KiCad - the KiCad Bridge

@@ -1 +1 @@-0.9.167+0.9.168

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ {   "manifest_version": 1,   "name": "kicad",-  "version": "0.9.167",-  "url": "https://wiki.adom.inc/download/adom/kicad-bridge/0.9.167/adom-bridge-kicad-v0.9.167.zip",-  "sha256": "124f5d6a01a20d99540b7757debda09b93364b95f70743e648ad7e2ab50ce2e1",-  "size": 444653,+  "version": "0.9.168",+  "url": "https://wiki.adom.inc/download/adom/kicad-bridge/0.9.168/adom-bridge-kicad-v0.9.168.zip",+  "sha256": "df470c89ac11371cbbf17a5c8b86c59f04cc74906c81ebb87a1805f5e7beab22",+  "size": 444853,   "verbPrefixes": [     "kicad_"   ],   "healthEndpoint": "/status",-  "released_at": "2026-08-18T13:32:28Z",+  "released_at": "2026-08-18T13:52:13Z",   "hero": "https://wiki.adom.inc/blob/app/kicad-bridge/kicad-hero.png",   "languages": [     "Python",

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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@   "manifest_version": 1,   "name": "kicad",   "displayName": "KiCad EDA",-  "version": "0.9.167",+  "version": "0.9.168",   "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.",

@@ -142,33 +142,50 @@ except Exception: _PLUGIN_DIR_LOADER = """\ \"\"\"adom_bridge_plugin - Adom KiCad bridge loader, KiCad plugin-dir entry. -THE 10.0.5 FIX (issue #31, root-caused 2026-08-18). The bridge used to be loaded-by usercustomize.py, which only runs if the interpreter performs site's-execusercustomize() step. KiCad 10.0.5's GUI stopped doing that, so the reverse-bridge never started and kicad_bridge_status read 0 alive while KiCad sat there-running.--KiCad DOES still import every .py in its scripting/plugins directory at startup --verified live on 10.0.5: a probe placed here fired inside kicad.exe and reported-site.USER_SITE already pointing at the bridge's deploy directory. So this file is-the reliable entry point, and the payload it loads is unchanged.+THE 10.0.5 FIX (issue #31). usercustomize.py stopped running in 10.0.5 GUI+processes, so the reverse bridge never started. KiCad DOES still import every+.py in its scripting/plugins directory (verified live on 10.0.5), so this is the+entry point that still fires.++0.9.168: start the payload DIRECTLY rather than re-importing usercustomize, and+guard per-PROCESS. The first cut guarded with an environment variable, which+child processes INHERIT - so once any KiCad process had run the loader, every+KiCad it spawned skipped it silently (imported, compiled a .pyc, started+nothing). A module attribute cannot leak across processes. \"\"\"-try:-    import os-    import sys+import os+import sys+import tempfile -    if not os.environ.get("ADOM_KICAD_BRIDGE_LOADED"):-        os.environ["ADOM_KICAD_BRIDGE_LOADED"] = "1"-        import usercustomize  # noqa: F401 - importing it IS the bootstrap-except Exception:++def _log(msg):     try:-        import tempfile-        import traceback         with open(os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(),-                               "adom-kicad-plugin-loader.error.log"), "a") as fh:-            fh.write(traceback.format_exc() + chr(10))+                               "adom-kicad-plugin-loader.log"), "a") as fh:+            fh.write(msg + chr(10))     except Exception:         pass+++try:+    if getattr(sys, "_adom_kicad_bridge_loaded", False):+        _log("skip: already loaded in this process")+    else:+        sys._adom_kicad_bridge_loaded = True+        exe = os.path.basename(getattr(sys, "executable", "") or "").lower()+        _log("loading in " + exe)+        import adom_bridge+        started = None+        for name in ("start", "start_server", "main", "ensure_started"):+            fn = getattr(adom_bridge, name, None)+            if callable(fn):+                started = name+                fn()+                break+        _log("adom_bridge." + str(started) + "() called")+except Exception:+    import traceback+    _log(traceback.format_exc()) """