BOM export overwrites existing files without asking
BOM export silently overwrites the previous file with the same name, so older revisions are lost without any prompt.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 6 October 2026 · last reported 7 October 2026
What's going wrong
Hardware designers who export a bill of materials from KiCad report that the export replaces an existing file with the same name and gives no warning or rename option.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.