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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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0.9.257: reveal failures carry their reason (revealDetail), never swallowed

Colby Knox ·4f19e977ef ·1mo ago ·parent 84ee39d
4 files changed +15−9
BRIDGE_VERSION+1−1adom-bridge-kicad-manifest.json+5−5bridge.json+1−1handlers/install_library_bundle.py+8−2
BRIDGE_VERSION+1−1
@@ -1 +1 @@-0.9.256\ No newline at end of file+0.9.257\ No newline at end of file
adom-bridge-kicad-manifest.json+5−5
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ {   "manifest_version": 1,   "name": "kicad",-  "version": "0.9.256",-  "url": "https://wiki.adom.inc/download/adom/kicad-bridge/0.9.256/adom-bridge-kicad-v0.9.256.zip",-  "sha256": "c9b5d8ee2c4433a81d8e412b276d561232d2383e829866d1388d9add71a0884f",-  "size": 454370,+  "version": "0.9.257",+  "url": "https://wiki.adom.inc/download/adom/kicad-bridge/0.9.257/adom-bridge-kicad-v0.9.257.zip",+  "sha256": "43e2bde6b49395dfed8089f16d62040c832b7ea89403f623655e10b05a3bf61f",+  "size": 454458,   "verbPrefixes": [     "kicad_"   ],   "healthEndpoint": "/status",-  "released_at": "2026-08-27T21:16:40Z",+  "released_at": "2026-08-27T21:21:27Z",   "hero": "https://wiki.adom.inc/blob/app/kicad-bridge/kicad-hero.png",   "languages": [     "Python",
bridge.json+1−1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@   "manifest_version": 1,   "name": "kicad",   "displayName": "KiCad EDA",-  "version": "0.9.256",+  "version": "0.9.257",   "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/install_library_bundle.py+8−2
@@ -119,8 +119,14 @@ def _capture_proof(kicad_info: dict, args: dict, lib_name: str, first_symbol: st                     rev = _plugin_call(info["port"], "reveal_library",                                        {"libraryName": lib_name}, timeout=20.0)                     result["libraryRevealed"] = bool((rev or {}).get("found"))-            except Exception:-                pass+                    if not result["libraryRevealed"]:+                        result["revealDetail"] = str((rev or {}).get("error") or rev)[:200]+                else:+                    result["libraryRevealed"] = False+                    result["revealDetail"] = f"plugin resolve failed: {err or 'no eeschema plugin'}"+            except Exception as e:+                result["libraryRevealed"] = False+                result["revealDetail"] = f"{type(e).__name__}: {e}"     except Exception as e:         result["proofSkipped"] = str(e)