Electrs not connecting to Umbrel Bitcoin node (Error: Unauthorized + Not Running)

Hi Umbrel Support,

I’m running Umbrel Home and trying to use the Electrs app, but the app shows status “Not running” in the UI, even though my Bitcoin node is fully synced and running fine.

To troubleshoot, I edited the bitcoin.conf file located at:
/home/umbrel/umbrel/app-data/bitcoin/data/bitcoin.conf
with the following contents:

server=1
rpcuser=umbrel
rpcpassword=umbrel
listen=0
maxconnections=20

Then I restarted the Bitcoin container and launched Electrs using Docker (docker-compose up). However, Electrs fails to authenticate with the node. The logs consistently show this error:

ERROR:Daemon:daemon service refused: Unauthorized. Retrying occasionally…

Electrs container does start, but never connects successfully to the node. Could the UI “Not running” status and this Unauthorized error be related?

I’d appreciate your help in resolving this.

Best regards,

T