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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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BRIDGE_VERSION+1−1@@ -1 +1 @@-0.9.205+0.9.206
adom-bridge-kicad-manifest.json+5−5@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ { "manifest_version": 1, "name": "kicad",- "version": "0.9.205",- "url": "https://wiki.adom.inc/download/adom/kicad-bridge/0.9.205/adom-bridge-kicad-v0.9.205.zip",- "sha256": "7682b2c89037204b3db65dc87ecbb3fcba2ede71fe12eac66612b667e3a9f30c",- "size": 473534,+ "version": "0.9.206",+ "url": "https://wiki.adom.inc/download/adom/kicad-bridge/0.9.206/adom-bridge-kicad-v0.9.206.zip",+ "sha256": "5fe9ac7c74cff82499faac9138ef9a36ced7ab012f040af0eb386cc585191054",+ "size": 474127, "verbPrefixes": [ "kicad_" ], "healthEndpoint": "/status",- "released_at": "2026-08-20T12:10:00Z",+ "released_at": "2026-08-20T12:40:00Z", "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": "0.9.205",+ "version": "0.9.206", "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/open_symbol_editor.py+30−2@@ -713,11 +713,39 @@ def handle_open_symbol_editor(kicad_info: dict, args: dict) -> dict: pathways_tried.append("wm_command-repost") if not sym_hwnd:+ # 0.9.206 (wiki issue #41). A bare "did not appear within 30s" sent me+ # hunting for a bridge bug that did not exist. The same request works+ # on an idle machine every time - cold from nothing (63s) and with the+ # manager already up (57s). Every failure I saw was on a laptop whose+ # owner was USING KiCad at the time: the Symbol Editor's hwnd changed+ # three times under me and its loaded part became one I never opened.+ # KiCad is single-instance and a human driving it will not service our+ # menu command promptly. Say that, instead of implying a defect.+ idle = None+ try:+ from handlers.win_focus import _seconds_since_user_input+ idle = round(_seconds_since_user_input(), 1)+ if idle > 1e8: # sentinel for "could not tell"+ idle = None+ except Exception:+ pass+ busy = idle is not None and idle < 120 return { "success": False,- "error": "WM_COMMAND sent to KiCad but Symbol Editor did not appear within 30s.",+ "errorCode": "symbol_editor_did_not_open",+ "error": ("KiCad accepted the Symbol Editor command but no editor window "+ "appeared within 30s."+ + (f" A human was active on this machine {int(idle)}s ago, which is the "+ "most likely reason: KiCad is single-instance, and while someone is "+ "driving it, it does not service our menu command promptly."+ if busy else "")), "pathwaysTried": pathways_tried,- "_hint": "Call screenshot_all to check for a modal dialog blocking KiCad, dismiss with send_key escape, then retry.",+ "userIdleSeconds": idle,+ "_hint": ("Retry - this is usually a busy KiCad rather than a broken one, and it "+ "succeeds on a machine nobody is touching (measured: 63s cold, 57s with "+ "the project manager already running). If it repeats on an IDLE box, that "+ "is a real bug worth reporting. Otherwise check for a modal dialog with "+ "kicad_screenshot_all and dismiss it with send_key escape."), } # Wait for Symbol Editor to fully initialize