← Back to Index
openkonnect (rjwalters)ECADConfidence: Medium

On KiCad 10.0.7 the editor's text never byte-matches KiCad's own save, so 'dirty: false' was unreachable, the handoff snapshot never ran, and every agent handoff reload needed discard_unsaved. The fix is a token comparison trusted only on one measured KiCad version.

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/openkonnect PR #48: Compare editor text and file token by token on KiCad 10.0.7 (#37)
github.com
→

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.