KiCad 10.0.6 Release

Fix crash when automatically saving freed document.

Fix child node memory leak when deleting rule check items.

Compact rule check handle vector during model rebuild to recover unused memory.

Fix grid readout in status bar for footprint wizard and viewers. #24898

Enforce per instance group transfer for shared sheets when update between schematic and board. #24956

Bound local history walks to the project directory.

Show a new project library without restarting. #24872

Don’t pop a system error dialog when a file can’t be archived.

Allow items to be added to a subgroup. #25023

Correctly draw line styles on Bezier curves. #25110

Fix properties panel tooltips repeating the field name. #25132

Improve status bar layout for drawing main windows.

Fix status bar field width issues.

Fix plugin content manager dialog selection issue.

Only escape tildes when they could be interpreted as markup when importing Eagle files. #25193

Use local monitor for refresh rate capping.

Reduce studder when refreshing canvas. #25014

Fix hatched shapes plotting with no fill pattern. #25177

Correct dead re-entrancy guard in request information update check. #23988

Fix embedded files deleted by repeated setup dialog commits. #24998

Fix DXF export of arc containing outlines. #16051

Fix crash when moving editor windows between different monitors. #24036

Keep a chosen print-to-file destination between prints. #24954

Keep keyboard focus on dialogs so escape key closes dialog. #23647

Resolve old version environment variables in configuration paths. #23120

Don’t attempt contact disabled HTTP library rows. #24855

Honor "Pan left/right with horizontal movement" setting. #24907

Avoid saving .kicad_prj and .kicad_prl files when no changes have been made. #24402

Fix crash when opening project from PDM system on local server. #21557

Prevent dropping of repeated key bindings. #25073

Restore old PDF plotting of text when outline fonts aren’t embeddable. #25228

Ensure unique sheet names when placing design blocks as sheets. #24958

Ensure unique group names when pasting named groups. #24957

Propagate variant edits to all units of a multi-unit symbol. #24943

Don’t try to convert "Sim.Library" content to URL.

Don’t create or save variant records with no differences. #24858

Fix X prefix check case for rectangle body color fill when importing from LTSpice.

Prefer .include directives instead of "Sim.Library" when importing from LTSpice.

Fix missing junctions at four-wire stub crosses.

Convert PWL file=…​ sources to ngspice compatible devices.

Tolerate misconfigured database properties columns. #23532

Resolve missing symbol folders by basename fallback on LTSpice import.

Convert .tran directives to ngspice-compatible form on LTSpice import.

Honor SpiceOrder when assigning imported LTSpice pin numbers.

Accept stacked pin numbers in jumper pin groups. #25063

Honor jumper groups that name a stacked pin’s contacts.

Use the job’s variant for the symbol fields BOM preview. #24915

Don’t re-enter footprint reload in footprint assignment tool while one is running. #24999

Un-highlight a sheet when the move cursor leaves it. #25104

Keep a junction dot’s color and size when its wire is dragged. #25134

Show a warning for a library that could not be loaded. #25166

Properly resolve text variables in design variant fields.

Keep a junction dot’s color and size when aligning to grid.

Rename symbol properties with differing case identical spellings rather the deleting them.

Sort design blocks alphabetically in the design blocks panel.

Respect footprint selections in symbol choose from recently used items. #21163

Fix pin numbers sitting too far from pin.

Fix inverted field justification set from the properties panel. #25262

Fix crash when sheet being dropped into itself. #25202

Fix inherited field reorder crash. #25248

Fix symbol angle orientation on Altium import. #24843

Don’t report unloaded library table rows as load errors. #22764

Connect a label wires preferentially with directive. #19951

Prevent hierarchical bus labels from losing their bus color when moved. #25103

Fix crash when closing editor window. #23738

Push symbol fields table edits to every path of a shared sheet. #25112

Sanitize room name in the Allegro netlist export.

Flush queued log messages before early startup modal dialogs.

Refresh library tree after symbol description change. #23642

Correctly remove all alternate body styles. #25004

Fix null pointer crash in library buffer. #24970

Fix crash when editing multiple pins. #25280

Fix invalid netlist shown for FFT analysis tabs. #24978

Allow escaped quotes in simulation parameter values. #19223

Fix crash on exit after running a simulation.

Report a zero AC magnitude as no value not 0 dB. #15265

Allow a bus junction to fork at a wire-to-bus entry root. #24134

Redisplay the schematic after a top-level sheet is deleted. #24870

Account for copper-to-hole clearance in via gap when routing differential pairs. #21623

Speed up layer and high-contrast switching.

Speed up curved ratsnest with adaptive tessellation.

Improve zone fill performance with continuous dependency graph fill and lock-free zone bounding box cache.

Remove redundant predicate evaluation to improve DRC performance.

Parallelize DRC providers and make the error cap thread safe.

Improve DRC performance by spatially indexing footprint courtyards for intersection testing.

Improve custom design rule performance.

Stop false DRC errors on net-tie footprints. #24974

Keep selection expansion inside the entered group. #24967

Keep unrelated routing when applying a design block layout. #24944

Allow nested sheets and groups as multichannel placement areas. #24964

Include channel-local routing in multichannel sheet rule areas. #24983

Don’t fill through the holes of a higher priority hatched zone. #24935

Fix false creepage path through overlapping circular cutouts. #24885

Don’t emit empty rules on Eagle import.

Resolve footprints after non-KiCad project import.

Make BOARD::get_layer_name() return the correct layer ID. #25131

Properly overlap zone merges correctly when affected by a higher priority zone of a different net. #23790

Keep a table in place when it is mirrored or flipped.

Swap a table rows when table is flipped top to bottom.

Fix clicking on a rotated table.

Tilt a rotated table the right way when it is flipped.

Accept the old Origin X/Y property names in custom rules. #24942

Fix crash exporting ODB++ with a knockout text box. #25074

Keep each via’s own size when editing several vias at once. #25100

Don’t show rounded rectangle options in shape properties dialog for Bezier curves. #25120

Fix router crash when highlighting a collision with a front/inner/back via. #25139

Do not allow table editing in multi-channel tool.

Length tuning now follows the net through in-line pads. #24737

Reload footprint libraries that changed on disk.

Fix crash pressing "Refresh" in the footprint library browser.

Fix router posture optimization.

Allow point objects in groups.https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/23715[#23715]

Fix optimization of dragged tracks.

Fix missing copper rings on a differential pair via.

Copy pad zone connection settings when repeating a multi-channel layout. #25244

Keep blind and buried via colors after pressing escape key. #25108

Plot an empty knockout text box instead of dropping it. #25225

Don’t report on netclasses that don’t match.

Fix use-after-free crash.

Prevent rule area to silkscreen item distance violation from being inadvertently flagged. #24177

Match un-annotated footprints in design block layout. #24585

Properly escape double quoted fields on Specctra DSN export. #24946

Prevent duplicate and empty footprint reference designators on Specctra DSN export. #24947

Quote layer names with spaces and parenthesis on Specctra DSN export. #24948

Correctly position footprint origin and keepouts on Altium import. #24847

Fix crash while routing with (F) / attempt to finish. #24985

Keep differential pair tuning within width runs. #23550

Count back-drilled holes in the drill report. #25021

Fix Eagle board import footprint through hole pad issue. #23982

Fix reversed layers in back drill file names. #23452

Quote the entered hole-to-hole rule in DRC violations. #22267

Fix teardrop spike on custom pads whose anchor is far from the copper. #23311

Fix inner diameter of ODB++ donut symbol for unfilled circles. #25089

Honor DNP and BOM exclude for Gerber X3. #25010

Give imported tuning patterns their baseline on Altium import. #24654

Avoid user & system reference field collisions on Allegro import. #25219

Prevent footprint from excluding itself in keep-out zone rules. #24924

Preserve ${Class:X} for custom DRC selectors. #23905

Always write "LineDesc" section for lines, arcs, and polylines on IPC-2581 export. #25149

Initialize the via soldermask field on IPC-365 export.

Fix crash when opening zone manager. #25284, #23951, and #22440

Fix DRC crash. #25298

Respect a hatched zone’s clearance inside its own border. #24935

Skip triangles with out-of-range face indices.

Removed hole from capped vias. #23370

Fix broken custom toolbars. #25035

https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/commit/73997fb9acf3e31eb20afbbb9c45a9b99ad856dcHandle solder mask expansion for plated copper calculation].

Don’t call OpenGL functions from if OpenGL wasn’t initialized yet.

Fix inconsistent dielectric sublayer names when exporting IPC-2581. #25149

Put via pads in a set when exporting IPC-2581. #25149

Write a text box border as its own Features item when exporting IPC-2581. #25149

Don’t write Features for text with no glyphs on IPC-2581 export. #25149

Don’t crash when exporting a board with no outline to IPC-2581. #25149

Report warnings on IPC-2581 export. #25149

Knock out paste/mask layers when they’re clearly null. #25218

Fix hang incrementing labels containing non-ASCII characters. #25299

Don’t save/restore output text field value in run log dialog. #25169

Store the 3D export job’s component and net filters. #25107

Use per-variant field values in multi-variant BOM export. #24936

Ensure drop down menu list is not stays open after mouse click release on Wayland. #24418

Clear PYTHONHOME/PYTHONPATH for legacy BOM generators in AppImage.

Ensure date picker dialog control updates with current date. #24400

Fix gerber files grayed out in the open dialog.

Fix plugin manager crash. #23947

Speed up simulator frame log reporting.

Turn on segment heap for improved memory management.

Improve plugin identifier validation regular expression.

Add parent field to board types.

Add flip board item command.

Expand stackup parameters. #24182

Fix pad orientation loss after moving footprint. #25199

Fix board view flip setting. #24122

Fix crash deleting an item after a group referencing it was created in a rolled back commit. #25314