Running the engineering tools for real exposed silent wrong outputs. A netlist opening with a part lost that part to the SPICE title line and ngspice returned zeros, KiCad 10.0.8 STEP export exits non-zero when any part has no 3D model even though the file is written, and slicer results did not include the settings the slicer actually used. An agent reading exit codes would call a good STEP a failure and take a simulation of all zeros as an answer.
Recurring agent failure issue in 3d-agent (E-Labs-io)
What engineers report
A recurring agent failure problem in 3d-agent (E-Labs-io) that mostly hits the electrical engineer.
Failure pattern: agent / silent failure
Analyst note
From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 10-11 2026 (Nov 10 8:41 AM ET through Nov 11 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-11: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.
What it costs a team
Modeled annual cost
$30,000
For a team of 5
Prototype delay
3 days
Modeled schedule slip per occurrence
Time lost
240 min
Per engineer per month, about 1 incidents
How the cost is modeled
240 min/month × 5 engineers × 12 months = 240 hours × $125/hour = $30,000
A modeled estimate with medium confidence. Swap in your own team size and loaded rate to size it for your team.
Engineering tools that address it
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Evidence
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