copperhead (copperheadhq)ECADConfidence: Medium

A CI runner image change quietly swapped KiCad 10 for KiCad 9 (ubuntu-latest moved to 26.04 and the KiCad PPA had no build for that image variant), so every PR then failed with 27 board and schematic load errors in tests it never touched.

Impact Analysis

Persona

Electrical Engineer

Team Size Impact

5x Multiplier

Prototype Delay

3 Days

Est. Annual Cost

$30,000

1 user · 1 month240 min
Rest of team960 min
Rest of year13,200 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $30k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources

copperheadhq/copperhead PR #443: fix(ci): install KiCad 10 on ubuntu-latest (26.04) runners

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 26-27 2026 (Oct 26 12:41 PM ET through Oct 27 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-27: issue/PR/thread read; title and state confirmed.