feat: add configurable welist server URL (advanced mode only)

- Add NoServersForChainError(chain, url, reason) with error details
- Expose WELIST_SERVER setting in plugin dialog, hidden in basic mode
- Basic mode uses factory default; advanced mode uses configured URL only
- Show descriptive error with URL and reason when advanced-mode fetch fails

bal/core/willexecutors.py

@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ class Willexecutors:
         """Raised when the welist server responds but returns no data for the
         requested chain, indicating no active servers for that network."""
 
+        def __init__(self, chain, url=None, reason=None):
+            self.chain = chain
+            self.url = url
+            self.reason = reason
+            super().__init__(
+                f"NoServersForChainError: chain={chain} url={url} reason={reason}"
+            )
+
     # Expose the networking constants as class attributes so the GUI layer can
     # reference them (e.g. to show the "Xs / DEADLINEs" countdown) without
     # importing module-level names.  Single source of truth: the module

bal/gui/qt/plugin.py

@@ -462,6 +462,10 @@ class Plugin(BalPlugin):
                     self.update_all()
                     return
             self.USER_TYPE.set("advanced" if idx == 1 else "basic")
+            # Show/hide the welist server row (advanced-only).
+            basic = idx != 1
+            for w in (lbl_welist_server, edit_welist_server, help_welist_server):
+                w.setVisible(not basic)
             self.update_all()
 
         user_type_combo.currentIndexChanged.connect(on_user_type_change)
@@ -474,6 +478,7 @@ class Plugin(BalPlugin):
         # with an external app, so the setting is no longer needed in the dialog.
         edit_event_summary = BalLineEdit(self.EVENT_SUMMARY)
         edit_event_description = BalTextEdit(self.EVENT_DESCRIPTION)
+        edit_welist_server = BalLineEdit(self.WELIST_SERVER)
 
         heir_repush = QPushButton("Rebroadcast transactions")
         heir_repush.clicked.connect(partial(self.broadcast_transactions, True))
@@ -637,12 +642,27 @@ class Plugin(BalPlugin):
                 "field and the Raw/Date selector."
             ),
         )
-        grid.addWidget(heir_repush, 9, 0)
+        # Welist server URL: shown only in ADVANCED mode.  In BASIC mode the
+        # factory default is always used and the setting is hidden.
+        lbl_welist_server = QLabel(_("Welist Server URL"))
+        help_welist_server = HelpButton(
+            "URL of the server that provides the will-executor list.  "
+            "Only used in ADVANCED mode."
+        )
+        grid.addWidget(lbl_welist_server, 9, 0)
+        grid.addWidget(edit_welist_server, 9, 1)
+        grid.addWidget(help_welist_server, 9, 2)
+        # Initial visibility: hidden in basic, visible in advanced.
+        basic_init = str(self.USER_TYPE.get()).lower() != "advanced"
+        for w in (lbl_welist_server, edit_welist_server, help_welist_server):
+            w.setVisible(not basic_init)
+
+        grid.addWidget(heir_repush, 10, 0)
         grid.addWidget(
             HelpButton(
                 "Broadcast all transactions to willexecutors including those already pushed"
             ),
-            9,
+            10,
             2,
         )
 
@@ -673,6 +693,7 @@ class Plugin(BalPlugin):
                 (self.NO_WILLEXECUTOR, heir_no_willexecutor, "check"),
                 (self.EVENT_SUMMARY, edit_event_summary, "line"),
                 (self.EVENT_DESCRIPTION, edit_event_description, "text"),
+                (self.WELIST_SERVER, edit_welist_server, "line"),
             ]
             for cfg, widget, kind in resets:
                 # Persist the default value back into the Electrum config.

bal/gui/qt/window.py

@@ -1093,26 +1093,26 @@ class BalWindow:
     def fetch_will_executors_list(self, old_willexecutors):
         """Download the will-executor list (runs inside the TaskThread worker).
 
-        Tries the configured server first, then the original hardcoded endpoint,
+        In BASIC mode the factory-default welist server is used and the setting
-        so a stale/bad config value cannot break the download.  Detailed
+        is hidden.  In ADVANCED mode the user-configured URL is used exclusively
-        per-attempt diagnostics are written to the Electrum log only; the user
+        (no fallback), and any failure produces a descriptive error.
-        sees a simple message.  No business logic in ``bal.core`` is changed.
 
         Returns the downloaded dict (empty ``{}`` on failure).
         """
         chainname = BalPlugin.chainname
-        configured = self.bal_plugin.WELIST_SERVER.get()
+        basic = self.bal_plugin.is_basic_mode()
-        candidates = []
+
-        for base in (configured, "https://welist.bitcoin-after.life/"):
+        if basic:
-            if not base:
+            base = self.bal_plugin.WELIST_SERVER.default
-                continue
+        else:
-            base = base if base.endswith("/") else base + "/"
+            base = self.bal_plugin.WELIST_SERVER.get()
-            url = f"{base}data/{chainname}?page=0&limit=100"
+        base = base if base.endswith("/") else base + "/"
-            if url not in candidates:
+        url = f"{base}data/{chainname}?page=0&limit=100"
-                candidates.append(url)
+        candidates = [url]
 
         result = {}
         any_server_reached = False
+        last_error = None
         net = Network.get_instance()
         _logger.info(f"fetch_will_executors_list: network present = {net is not None}")
         for url in candidates:
@@ -1141,11 +1141,20 @@ class BalWindow:
                     break
                 _logger.warning(f"fetch_will_executors_list: {url} -> empty response")
             except Exception as e:
+                last_error = str(e)
                 _logger.error(
                     f"fetch_will_executors_list: {url} -> {type(e).__name__}: {e}"
                 )
-        if not result and any_server_reached:
+        if not result:
-            raise Willexecutors.NoServersForChainError(chainname)
+            if not basic:
+                # Advanced mode: always raise with full details.
+                raise Willexecutors.NoServersForChainError(
+                    chainname,
+                    url=url,
+                    reason=last_error or "empty response",
+                )
+            if any_server_reached:
+                raise Willexecutors.NoServersForChainError(chainname)
         return result
 
     # Simple, user-facing message shown when the download fails for any reason
@@ -1210,11 +1219,23 @@ class BalWindow:
         def on_failure(exc_info):
             _logger.error(f"download_list failed: {exc_info}")
             if isinstance(exc_info[1], Willexecutors.NoServersForChainError):
-                chainname = BalPlugin.chainname
+                err = exc_info[1]
-                self.show_warning(_(
+                if err.url:
-                    f"No active will-executor found for the "
+                    # Advanced mode: show the actual URL and error reason.
-                    f"{chainname} network."
+                    self.show_warning(_(
-                ))
+                        f"Could not reach the configured welist server.\n\n"
+                        f"Server: {err.url}\n"
+                        f"Error: {err.reason}\n\n"
+                        f"Please verify the welist server URL in the plugin "
+                        f"settings."
+                    ))
+                else:
+                    # Basic mode: the server responded but has no data for this
+                    # chain.
+                    self.show_warning(_(
+                        f"No active will-executor found for the "
+                        f"{err.chain} network."
+                    ))
             else:
                 self.show_warning(_(self.DOWNLOAD_FAILED_MESSAGE))