diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a27838d3..9e5f8044 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   `ALLOW_PRIVATE_IPS=true` as the setting that allows it. The advice was added
   in 1.6.0 but never appeared.
 
+- A widget settings Fetch marks a blocked private address as a warning, the
+  same as a badge test, instead of a hard error.
+
 ## [1.6.0] - 2026-08-13
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/ui/css/admin.css b/ui/css/admin.css
index 044d8bc6..2e0bcbfa 100644
--- a/ui/css/admin.css
+++ b/ui/css/admin.css
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ html{background:var(--bg-color,var(--bg-outer))}
 .row-status{font-size:13px;margin-inline-end:8px;color:var(--dm)}
 .row-status.ok{color:var(--ok)}
 .row-status.err{color:var(--danger)}
+.row-status.warn{color:var(--warning)}
 
 /* ── Textarea row (Add to URL / Add to Header) ── */
 .kv-hdr{padding-bottom:4px}
diff --git a/ui/css/tokens.css b/ui/css/tokens.css
index b3c44b87..7242ec8a 100644
--- a/ui/css/tokens.css
+++ b/ui/css/tokens.css
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
   --accent:        var(--sy-teal);
   --accent-strong: var(--sy-teal-hi);
   --danger:        var(--sy-red);
+  --warning:       var(--sy-orange);
   --success:       var(--sy-green);
 
   --sy-radius-lg:14px;
diff --git a/ui/js/admin-app-form.js b/ui/js/admin-app-form.js
index 91234027..9989b9b2 100644
--- a/ui/js/admin-app-form.js
+++ b/ui/js/admin-app-form.js
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ async function fetchBadge() {
     /* Branch on the error's `kind`, never on words inside its message. */
     const advice = badgeErrorAdvice(e);
     if (st) {
-      st.style.cssText = 'margin-top:4px;color:' + (advice.tone === TONE.WARN ? '#ff9f0a' : '#ff453a');
+      st.style.cssText = 'margin-top:4px;color:' + (advice.tone === TONE.WARN ? 'var(--warning)' : 'var(--danger)');
       st.textContent = advice.tone === TONE.WARN ? advice.message : '✗ ' + advice.message;
     }
     if (advice.openAuth) {
diff --git a/ui/js/admin-error.js b/ui/js/admin-error.js
index f32d1d39..c821a881 100644
--- a/ui/js/admin-error.js
+++ b/ui/js/admin-error.js
@@ -79,10 +79,14 @@ export function badgeErrorAdvice(e) {
   };
 }
 
-export function optionsErrorText(e) {
+/* Same shape as badgeErrorAdvice: a settings Fetch and a badge test report the
+   same failures and must not disagree about the tone. */
+export function optionsErrorAdvice(e) {
   const read = readError(e);
   const { kind, message } = read;
-  if (kind === KIND.INVALID && message) return message;
-  if (blockedForPrivateAddress(read)) return `${message} ${PRIVATE_ADDRESS_ADVICE}`;
-  return 'Fetch failed: ' + (message || 'Request failed.');
+  if (blockedForPrivateAddress(read)) {
+    return { tone: TONE.WARN, message: `${message} ${PRIVATE_ADDRESS_ADVICE}` };
+  }
+  if (kind === KIND.INVALID && message) return { tone: TONE.ERROR, message };
+  return { tone: TONE.ERROR, message: 'Fetch failed: ' + (message || 'Request failed.') };
 }
diff --git a/ui/js/widget-config-form.js b/ui/js/widget-config-form.js
index 0fa2b745..f00ff8aa 100644
--- a/ui/js/widget-config-form.js
+++ b/ui/js/widget-config-form.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   groupBounds,
   visibleFieldFlags,
 } from '/js/admin-logic.js?v=056a11e9';
-import { optionsErrorText } from '/js/admin-error.js?v=af729113';
+import { optionsErrorAdvice, TONE } from '/js/admin-error.js?v=af729113';
 import { qi } from '/js/utils.js?v=84d58686';
 
 const PE =
@@ -269,8 +269,9 @@ function _picklist(field, value, ctx, size) {
           : 'No options found';
         status.className = 'row-status ok';
       } catch (e) {
-        status.textContent = optionsErrorText(e);
-        status.className = 'row-status err';
+        const advice = optionsErrorAdvice(e);
+        status.textContent = advice.message;
+        status.className = 'row-status ' + (advice.tone === TONE.WARN ? 'warn' : 'err');
       } finally {
         btn.disabled = false;
       }
@@ -353,8 +354,9 @@ function _select(field, value, ctx, config = {}) {
           : 'No options found';
         status.className = 'row-status ok';
       } catch (e) {
-        status.textContent = optionsErrorText(e);
-        status.className = 'row-status err';
+        const advice = optionsErrorAdvice(e);
+        status.textContent = advice.message;
+        status.className = 'row-status ' + (advice.tone === TONE.WARN ? 'warn' : 'err');
       } finally {
         btn.disabled = false;
       }
diff --git a/ui/test/admin-error.test.mjs b/ui/test/admin-error.test.mjs
index 426f3fb9..73c15cab 100644
--- a/ui/test/admin-error.test.mjs
+++ b/ui/test/admin-error.test.mjs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import { test } from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
-import { badgeErrorAdvice, optionsErrorText, KIND, TONE } from '../js/admin-error.js';
+import { badgeErrorAdvice, optionsErrorAdvice, KIND, TONE } from '../js/admin-error.js';
 
 /* api/src/api-error.js is CommonJS (the server half of the codebase is), so it
    needs createRequire rather than a plain import. */
@@ -84,8 +84,11 @@ test('a block without the reason code gets no private-address advice', () => {
 
 test('the widget options Fetch gives the same advice', () => {
   const blocked = { kind: KIND.BLOCKED, message: 'The request was blocked.', detail: { reason: 'private-address' } };
-  assert.match(optionsErrorText(blocked), /ALLOW_PRIVATE_IPS=true/);
-  assert.match(optionsErrorText({ kind: KIND.BLOCKED, message: 'The request was blocked.' }), /^Fetch failed: /);
+  assert.match(optionsErrorAdvice(blocked).message, /ALLOW_PRIVATE_IPS=true/);
+  assert.equal(optionsErrorAdvice(blocked).tone, TONE.WARN, 'a fixable setting is not a hard error');
+  const plain = optionsErrorAdvice({ kind: KIND.BLOCKED, message: 'The request was blocked.' });
+  assert.match(plain.message, /^Fetch failed: /);
+  assert.equal(plain.tone, TONE.ERROR);
 });
 
 test('other blocked reasons are still shown verbatim', () => {
@@ -109,22 +112,22 @@ test('an unknown future kind degrades instead of crashing an older frontend', ()
   assert.equal(a.message, 'Too many requests.');
 });
 
-/* ── optionsErrorText (P11-2) ─────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+/* ── optionsErrorAdvice (P11-2) ───────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 test('the retype instruction is shown on its own, without a failure prefix', async () => {
-  const { optionsErrorText } = await import('../js/admin-error.js');
+  const { optionsErrorAdvice } = await import('../js/admin-error.js');
   const msg =
     'This configuration has changed since it was saved, so the stored credential was not used. Enter the credential to test these settings.';
-  assert.equal(optionsErrorText({ kind: KIND.INVALID, message: msg }), msg);
+  assert.equal(optionsErrorAdvice({ kind: KIND.INVALID, message: msg }).message, msg);
 });
 
 test('any other failure keeps the Fetch failed prefix', async () => {
-  const { optionsErrorText } = await import('../js/admin-error.js');
-  assert.equal(optionsErrorText({ kind: KIND.NETWORK, message: 'boom' }), 'Fetch failed: boom');
-  assert.equal(optionsErrorText(new Error('boom')), 'Fetch failed: boom');
+  const { optionsErrorAdvice } = await import('../js/admin-error.js');
+  assert.equal(optionsErrorAdvice({ kind: KIND.NETWORK, message: 'boom' }).message, 'Fetch failed: boom');
+  assert.equal(optionsErrorAdvice(new Error('boom')).message, 'Fetch failed: boom');
 });
 
-test('optionsErrorText tolerates an error with no message', async () => {
-  const { optionsErrorText } = await import('../js/admin-error.js');
-  assert.equal(optionsErrorText({ kind: KIND.INVALID }), 'Fetch failed: Request failed.');
+test('optionsErrorAdvice tolerates an error with no message', async () => {
+  const { optionsErrorAdvice } = await import('../js/admin-error.js');
+  assert.equal(optionsErrorAdvice({ kind: KIND.INVALID }).message, 'Fetch failed: Request failed.');
 });