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KiCad 9.0.9 Release

Written by The KiCad Development Team
Published

The KiCad project is proud to announce the version 9.0.9 bug fix release. The 9.0.9 stable version contains critical bug fixes and other minor improvements since the previous release.

A list of all of the fixed issues since the 9.0.9 release can be found on the KiCad 9.0.9 milestone page. This release contains several critical bug fixes so please consider upgrading as soon as possible.

Version 9.0.9 is made from the 9.0 branch with some cherry picked changes from the development branch.

Packages for Windows, macOS, and Linux are available or will be in the very near future. See the KiCad download page for guidance.

Thank you to all developers, packagers, librarians, document writers, translators, and everyone else who helped make this release possible.

Changelog

General

Schematic Editor

  • Fix inverted group bus members lost from connectivity. #23521

  • Fix bus name mangling with overbar/subscript/superscript formatting. #22873

  • Fix escaped net names shown in Unfold from Bus menu. #22872

  • Preserve formatting markers in bus name prefix during parsing. #23615

Simulator

  • Fix dashed/dotted line rendering in graphs. #18887

Board Editor

  • Fix crash when moving via with interactive router shoving vias against PCB edge. #23449

  • Prevent array tool from placing objects on top of one another. #22669

  • Prevent zone priority changes on each refill. #23473

IPC API

Windows

Release Notes

See Also

KiCad Version 9.0.9 Release Candidate 1 Available
2026-04-16

The first release candidate for version 9.0.9 is available for testing. Version 9.0.9 will be released soon unless critical issues are found in testing this release candidate. There may be additional bug fixes to the 9.0 series available as testing builds for users who require those bugs fixed after 9.0.9 is released. This will be the last bug fix release of the 9.0 branch now that version 10 has been released.

KiCad 10.0.1 Release
2026-04-15

The KiCad project is proud to announce the version 10.0.1 bug fix release. The 10.0.1 stable version contains critical bug fixes and other minor improvements since the previous release.