KiCadRoutingTools (drandyhaas)ECADConfidence: Medium
The pre-placement fit check no longer runs in the flow, so place_simple places a plan the check would refuse and exits 4 only after placing, with a SOIC-16 with a 77 mm2 courtyard in a 25 mm2 zone just dropping out of the area sum with no finding, and 23 parts at 60 percent and 77 percent fill failing to fit on 4 of 4 seeds with the check saying nothing about either zone.
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.