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kicad-tools (rjwalters)ECADConfidence: Medium

KiCad 10.0.7 silently ignores an entire .kicad_dru rules file when it hits a ; comment or a regex condition, then runs DRC against netclass clearances only, with a canary of 501 violations on a clean file dropping to 13 once a ; comment was added.

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
rjwalters/kicad-tools Issue #8039: kicad_dru sidecar silently ignored by KiCad 10 when hand-written content has ';' comments or regex conditions - cross-gate runs netclass-only
github.com
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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 27-28 2026 (Oct 27 8:41 AM ET through Oct 28 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-28: issue/PR/thread read; title and state confirmed.