDA",-  "version": "0.9.128",+  "version": "0.9.129",   "description": "Reverse bridge for KiCad \u2014 board/schematic introspection, lint via kicad-cli, plugin install, multi-instance probe, in-process DRC.",   "homepage": "https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/adom-bridge",   "author": "Adom Inc.",
handlers/open_symbol_editor.py+6−2
@@ -444,8 +444,12 @@ def handle_open_symbol_editor(kicad_info: dict, args: dict) -> dict:                 # 1a's eeschema id can post 'successfully' while opening                 # nothing — 0.9.127 and earlier treated that as terminal and                 # never tried 1b (the demo's beats 1-3 died exactly there).-                # The plugin can still be binding on a fresh PM: retry ~15s.-                for _attempt in range(5):+                # The plugin binds when the PM's EMBEDDED PYTHON comes up,+                # which KiCad starts lazily — a fresh PM can take 30-45s+                # (measured live on 10.0.5, 2026-08-16; 15s of retries all hit+                # plugin_not_running while a minutes-old PM answered+                # instantly). Retry for up to ~45s.+                for _attempt in range(15):                     sym_hwnd, tier1 = _post_and_wait(                         "kicad", KICAD_SYMBOL_EDITOR_CMD_ID, "kicad-20011", 24)                     if sym_hwnd: