kicad-tools (rjwalters)ECADConfidence: Medium

Board 03 seed 43 finished 25 of 27 nets with Manufacturable False while seed 42 finished 27 of 27; the 20 open links were GND and VCC pour links because the pour stage hit its deadline after 516.6 s of a 600 s budget, and the output looked the same as the closer tried and failed.

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 #8078: board 03 bench: pour completion hits its deadline near --timeout, leaving 20 GND/VCC links unconnected

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 28-29 2026 (Oct 28 8:41 AM ET through Oct 29 early-morning Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-29: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.