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@@ -1654,3 +1654,360 @@ behaviour is reintroduced).
**Outcome:** DONE (delivered as test ZIP v0.5.2; commit only after the owner
confirms the ZIP works, especially that in BASIC the Check Alive is visible,
read-only even with "Panel editable Date and Fee" on, and shown as a Date).
---
## 27. v0.5.3 - BASIC mode: build the will against "now" (not Check Alive) + clearer "cannot build" message
**Date:** 2026-07-04
**Goal (owner request, two related fixes):**
1. In BASIC mode, pressing Check (or rebuilding after a change) could refuse to
(re)build the will and show "Balance is too low, or CheckAlive is in the
past. Skipped", even with a healthy balance. Root cause found by tracing the
real code with the owner: will construction filters heirs by
`delivery_time > from_locktime`, and `from_locktime` is `date_to_check` = the
Check Alive. In BASIC the Check Alive is hidden and NOT editable, so when its
(fixed) default ends up LATER than the delivery time, every heir is excluded
and the will cannot be built. The Check Alive must never govern construction
in BASIC.
2. The "Skipped" message itself was misleading: it claimed the Check Alive was
"in the past", whereas the real blocking condition is the opposite - the
Check Alive is LATER than the delivery time.
**What changed:**
- `bal/gui/qt/window.py` (`build_will`): the `from_locktime` passed to
`get_transactions` is now `datetime.now().timestamp()` when
`is_basic_mode()` is true, instead of `self.date_to_check` (the Check Alive).
In BASIC an heir is kept as long as its delivery time is in the future,
independently of the non-editable Check Alive. ADVANCED mode is unchanged
(still uses `date_to_check`). Deliberately scoped to CONSTRUCTION only:
`check_will_expired` / `check_amounts` / `is_will_valid` still use
`date_to_check` exactly as before, keeping the change targeted and low-risk
(the broad `date_to_check` rewrite tried in the discarded v0.5.4 line is NOT
reintroduced).
- Known, owner-accepted limitation: a delivery time equal to "today" (same
instant) may still not build, because `now()` includes the current time of
day. The owner will test this edge case separately.
- `bal/gui/qt/dialogs.py`: replaced the misleading build-failure message with
the owner-approved wording: "Could not build the will. Possible reasons: the
Check Alive date is later than the delivery time (it must be earlier), the
balance is too low, or the heirs' shares are below the minimum. Skipped".
Text only; the message still appears under exactly the same condition
(`build_will()` returned nothing) as before.
**Verification:**
- Full test suite: `266 passed`, plus the same 2 pre-existing, unrelated
failures (stale `baltx_fees=100` expectation vs the v0.5.0 default of `20`).
- `ruff`: no new errors (only pre-existing star-import noise and the
pre-existing `F841` at dialogs.py, both present in clean v0.5.0).
- Windows behaviour (especially the delivery-time-equals-today edge case) to be
confirmed by the owner from the test ZIP.
**Outcome:** DONE (delivered as test ZIP v0.5.3; commit only after the owner
confirms it works, in particular that in BASIC the will now (re)builds and the
new message is clear).
---
## 28. v0.5.4 - BASIC mode: Check Alive fully ignored at the root (date_to_check = now())
**Date:** 2026-07-04
**Goal (owner-approved, Option B "fix the root"):** After v0.5.3 fixed only the
build path, the owner hit "No Heirs" on Check even with heirs present, in BASIC
AND ADVANCED. A full map of every Check Alive usage (see the analysis
spreadsheet) showed the Check Alive is read in ~11 places, all through the SAME
value `self.date_to_check`, and only some were mode-gated. Fixing them one by
one was whack-a-mole. Option B fixes the single root instead.
**Root cause:** `self.date_to_check` (window.py, init_class_variables) was
ALWAYS set to the Check Alive (threshold), in BASIC and ADVANCED. Every
downstream check reads it: the build filter (get_locktimes/get_transactions),
the heir count in check_willexecutors_and_heirs (source of "No Heirs" when
delivery < Check Alive), check_will_expired, check_amounts, and the
"locktime is lower than threshold" guard. In BASIC the Check Alive is hidden
and not editable, so whenever its fixed value ended up later than the delivery
time, these checks wrongly blocked the will.
**What changed:**
- `bal/gui/qt/window.py` (`init_class_variables`): in BASIC mode
`self.date_to_check` is now set to `datetime.now().timestamp()` instead of
the Check Alive. Every downstream check is therefore evaluated against "now"
(i.e. the Check Alive effectively does not exist in BASIC), while the
delivery time (locktime) is still fully enforced. ADVANCED mode is unchanged
and keeps using the user-controlled Check Alive. This single change covers
every point in the usage map at once.
- `bal/gui/qt/window.py` (`build_will`): removed the now-redundant per-mode
branch added in v0.5.3 (it computed now() locally for the build filter).
Since `date_to_check` is already now() in BASIC from the root fix, build_will
simply passes `self.date_to_check` again - one source of truth, no duplicate
logic.
- The CheckAliveError "you are alive -> postpone" guard was already skipped in
BASIC and is unchanged.
**Why this differs from the discarded v0.5.4-era experiments:** the earlier
broken attempt set date_to_check to `locktime - 2h` (odd and fragile). This
sets it to plain `now()`, which is the natural meaning of "the Check Alive does
not apply in BASIC".
**Verification:**
- Full test suite: `266 passed`, plus the same 2 pre-existing, unrelated
failures (stale `baltx_fees=100` expectation vs the v0.5.0 default of `20`).
- `ruff`: no new errors (only pre-existing star-import noise).
- Windows behaviour to be confirmed by the owner from the test ZIP: in BASIC
the "No Heirs" / "cannot rebuild" problems should be gone; ADVANCED unchanged.
**Outcome:** DONE (delivered as test ZIP v0.5.4; commit only after the owner
confirms it works in BASIC and that ADVANCED is unaffected).
---
## 29. v0.5.5 - ADVANCED defaults to RAW (1y/30d); Check Alive hidden again in BASIC
**Date:** 2026-07-04
**Goal (owner request, two GUI changes):**
1. In ADVANCED mode, both the Delivery time and the Check Alive fields should
default to the RAW editor (showing "1y" / "30d") instead of the calendar
("Date") editor.
2. In BASIC mode, hide the Check Alive field again everywhere (revert the
v0.5.2 experiment that showed it read-only in the main window).
**What changed (all in `bal/gui/qt/widgets.py`, GUI only):**
- `BalTimeEditWidget.__init__` (default editor selection): in ADVANCED mode the
default editor is now forced to RAW (index 0) for both fields (Delivery time
and Check Alive both derive from this class). BASIC mode still forces the
Date editor (index 1) and hides the Raw/Date selector, as before. Because the
relative defaults already exist in plugin_base
(`default_will_settings_relative` -> locktime "1y", threshold "30d"), the RAW
editor opens showing "1y" / "30d". If the stored value happens to be an
absolute timestamp, the forced-RAW path substitutes the relative default so
the field never shows a bare timestamp number. The user can still switch to
Date manually (the selector is visible in ADVANCED); only the initial choice
changed.
- `WillSettingsWidget.__init__` and `apply_user_type_visibility`: the Check
Alive (threshold) row is hidden in BASIC in BOTH layouts again (main window
and wizard), reverting the v0.5.2 "visible read-only in the main window"
behaviour.
- `apply_editable_dates`: reverted the v0.5.2 threshold read-only special-case
back to the original single line (no longer needed now that the Check Alive
is hidden in BASIC).
**Verification:**
- Full test suite: `266 passed`, plus the same 2 pre-existing, unrelated
failures (stale `baltx_fees=100` expectation vs the v0.5.0 default of `20`).
- `ruff`: no new errors (only pre-existing star-import noise).
- Windows behaviour to be confirmed by the owner: in ADVANCED both fields open
in RAW showing 1y/30d; in BASIC the Check Alive is no longer visible anywhere.
**Outcome:** DONE (delivered as test ZIP v0.5.5; commit only after the owner
confirms it works).
---
## 30. v0.5.6 - Five small UX fixes (tooltips, empty-ics warning, revert forced RAW, message reword, Check Alive red highlight)
**Date:** 2026-07-04
**Goal (owner request, five items in one release):**
1. Add a "Local time (not UTC)" note to the Delivery time AND Check Alive
tooltips.
2. When the calendar export has no reminder events (delivery date too close or
already passed), warn the user and do NOT create an empty .ics file.
3. Revert the v0.5.5 "always RAW in ADVANCED" default back to the 0.5.0
behaviour (default editor follows the stored value's format).
4. Reword "Inheritance already executed (on blockchain)" to "An inheritance of
this wallet is already executed (on blockchain)".
5. Highlight the Check Alive box with a soft red when it is later than the
delivery time (ADVANCED only).
**What changed:**
- `bal/gui/qt/widgets.py`:
- `ThresholdTimeWidget.help_text` and `LockTimeWidget.help_text`: appended a
note that the date/time is in the computer's Local time, not UTC (#1).
- `BalTimeEditWidget.__init__`: removed the v0.5.5 forced-RAW-in-ADVANCED
block; the default editor again follows the stored value (absolute number
-> Date, relative "1y"/"30d" -> Raw). BASIC still forces the Date editor
and hides the selector (#3).
- `WillSettingsWidget.on_locktime_change`: if the Check Alive timestamp is
>= the delivery time, tint the Check Alive box soft red (#FCE4E4, border
#E9A8A8) with an explanatory tooltip; clear it when the relationship is
valid. ADVANCED only (the field is hidden in BASIC) (#5).
- `bal/gui/qt/dialogs.py`:
- `_ics_provider`: returns None when there are no reminder events (instead of
a header-only .ics), so the caller can warn (#2).
- Reworded the "inheritance already executed" message (#4).
- `bal/gui/qt/calendar.py`:
- `_ensure_ics`: when the provider returns no content, show the warning
"No reminders were saved: the delivery date is too close (or already
passed)" and create no file (#2).
**Verification:**
- Full test suite: `266 passed`, plus the same 2 pre-existing, unrelated
failures (stale `baltx_fees=100` expectation vs the v0.5.0 default of `20`).
- `ruff`: no new errors (only pre-existing star-import noise and a pre-existing
E401 in calendar.py, present in clean v0.5.0).
- Manual check: `_ics_provider` returns events for a far delivery date and None
for a delivery date of "today" (0 days), confirming the empty-events warning
path.
- Windows/visual confirmation (soft-red tint, tooltips, calendar warning) to be
done by the owner from the test ZIP.
**Outcome:** DONE (delivered as test ZIP v0.5.6; commit only after the owner
confirms it works).
---
## 31. v0.5.7 - Consistent Raw/Date default per mode, including runtime switch
**Date:** 2026-07-04
**Goal (owner request):** Make the Raw/Date editor default simple and
consistent, both at startup and when toggling BASIC<->ADVANCED at runtime:
* BASIC -> always the Date (calendar) editor, selector hidden.
* ADVANCED -> RAW by default (showing "1y"/"30d"), selector visible so the
user can switch to Date manually; a manual Date choice must be
respected on later runtime mode switches (not forced back to RAW).
**Background:** v0.5.6 (ToDo #3) had reverted to the value-driven default and
left the runtime switch untouched, so switching ADVANCED->BASIC at runtime could
leave a field stuck on RAW while the selector was hidden (and BASIC->ADVANCED
did not restore RAW). This makes the behaviour explicit and symmetric.
**What changed (all in `bal/gui/qt/widgets.py`):**
- `BalTimeEditWidget.__init__`: default editor is now chosen by MODE, not by the
stored value's format: BASIC -> Date (index 1); ADVANCED -> RAW (index 0). In
ADVANCED, if the stored value is an absolute timestamp, the relative default
("1y"/"30d") is loaded into the RAW editor so it never shows a bare number.
- Added `self._user_picked_editor` flag plus `_on_user_picked_editor`, connected
to the combo's `activated` signal (fires only on real user interaction, not on
programmatic index changes). This records a manual Raw/Date choice.
- `apply_user_type_visibility`: besides showing/hiding the selector, it now sets
the active editor on a runtime switch: BASIC -> always Date; ADVANCED -> RAW
unless the user had manually picked an editor, in which case their choice is
left untouched. Wrapped in try/except so a cosmetic editor switch can never
break mode toggling.
**Verification:**
- Full test suite: `266 passed`, plus the same 2 pre-existing, unrelated
failures (stale `baltx_fees=100` expectation vs the v0.5.0 default of `20`).
- `ruff`: no new errors (only pre-existing star-import / E401 noise).
- Windows/interactive confirmation (startup defaults + runtime BASIC<->ADVANCED
switch, including a manual Date choice being respected) to be done by the
owner from the test ZIP.
**Outcome:** DONE (delivered as test ZIP v0.5.7; commit only after the owner
confirms it works).
---
## 32. v0.5.8 - Fix: Check Alive red highlight no longer hides the up/down arrows
**Date:** 2026-07-04
**Problem (owner-reported, screenshot):** the soft-red highlight added in v0.5.6
(ToDo #5) made the Check Alive box lose its native up/down spin arrows. Cause:
the stylesheet set a `border` on the whole container; styling the border of a
QDateTimeEdit / QAbstractSpinBox via stylesheet makes Qt stop drawing its native
sub-controls (the spin arrows).
**Fix (`bal/gui/qt/widgets.py`, `on_locktime_change`):** the warning styling now
sets ONLY a `background-color` (no border), and scopes the rule to the inner
editor widget types (`QDateTimeEdit, QLineEdit, QAbstractSpinBox`) instead of the
whole container, so the tint still shows but the native up/down arrows are
preserved.
**Verification:**
- Full test suite: `266 passed` (same 2 pre-existing unrelated failures).
- `ruff`: no new errors.
- Visual confirmation (arrows present + soft-red tint) to be done by the owner
from the test ZIP.
**Outcome:** DONE (delivered as test ZIP v0.5.8; commit only after confirmation).
---
## 33. v0.5.9 - Clearer 3-point "could not build the will" message
**Date:** 2026-07-04
**Goal (owner request):** Now that the Check Alive box turns soft red when it is
later than the delivery time (v0.5.6/v0.5.8), that mistake is hard to make, so
the build-failure message was rewritten as a clearer, numbered 3-point list.
**What changed (`bal/gui/qt/dialogs.py`, text only):** the message shown when
`build_will()` returns nothing is now:
Could not build the will ! Possible reasons:
1- the Balance of wallet is too low to cover the fees for miners and will executors,
2- the Heirs' shares are below the minimum (Dust UTXO, less than 546 Satoshi),
3- the Check Alive Date/Time is later than the delivery time (it must be earlier),
Skipped
Line breaks use "\n", which the message panel converts to <br> (see the render
that joins labels with <br><br> and replaces \n), so the three points appear on
separate lines. Same trigger condition and warning colour as before; text only.
**Verification:**
- Full test suite: `266 passed` (same 2 pre-existing unrelated failures).
- `ruff`: no new errors.
- Visual confirmation of the multi-line layout to be done by the owner.
**Outcome:** DONE (delivered as test ZIP v0.5.9; commit only after confirmation).
---
## 34. v0.5.10 - Pressing CHECK no longer resets a manual Date/RAW choice (Opzione 2)
**Date:** 2026-07-04
**Problem (owner-reported):** In ADVANCED, manually setting the Check Alive and
Delivery time boxes to Date and then pressing CHECK snapped them back to RAW.
**Cause:** v0.5.7 put the per-mode editor default (BASIC->Date, ADVANCED->RAW)
inside `BalTimeEditWidget.apply_user_type_visibility`, which is invoked from
`BalWindow.update_all()` - and update_all() also runs on every CHECK/refresh, not
only on a real USER TYPE change. So CHECK re-applied the RAW default.
**Fix (Opzione 2 - separate the two concerns):**
- `bal/gui/qt/widgets.py`:
- `BalTimeEditWidget.apply_user_type_visibility`: reverted to flipping ONLY the
Raw/Date combo visibility (no editor change), so it is side-effect free on
every refresh/CHECK.
- New `BalTimeEditWidget.apply_user_type_editor_default`: holds the per-mode
editor default (BASIC->Date; ADVANCED->RAW unless the user picked manually).
- New `WillSettingsWidget.apply_user_type_editor_default`: applies it to both
the locktime and threshold boxes.
- `bal/gui/qt/plugin.py`:
- New `_apply_editor_default_on_toolbars()` helper that reaches the WILL/HEIR
toolbars of every open window and applies the editor default.
- `on_user_type_change` now calls it ONLY on a real USER TYPE change (both the
normal switch and the revert-to-BASIC path), right before `update_all()`.
**Result:** CHECK no longer touches the active editor (the transaction-list
refresh in update_all() at `will_list_widget.update_will(...)` is untouched, so
the list still updates on CHECK). The per-mode default is applied only when the
user actually switches BASIC<->ADVANCED, and a manual Date choice is preserved.
**Verification:**
- Full test suite: `266 passed` (same 2 pre-existing unrelated failures).
- `ruff`: no new errors.
- Interactive confirmation (Date stays on CHECK; switch still applies defaults;
transaction list still refreshes) to be done by the owner from the test ZIP.
**Outcome:** DONE (delivered as test ZIP v0.5.10; commit only after confirmation).