The agent's schematic-to-PCB sync places footprints without pad fabrication properties (heatsink, BGA, mechanical) and says nothing. KiCad DRC then flags lib_footprint_mismatch, and paste and assembly outputs lose data. The only fix is KiCad's own Update Footprints from Library. 1,333 stock KiCad 10 footprints carry these properties.
Recurring agent failure issue in Konnect (romain145)
What engineers report
A recurring agent failure problem in Konnect (romain145) that mostly hits the electrical engineer.
Failure pattern: agent / failure
Analyst note
From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 11-12 2026 (Nov 11 8:41 AM ET through Nov 12 5:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-12: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.
What it costs a team
Modeled annual cost
$30,000
For a team of 5
Prototype delay
3 days
Modeled schedule slip per occurrence
Time lost
240 min
Per engineer per month, about 1 incidents
How the cost is modeled
240 min/month × 5 engineers × 12 months = 240 hours × $125/hour = $30,000
A modeled estimate with medium confidence. Swap in your own team size and loaded rate to size it for your team.
Engineering tools that address it
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Evidence
More recurring errors in Konnect (romain145)
- Mounting holes placed through the MCP tool come out with in_bom yes even though the library symbol says no. The exported BOM lists the holes and KiCad's schematic-parity DRC reports a mismatch.ECAD · impact 66
- The JLCPCB package check rejects any reference with a hyphen, like SMB-19-A1, as a compressed range. The BOM file is written fine but dropped from the verified file list, so the fab package comes back incomplete, with an error telling you to do what the tool already does.ECAD · impact 66
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