KiCad-AI-Assistant (paul356)ECADConfidence: Medium

A KiCad AI plugin's updater reported failure after a successful install, because every probe failure collapsed into 'unknown version' with no log line, and the same false reading triggered needless dependency upgrades.

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

paul356/KiCad-AI-Assistant Issue #221: fix: in-panel update reports "kcaa is still at an unknown version" after a successful install

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 1-2 2026 (Nov 1 8:41 AM ET through Nov 2 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-02: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.