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kicad-tools (rjwalters)ECADConfidence: Medium

On a KiCad 10 name-only board, a plain load and save "writes 56 (net N "name") header entries" with no edits at all. The library rebuilt the net table and wrote it back, changing the file's dialect. kicad-cli still loads it, so nothing flagged it.

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 PR #8240: fix(pcb): keep name-only boards header-less on PCB.save
github.com
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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.