KiCad - the KiCad Bridge

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ {   "slug": "adom-desktop-kicad-bridge",-  "version": "1.0.7",+  "version": "1.0.8",   "type": "app",   "description": "KiCad bridge for Adom Desktop.",   "tags": [

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@   "slug": "adom-desktop-kicad-bridge",   "title": "Adom Desktop - KiCad Bridge",   "brief": "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.",-  "version": "1.0.7",+  "version": "1.0.8",   "tags": [     "kicad",     "pcb",

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ A reverse bridge AD spawns on the user's laptop (`spawn.kind: python`, `entrypoi - **Truncated downloads** read as EOF and pass MZ/size checks, then NSIS fails at install. `upgrade.py` HEADs `Content-Length` and refuses/deletes a size-mismatched file. - **Config doesn't exist pre-first-launch.** `%APPDATA%/kicad/<ver>/` (lib tables) is created on KiCad's first GUI run. `kicad_detect.ensure_win_user_config()` bootstraps it (seeds tables from the install template) so `install_library`/`_footprint` work on a never-launched KiCad. - **Detection cache is built once at startup.** After `kicad_upgrade` installs KiCad, `dispatch_command` re-runs `detect_all_kicad_versions()` so subsequent verbs see it without a bridge restart. Detect paths include `%LocalAppData%\Programs\KiCad` (per-user installs).+- **The bridge's env is STRIPPED — don't trust `%LOCALAPPDATA%`.** AD provisions the bridge's Python with a minimal environment where `LOCALAPPDATA` can be UNSET. A `/currentuser` (no-UAC) `kicad_upgrade` installs to `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\KiCad`, but if detection keys off `os.environ["LOCALAPPDATA"]` it comes back EMPTY and the just-installed KiCad is invisible (every verb → "not installed") even though AD's own glob-based `bridge_readiness` finds it. `kicad_detect.WIN_KICAD_BASES` therefore derives the LocalAppData root from `LOCALAPPDATA` **and** `USERPROFILE\AppData\Local` **and** `Path.home()`. Root-caused on ADOMBASELINE 2026-07 (v0.9.41). Rule: never read a user-profile path from a single env var in bridge code. - **Blocking dialogs stall everything.** `handlers/close_windows.py` scans EVERY window owned by a running KiCad process (by PID — `_win_scan_kicad_dialogs`, reliable; title/owner matching is NOT), auto-expires benign ones (OpenGL notice), screenshots them, and returns hints. `window_info` self-heals by default; `kicad_dismiss_dialogs {all|forceSoftwareCanvas}`. - **GPU-less hosts.** No OpenGL → the notice pops and pcbnew/3D may not render. On expiring that notice we persist `graphics.canvas_type=2` (Cairo) to `kicad_common.json`. NOTE: a truly minimal VM (Hyper-V, no GPU) may still not render the heavy editors even in Cairo — that's the hardware. Validate GUI/screenshot work on a real-GPU machine.