Auto router to obey design rules

When I run the auto router I get traces that are too close together but I do have my board setting trace clearances set properly and are obeyed when I route manually. How do I get the auto router to obey those constraints?

Application: KiCad PCB Editor arm64 on arm64

Version: 7.0.7, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.2
FreeType 2.13.0
HarfBuzz 7.3.0
FontConfig 2.14.2
libcurl/7.88.1 (SecureTransport) LibreSSL/3.3.6 zlib/1.2.11 nghttp2/1.51.0

Platform: macOS Ventura Version 13.4.1 (c) (Build 22F770820d), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac

Build Info:
Date: Aug 14 2023 15:11:18
wxWidgets: 3.2.2 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.82.0
OCC: 7.7.0
Curl: 7.77.0
ngspice: 38
Compiler: Clang 13.0.0 with C++ ABI 1002

Build settings:
KICAD_SPICE=ON

Do KiCad have auto router?

there is a free autorouter plugin

You are probably using “freerouting”, an this is not a part of KiCad itself. Have you read their documentation?

They do not seem to have their own forum or user community (I only had a brief peek) but If they do, then that would be a much better place to ask questions about that program.

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