KiCad - the KiCad Bridge

@@ -1 +1 @@-0.9.196\ No newline at end of file+0.9.197\ No newline at end of file

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ {   "manifest_version": 1,   "name": "kicad",-  "version": "0.9.196",-  "url": "https://wiki.adom.inc/download/adom/kicad-bridge/0.9.196/adom-bridge-kicad-v0.9.196.zip",-  "sha256": "cbc24354afed887b790049e44c1406b3ef311fcd83e60365941457ce372ca812",-  "size": 466875,+  "version": "0.9.197",+  "url": "https://wiki.adom.inc/download/adom/kicad-bridge/0.9.197/adom-bridge-kicad-v0.9.197.zip",+  "sha256": "fc2b6091f00d477824d025f61cc072367fc8ea95ec396bc806ae2fb9dcbc79d5",+  "size": 467545,   "verbPrefixes": [     "kicad_"   ],   "healthEndpoint": "/status",-  "released_at": "2026-08-20T00:20:00Z",+  "released_at": "2026-08-20T00:55:00Z",   "hero": "https://wiki.adom.inc/blob/app/kicad-bridge/kicad-hero.png",   "languages": [     "Python",

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@   "manifest_version": 1,   "name": "kicad",   "displayName": "KiCad EDA",-  "version": "0.9.196",+  "version": "0.9.197",   "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.",

@@ -97,6 +97,20 @@ def _find_kicad_manager() -> int | None:     return None  ++def _step(label: str, percent=None, blocked_by: str = None) -> None:+    """Report a SUB-STEP of the running footprint phase (wiki issues #35, #39).++    Without these the ab status line reads "show_footprint starting" for the+    whole 20-30s cold open - a bar that moves but never says anything. Best+    effort: progress reporting must never be able to fail a real verb."""+    try:+        from handlers import progress as _pg+        for ph in ("show_footprint", "show_3d_chip", "cold_start", "warm_start"):+            _pg.step(ph, label, percent, blocked_by=blocked_by)+    except Exception:+        pass+ def _find_footprint_editor() -> int | None:     """Find an open Footprint Editor window."""     windows = _find_windows_by_title("Footprint Editor")@@ -482,6 +496,8 @@ def handle_open_footprint_editor(kicad_info: dict, args: dict) -> dict:      fp_hwnd = _find_footprint_editor()     pathways_tried: list[str] = []+    _step("Footprint Editor already open" if fp_hwnd+          else "opening the Footprint Editor (KiCad indexes every footprint library here)", 10)      # Tier 0: open Footprint Editor from a RUNNING pcbnew (menu id 20572 —     # "Footprint Editor", discovered via get_menu_ids on KiCad 10). The Footprint@@ -766,6 +782,7 @@ def handle_open_footprint_editor(kicad_info: dict, args: dict) -> dict:      # v0.9.89: plugin-free background load first (the 0.9.86 symbol-editor tier).     _filter = f"{library_name} {footprint_name}".strip() if library_name else search_text+    _step(f"navigating the library tree to '{search_text}'", 80)     if _background_navigate_win32_fp(fp_hwnd, _filter, _verify):         return {             "success": True,@@ -779,6 +796,7 @@ def handle_open_footprint_editor(kicad_info: dict, args: dict) -> dict:     # 0.9.192: retry here instead of telling the caller to. The first attempt is     # what warms the library tree, so a second one is a genuinely different shot,     # not a repeat of a hopeless call. Same change as open_symbol_editor.+    _step("first pass did not confirm; retrying now the tree is warm", 90)     if _background_navigate_win32_fp(fp_hwnd, _filter, _verify):         return {             "success": True,

@@ -554,6 +554,26 @@ def _handle_progress(kicad_info: dict, args: dict) -> dict:         frames = _pg.live()     except Exception as e:         return {"success": False, "error": f"progress unavailable: {e}"[:140]}++    # blockedBy, resolved at POLL time (issue #39, John: "the one that buys the+    # most trust"). A bar that keeps sliding while KiCad is sitting on a modal+    # the USER has to dismiss is worse than no bar. Doing the scan here rather+    # than inside the slow verb costs nothing when idle, and is more accurate:+    # it reports whether a dialog is up NOW, not whether one was up when the+    # verb last thought to look.+    if frames:+        try:+            from handlers.close_windows import _win_scan_kicad_dialogs+            for d in (_win_scan_kicad_dialogs(kicad_info) or []):+                if not d.get("isDialog"):+                    continue+                what = (d.get("title") or "").strip() or "a KiCad dialog"+                for f in frames:+                    f["blockedBy"] = what+                    f["stepLabel"] = f"waiting for you: {what}"+                break+        except Exception:+            pass     return {         "success": True,         "busy": bool(frames),