KiCad - the KiCad Bridge

@@ -1 +1 @@-0.9.214\ No newline at end of file+0.9.215\ No newline at end of file

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ {   "manifest_version": 1,   "name": "kicad",-  "version": "0.9.214",-  "url": "https://wiki.adom.inc/download/adom/kicad-bridge/0.9.214/adom-bridge-kicad-v0.9.214.zip",-  "sha256": "4531cb0b703a69aeeafa6ed54662557b05a6a487578d04afca63a1cfa7b571d7",-  "size": 482513,+  "version": "0.9.215",+  "url": "https://wiki.adom.inc/download/adom/kicad-bridge/0.9.215/adom-bridge-kicad-v0.9.215.zip",+  "sha256": "3930ebde7c53b56f5c1e011f1d68a5495315dca33df7b7b5270e27e145378381",+  "size": 483003,   "verbPrefixes": [     "kicad_"   ],   "healthEndpoint": "/status",-  "released_at": "2026-08-20T16:05:00Z",+  "released_at": "2026-08-20T16:20:00Z",   "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": "0.9.214",+  "version": "0.9.215",   "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.",

@@ -2809,6 +2809,15 @@ def _ui_wm_command(frame_index: int, menu_id: int) -> dict:   +class _ProbeUnavailable(Exception):+    """The PROBE could not run. Distinct from KiCad rejecting a footprint, and+    the distinction matters: the first version of this probe reported+    "KICAD REFUSES TO LOAD IT: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no+    attribute 'FootprintLoad'" - which was MY adapter failing, dressed up as+    KiCad's parser talking. Blaming the host app for a bug in the probe is+    exactly the false-diagnosis class this bridge keeps having to fix."""++ class _ModuleFpTable:     """Adapter over KiCad 10's module-level footprint functions. @@ -2827,10 +2836,16 @@ class _ModuleFpTable:         return list(self._m.GetFootprintLibraries())      def FootprintEnumerate(self, library, _best_efforts=False):-        return list(self._m.FootprintEnumerate(library))+        fn = getattr(self._m, "FootprintEnumerate", None)+        if fn is None:+            raise _ProbeUnavailable("pcbnew has no FootprintEnumerate on this build")+        return list(fn(library))      def FootprintLoad(self, library, footprint):-        return self._m.FootprintLoad(library, footprint)+        fn = getattr(self._m, "FootprintLoad", None)+        if fn is None:+            raise _ProbeUnavailable("pcbnew has no FootprintLoad on this build")+        return fn(library, footprint)  def _ui_probe_footprint(library: str, footprint: str) -> dict:     """Ask KICAD ITSELF whether it can see and load this footprint.@@ -2906,7 +2921,12 @@ def _ui_probe_footprint(library: str, footprint: str) -> dict:         listed = []     out["kicadListCount"] = len(listed)     out["inKicadList"] = footprint in listed-    if listed and not out["inKicadList"]:+    if not listed:+        out["verdict"] = ("PROBE COULD NOT ENUMERATE: KiCad returned an empty list for a "+                          "library it says is registered, so the probe has no opinion on "+                          "this footprint. See enumerateError. Not evidence of a bad file.")+        return out+    if not out["inKicadList"]:         near = [n for n in listed if footprint.lower() in n.lower()                 or n.lower() in footprint.lower()][:5]         out["kicadNearby"] = near@@ -2930,6 +2950,18 @@ def _ui_probe_footprint(library: str, footprint: str) -> dict:                 pass             out["verdict"] = ("LOADS FINE: KiCad can enumerate AND parse this footprint, so any "                               "failure to show it is in the editor navigation, not the library.")+    except _ProbeUnavailable as e:+        out["loads"] = None+        out["probeError"] = str(e)+        out["verdict"] = (f"PROBE UNAVAILABLE: {e}. This says NOTHING about the footprint - "+                          "it is the probe that could not run.")+    except AttributeError as e:+        # An AttributeError here is almost always the probe's own plumbing+        # (a None where an object was expected), not KiCad rejecting a file.+        out["loads"] = None+        out["probeError"] = f"{type(e).__name__}: {e}"+        out["verdict"] = (f"PROBE ERROR (not a KiCad verdict): {type(e).__name__}: {e}. "+                          "Treat this as the probe failing, not the footprint.")     except Exception as e:         out["loads"] = False         out["loadError"] = f"{type(e).__name__}: {e}"