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kicad-tools (rjwalters)ECADConfidence: Medium

A DRC-clean board passed every tapeout gate with 15 exact duplicate copper segments, plus redundant branches, track ends off via centres and runs of 0.07 to 0.09 mm fragments. The dedupe tool finds all 15, but nothing in export or tapeout runs it. The rest was spotted by eye on a copper render. The user wants cleanup to always run.

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

Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 2 2026 (Nov 2 8:41 AM ET through Nov 2 10:41 PM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-03: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.