diff --git a/client/native-shell/main.ts b/client/native-shell/main.ts
index 74862cd4d..cc8032388 100644
--- a/client/native-shell/main.ts
+++ b/client/native-shell/main.ts
@@ -1554,12 +1554,10 @@ function showProvisioning(instanceUrl: string, welcome?: string): void {
     stepServer,
     stepReady
   );
+  // The address set in bold inside the sentence, wherever the language puts it.
+  const sentence = t('native.provisioning.sub', { host: '\u0000' });
   const sub = el('span', {});
-  sub.append(
-    ...t('native.provisioning.sub', { host: '\u0000' })
-      .split('\u0000')
-      .flatMap((part, i) => (i ? [el('b', { dir: 'ltr' }, host), part] : [part]))
-  );
+  sub.append(...sentence.split('\u0000').flatMap((part, i) => (i ? [el('b', { dir: 'ltr' }, host), part] : [part])));
   const view = stateScreen({
     camera: chosenCamera,
     kicker: t('native.provisioning.kicker'),
diff --git a/client/tests/unit/mobile/shellChrome.test.tsx b/client/tests/unit/mobile/shellChrome.test.tsx
index 2fd63763f..1718657cc 100644
--- a/client/tests/unit/mobile/shellChrome.test.tsx
+++ b/client/tests/unit/mobile/shellChrome.test.tsx
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ describe('safe area in the touch shell', () => {
   it('FE-MOB-CHROME-005: without the rail the floating bars keep clear of a side inset, such as a camera in a corner', () => {
     const narrow = "html:not(:has(.m-shell[data-size='wide'], .m-shell[data-size='split'])) :is(.m-bar-x, .m-span-x) {";
     const rule = css.split(narrow)[1]?.split('}')[0] ?? '';
-    expect(rule).toContain('margin-left: var(--m-safe-l, 0px);');
-    expect(rule).toContain('margin-right: var(--m-safe-r, 0px);');
+    expect(rule).toContain('margin-inline: var(--m-safe-l, 0px) var(--m-safe-r, 0px);');
+    // The insets are the screen's: right to left takes them the other way round.
+    const rtl = css.split(`html[dir='rtl']${narrow.slice('html'.length)}`)[1]?.split('}')[0] ?? '';
+    expect(rtl).toContain('margin-inline: var(--m-safe-r, 0px) var(--m-safe-l, 0px);');
     // On a wide window the bars keep no side margin, so mx-auto still centres them.
     for (const cls of ['m-bar-x', 'm-span-x']) {
       expect(css.split(`\n.${cls} {`)[1]?.split('}')[0] ?? '').not.toContain('margin');