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2026-08-19

fields tables: add scope to the filter. starting with refs,visible,all Take a look at the comments in MatchesFilter for a more detailed explanation of the various side-cases and how they're handled. Assisted-by: codex Fixes: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/11547

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2026-08-18

Fully move DRC and ERC markers to protobuf Adds new DRC_EXCLUSION and ERC_EXCLUSION wrapper classes to automagically serialize these to JSON for storage in project settings. Refactoring Assisted-by: Kimi

2026-08-16

Move net highlighting to API; fully remove eda_dde

Move sync selection to API

2026-08-09

API: expand stackup params Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/24182 (cherry picked from commit 5b9b2511bcc7f1025a4a4cbe625cd6740a2751f0)

API: expand stackup params Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/24182

2026-08-06

API: Add FlipItems (cherry picked from commit 350f27419af5152a9fd840cab5c60f794c11062b)

API: Add FlipItems

API: Allow opening multiple project documents in headless mode

API: Add missing DRC codes

2026-08-02

API: Add GetBoardPlotSettings / SetBoardPlotSettings

API: Add missing fields to RunBoardJobExportGerbers

API: Add GetBoardLayerByName (cherry picked from commit 9af492256fafbf12d80ac17fed23179fe2d13ce1)

API: Add GetBoardLayerByName

API: Add `parent` field to board types (cherry picked from commit 34cff7f781ddc5ba8313eaea04cea0348a1f2a75)

API: Add `parent` field to board types

2026-08-01

pcbnew: Add API support for PCB_GRIDITEM

2026-07-23

eeschema: optional UTF-8 byte-order-mark support to BOM export Old excel versions aren't going away, give the users the option. Off by default. Fixes: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/21174 Assisted-by: codex

2026-07-22

Fix constraints for dims, rects, and polys Fixes a number of issues with the incremental solver, exposes the constraints to the properties panel and updates dimensions to use the constraints for driving graphics. Also adds a demo board with the Hammond board outline

2026-07-21

Fix the API interface

pcbnew: improve constraint dragging, badges and dimensions Pin the far end of dragged segments, add arc swept-angle and undirected corner-angle constraints, propagate reference values, lay out badges in screen space, and let dimensions follow and anchor to constrained shapes. AI disclosure: Opus and Codex were used to asssit in the planning and review this of this feature. QA tests were written using Opus based on the expected behavior and edited to ensure proper behavior.

pcbnew: expand and harden the constraint UI Add tangent, radius, ellipse and elliptical-arc support, isolate and edit constraints from the panel, flag unsatisfied and redundant ones, and fix several selection and crash bugs.

pcbnew: add geometric constraint solver Introduce a planegcs-based solver so board shapes can carry geometric constraints that re-solve on edit. Based on initial work by TomW, this allows the creation, editing and visualization of board-level constraints. AI disclosure: Opus and Codex were used to asssit in the planning and review this of this feature. QA tests were written using Opus based on the expected behavior and edited to ensure proper behavior. Fixes: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2329

2026-07-04

pcbnew: fill requested zone subsets in the RefillZones API handler The non-empty branch was an AS_UNIMPLEMENTED TODO. Resolve the requested KIIDs, rejecting unknown ids and rule areas and deduplicating repeats, then fill synchronously via ZONE_FILLER using the zone filler tool's commit sequence. Route the headless empty request through ZONE_FILLER_TOOL instead of dereferencing the null frame, give BOARD_COMMIT::Revert the same headless view and selection-tool guards Push already had, and document the sync/async split in the proto.

2026-06-29

Add first-class pin-to-pad mapping Symbol pin numbers and footprint pad numbers no longer have to match. A symbol carries named pin maps and associated footprints while keeping its original pin numbers, and SCH_PIN resolves the effective pad on demand through one kernel, so the netlist, ERC, cross-probing, the database and HTTP backends, the IPC API, and the symbol UI all agree on the pad a pin lands on. Pad existence stays the board's call, since eeschema cannot link the footprint class. Builds on Nico Lube's database and HTTP pin-assignment work (MR !2540). Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2282

2026-06-15

Update instructions for obtaining the GPL Ignoring files in `thirdparty/` and `qa/data/`, normalize the license-header-text that explains how to obtain the GPL to the FSF's current recommended version: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. I did this big search/replace with a script, which is included in the merge-request commentary.

2026-06-14

Add user field support for eeschema IPC API

2026-06-12

Fix version info for sim_electrical_type IPC API field

2026-06-06

API: add ImportNetlist to board commands

2026-06-04

Implement IPC API for the footprint editor

2026-06-01

Added: Simulation electrical type property for PCB PADs

2026-05-13

Add copper thieving zones

2026-05-12

Fully rename signals to netchain

Fix banned format specifier and IPC enum gaps %zu in a translated wxString context trips the banned-API check on some platforms, and the IPC API enum mapping missed several chain values that were silently unhandled.

2026-05-09

Add native SHAPE_T::ELLIPSE and SHAPE_T::ELLIPSE_ARC primitives

2026-04-23

API: Add GetSchematicNetlist

2026-04-20

API: Support getting/setting page settings

2026-04-19

API: Fix up subsheet handling

2026-04-17

API: Add GetSchematicHierarchy

Use more consistent naming

API: wire up instance support for symbols and sheets

API: support symbols and pins

API: add textbox, text, directive labels

API: add sch group and sheet symbol support

API: Add serialization for more schematic types

API: Define schematic graphic types; implement QA framework Update placeholder serialization for labels and lines Fix some equality operator issues on SCH_FIELD and SCH_LABEL_BASE

2026-03-27

API: Cleanup DRC enum handling

API: Switch DRC severity to use an enum

2026-03-25

API: Add connected items helpers Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/22990 (cherry picked from commit 5051a0398c28598d65b10f7bb5f523b2a25b9a73)

2026-03-24

API: Add connected items helpers Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/22990

API: Add SetTitleBlockInfo (cherry picked from commit 8402c571890ce620990f87248d5542bb57fe18c7) Co-authored-by: Jon Evans <jon@craftyjon.com>

API: Add SetTitleBlockInfo

API: Add support for barcodes and reference images (cherry picked from commit c776e086b7a848d876e24472854b9ac33b1c2c1f)

API: Add support for barcodes and reference images

2026-03-23

Add API definitions for board design rules

ADDED: IPC API support for design rules Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/12462

2026-03-22

Implement wizard generation

Implement wizard parameters

Create initial scaffold for IPC wizards

2026-03-21

Fill out support for RunBoardJobExportDrill

Support opening schematic documents from headless API

ADDED: Headless API server mode for kicad-cli

ADDED: IPC API support for jobs

2026-03-02

API: Add support for retrieving user names for all layers (cherry picked from commit 3514d130cb07d7c990906366cdc4e99d391060cf) Co-authored-by: Jon Evans <jon@craftyjon.com>

API: Add support for retrieving user names for all layers

2025-11-30

ADDED: Backdrill support - Allow setting backdrill (from B.Cu up) and tertiary drill (from F.Cu down) width and target layer (backdrill is inclusive) - Allow setting post machining options (counterbore, countersink) - Update properties for vias and THT pads - Add output for Excellon and Gerber drill files as separated files for different drill depths - Add drill map output calling out post-machined holes - Add STEP export support - Add 3d-viewer support - Add 2581 support using backdrill property. Post machining called out in comments - Add ODB++ support using separate drill file for each depth - Add DRC check for tracks connected to pad layers that are backdrilled or post-machined Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/18836

2025-11-22

API: Fix serialization of footprint rule overrides; add missing allow_soldermask_bridges attribute Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/21674 (cherry picked from commit ea5ae7cc5d392f5cf501423eb3a257607142a7ed) Co-authored-by: Jon Evans <jon@craftyjon.com>

API: Fix serialization of footprint rule overrides; add missing allow_soldermask_bridges attribute Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/21674

2025-11-21

API: Add schematic pin attributes to pads Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/22360 (cherry picked from commit bdd98e801fb56750a1c10ce2a8d14aeeb13c6da5)

API: Add schematic pin attributes to pads Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/22360

API: Preserve linked symbol properties in footprints Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/21655 (cherry picked from commit 949be9a63ac07df5adbb58d9f57b9ab456dc7b14) Co-authored-by: Jon Evans <jon@craftyjon.com>

API: Preserve linked symbol properties in footprints Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/21655

2025-10-15

ADDED: PCB Tuning Profiles Tuning profiles build on the previous delay tuning work to allow the definition of track geometries per-layer for a given tuning profile. These can be calculated from a target impedance (with all relevant geometry taken from the board stackup), or entered manually. Tuning profiles can be configured to enable time-domain tuning, and to automatically generate track geometry DRC rules for net classes which have an assigned tuning profile. Adds a DRC check for net classes with a tuning profile assigned which is not itself defined.

Fix QA for RPT_SEVERITY handling

Throw when encountering unknown report severity

2025-10-14

ADDED: API for injecting arbitrary DRC errors/warn Allows external tools to calculate/represent specialized DRC errors on the board Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/21727

2025-10-02

Fill in more missing barcode code.

2025-09-26

Fix botched merge These were in place previously but one of my rebases broke it. This should get us back to compiling

2025-09-23

API: Add ability to set enabled board layers and copper layer count (cherry picked from commit ca0207016e9f91d1bd8ed1c5fadf87096583611e)

2025-09-01

API: Add ability to set enabled board layers and copper layer count

2025-08-30

ADDED: Rounded Rectangles Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/4742

2025-08-20

design blocks: fix up tests, API

2025-08-07

ADDED: Skip Via support Skip vias are vias that are flashed on their start and end layers but have no annular rings on the interior layers and do not connect to zones in those layers You can now select Annular ring type "Start and end layers only". This will prevent annular ring flashing on intermediate layers and zones fills will provide clearance. You can still connect tracks to intermediate layers but preventing that will fall to the designer Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/21433

api/common: Fix units of Time Times are internally represented in attoseconds, not picoseconds.

2025-08-05

pcbnew/api: Expose pad-to-die length Closes #21346. (cherry picked from commit 29c733c651fc1077fab2c71a44b9d64d4a3a0b87) Co-authored-by: Ben Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>

2025-07-31

pcbnew/api: Expose pad-to-die delay Addresses #21346.

api: Introduce common.types.base_types.Time This is needed to represent pad-to-die delays.

pcbnew/api: Expose pad-to-die length Closes #21346.

2025-06-26

Implement PCB_GROUP serialization and deserialization methods

2025-05-27

API: Add CheckPadstackPresenceOnLayers Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/20587 (cherry picked from commit d1e4b03ec1423276459d98c98571e980c777686a) Co-authored-by: Jon Evans <jon@craftyjon.com>

API: Add CheckPadstackPresenceOnLayers Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/20587

2025-05-26

API: Add symbol path for footprint instances See https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad-python/-/issues/37 (cherry picked from commit 4dd39976a345df7f77213c7f48b80d5923c5d8ed) Co-authored-by: Jon Evans <jon@craftyjon.com>

2025-05-07

multichannel: support groups

2025-04-26

API: Add symbol path for footprint instances See https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad-python/-/issues/37

2025-04-21

Remove delay_profile API parameter until design matures

2025-04-18

Final purge of 'tuning profile' -> 'delay profile' in time-domain code Only mention remains in the delay profile settings JSON

2025-04-17

Implement time-domain length tuning - Adds time and delay units - Adds time domain tuning parameters entry and storage - Adds pad-to-die delay property - Adds time domain parameter interface for length / delay calculations - Adds unit tracking for numerical constants through LIBEVAL - Will need future work to truly propagate through binary expressions - Adds time domain tuning to meander placers - Adds time delay display to net inspector panel - Modifies DRC to handle time domain constraints

2025-04-15

sch groups: add to API

2025-03-25

Implement jumpers for footprints Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2558

2025-03-02

ADDED: Per layer properties of zones used for control over zone hatching position