Write project.json to the storage owner prefix.

update_project used meta.user_id for the path, so JWT projects that still
have user_id=local never persisted pcb_status=queued and the PCB worker
exited as draft. Point writes at the prefix used to read the project.

backend/services/projects.py

@@ -201,10 +201,24 @@ def _read_meta_with_generation(
     return ProjectMeta.model_validate(data), gen
 
 
-def _write_meta(storage: StorageBackend, meta: ProjectMeta) -> None:
+def _write_meta(
+    storage: StorageBackend,
+    meta: ProjectMeta,
+    *,
+    owner_user_id: str | None = None,
+) -> None:
+    """Persist meta under ``users/{owner}/projects/{id}/``.
+
+    ``meta.user_id`` can lag the storage prefix (local-auth accounts that
+    still have ``user_id: "local"`` in JSON while files live under
+    ``users/usr_…/``). Writes must follow the prefix used to *read* the
+    project, not the stale field — otherwise ``update_project(pcb_status=…)``
+    lands in a different tree and the PCB worker still sees ``draft``.
+    """
+    uid = owner_user_id or meta.user_id
     meta.updated = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
     storage.write_json(
-        _meta_key(meta.user_id, meta.id),
+        _meta_key(uid, meta.id),
         meta.model_dump(),
     )
 
@@ -516,7 +530,7 @@ def update_project(
     meta = _read_meta(storage, user_id, project_id)
     for k, v in fields.items():
         setattr(meta, k, v)
-    _write_meta(storage, meta)
+    _write_meta(storage, meta, owner_user_id=user_id)
     return meta
 
 
@@ -691,7 +705,7 @@ def add_collaborator(
     meta = _read_meta(storage, owner_user_id, project_id)
     if collaborator_user_id not in meta.collaborators:
         meta.collaborators.append(collaborator_user_id)
-        _write_meta(storage, meta)
+        _write_meta(storage, meta, owner_user_id=owner_user_id)
     # Write reverse reference for the collaborator
     ref_key = _shared_ref_key(collaborator_user_id, project_id)
     storage.write_json(ref_key, {"owner_user_id": owner_user_id})
@@ -704,7 +718,7 @@ def remove_collaborator(
     """Remove a collaborator from a project and delete the shared reference."""
     meta = _read_meta(storage, owner_user_id, project_id)
     meta.collaborators = [c for c in meta.collaborators if c != collaborator_user_id]
-    _write_meta(storage, meta)
+    _write_meta(storage, meta, owner_user_id=owner_user_id)
     # Delete reverse reference
     ref_key = _shared_ref_key(collaborator_user_id, project_id)
     if storage.exists(ref_key):

frontend/src/app/(app)/project/[id]/pcb/page.tsx

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export default function PcbReviewPage({
   const { id } = use(params);
   const [projectName, setProjectName] = useState("");
   const [pcbStatus, setPcbStatus] = useState<string>("draft");
+  const [analysisBusy, setAnalysisBusy] = useState(false);
   const [inventory, setInventory] = useState<{
     nets: Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
     domains: string[];
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ export default function PcbReviewPage({
       .then((p) => {
         setProjectName(p.name);
         setPcbStatus(p.pcbStatus ?? "draft");
+        setAnalysisBusy(p.status === "running" || p.status === "queued");
         setStatusLoaded(true);
       })
       .catch(() => setStatusLoaded(true));
@@ -198,8 +200,19 @@ export default function PcbReviewPage({
         </Card>
       )}
 
+      {statusLoaded && pcbStatus === "draft" && analysisBusy && (
+        <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+          Schematic review is still running. Wait for it to finish (or cancel
+          it), then start PCB review — the two jobs cannot run at the same time.
+        </p>
+      )}
+
       {statusLoaded && pcbStatus === "draft" && (
-        <Button size="sm" disabled={starting} onClick={handleStart}>
+        <Button
+          size="sm"
+          disabled={starting || analysisBusy}
+          onClick={handleStart}
+        >
           <CircuitBoard className="h-4 w-4 mr-1" />
           {starting ? "Starting…" : "Run PCB review"}
         </Button>

tests/test_pcb_review.py

@@ -181,3 +181,33 @@ def test_pcb_start_requires_board(tmp_path: Path):
     resp = client.post(f"/api/pipeline/{pid}/pcb/start")
     assert resp.status_code == 400
     assert "kicad_pcb" in resp.json()["detail"]
+
+
+def test_update_project_writes_storage_prefix_not_stale_user_id(tmp_path: Path):
+    """JWT owner path with JSON still saying user_id=local (live Emmaforo)."""
+    from backend.services.storage import LocalStorageBackend
+
+    storage = LocalStorageBackend(tmp_path)
+    pid = "759a4dea9612"
+    owner = "usr_jwt_owner"
+    storage.write_json(
+        f"users/{owner}/projects/{pid}/project.json",
+        {
+            "id": pid,
+            "name": "Emmaforo",
+            "user_id": "local",
+            "created": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+            "status": "complete",
+            "has_pcb": True,
+            "has_bom": True,
+            "has_netlist": True,
+            "pcb_status": "draft",
+        },
+    )
+    from backend.services import projects as proj_svc
+
+    proj_svc.update_project(storage, owner, pid, pcb_status="queued")
+    jwt_meta = proj_svc.get_project(storage, owner, pid)
+    assert jwt_meta is not None
+    assert jwt_meta.pcb_status == "queued"
+    assert proj_svc.get_project(storage, "local", pid) is None