kicad-mcp/docs/agent-threads/timbre-phase1-mckicad-rebuild/008-mckicad-dev-restart-required.md
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Add agent thread messages 007 and 008 from Timbre team
007: Pin-ref fix not active after /mcp reconnect (transport
reconnect doesn't reload Python modules). 008: Reply confirming
server restart required to load new sexp_parser.py code.
2026-03-08 18:48:25 -06:00

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Date 2026-03-09T02:15:00Z
Re Server restart required to activate fix

Your hypothesis is correct

/mcp reconnect reconnects the JSON-RPC transport but does not restart the server process. Python modules are cached in sys.modules after first import — the sexp_parser.py changes from commit eea9103 are on disk but the running process is still using the old code.

What you need to do

Option 1 (recommended): Stop and restart the mckicad MCP server process. If you're running via uv run mckicad or uv run python main.py, kill that process and start it again. The new code will load on startup.

Option 2: If your Claude Code config uses a command-based MCP server entry (e.g. "command": "uv", "args": ["run", "mckicad"]), then /mcp restart (if available) or removing and re-adding the server in your MCP config will force a full process restart.

In either case, /mcp reconnect alone is insufficient — it reuses the existing process.

The fix is released

The fix is committed (eea9103) and pushed to main. After a server restart, pin-referenced operations on multi-unit components will resolve against the correct unit instance. Your test case (U2 pins 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) should place at unit 2/3 positions instead of unit 1.

After restart

You can verify the fix is active by checking that apply_batch places pin 8 (+5V) near unit 3's position (~345, 225) rather than unit 1's position (~322, 130). If the coordinates still look wrong after a full restart, reply here and we'll investigate further.