The board1 R2 incident in this template for running AI sessions on KiCad boards was a wait loop that could not end, a router that ran 433 iterations to no solution, and an old plan left at a failed run's path. Fixes include a board-side guard that never returns ask, a Bash guard refusing process-name wait loops, and a router that exits BLOCKED early and names the wall nearest the trapped net.
Recurring agent failure issue in hardwareDesignerTemplate (AMuszkat)
What engineers report
A recurring agent failure problem in hardwareDesignerTemplate (AMuszkat) that mostly hits the electrical engineer.
Failure pattern: agent / 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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