diff --git a/docs/host-ios.md b/docs/host-ios.md
index 3f2afbc..3bf5c58 100644
--- a/docs/host-ios.md
+++ b/docs/host-ios.md
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ backend separately as `wd.dpi = 96 * screen.scale`.
   present). *Left, right and bottom are reported but not subtracted — do that yourself.*
 - **Dynamic Type** — `metrics->ui_scale` and every `NEUI_METRIC_*` are already scaled, and an
   explicit `NEUI_ATTR_FONT_SIZE` is routed through `UIFontMetrics`. **Do not scale again.**
-- **`NEUI_EVENT_METRICS_CHANGED`** on Dynamic Type, rotation and safe-area change.
+- **`NEUI_EVENT_METRICS_CHANGED`** on Dynamic Type, rotation and safe-area change — a change
+  confined to the left, right or bottom inset moves no bounds and raises no `RESIZE`, so this
+  is the only notice a client laying out inside the safe area gets.
 - **Dark mode** via `NEUI_ATTR_FOLLOW_SYSTEM_THEME`; `@2x`/`@3x` asset selection.
 
 ### Not available here
diff --git a/hosts/crossplatform/platform_ios.mm b/hosts/crossplatform/platform_ios.mm
index b4664fd..88b029e 100644
--- a/hosts/crossplatform/platform_ios.mm
+++ b/hosts/crossplatform/platform_ios.mm
@@ -1750,6 +1750,13 @@ @interface NEUIViewController : UIViewController
   // still re-fires RESIZE - the usable client rect changed even though the
   // frame size didn't, so the client must re-lay-out below the new inset.
   int                _last_top_inset;
+  // The other three safe-area edges. They are not folded into the client rect,
+  // so they raise METRICS_CHANGED on their own rather than RESIZE - but they do
+  // move, and a client laying out inside the safe area has no other way to hear
+  // about it.
+  int                _last_left;
+  int                _last_right;
+  int                _last_bottom;
 }
 @end
 
@@ -1836,25 +1843,54 @@ - (void)reportResizeIfChanged
   // The effective top inset (status-bar/notch safe area + hamburger band when
   // a menubar exists) feeds widget_client_rect; track it alongside the bounds.
   int top_inset = session->frame_top_inset(widget_index);
-  if (w == _last_w && h == _last_h && top_inset == _last_top_inset) return;
+  // And the other three edges, read off the same view metrics_safe_area_xpl_ios
+  // reads so the gate and the answer cannot drift apart. Gating on the top alone
+  // swallowed a side- or bottom-only resolve entirely: the client was never
+  // told, and went on laying out to insets that had moved. In landscape those
+  // are the edges that matter - the rounded corners and the camera housing down
+  // the sides, the home indicator along the bottom.
+  int left = 0, right = 0, bottom = 0;
+  if (@available(iOS 11.0, *)) {
+    NEUIView* view = [self neuiView];
+    if (view) {
+      UIEdgeInsets ins = view.safeAreaInsets;
+      left   = (int)(ins.left + 0.5);
+      right  = (int)(ins.right + 0.5);
+      bottom = (int)(ins.bottom + 0.5);
+    }
+  }
+  // The top inset is folded into the rect get_client_rect reports, so a change
+  // to it is a resize as far as a client is concerned even when the bounds held
+  // still. The other three are not, so they raise METRICS_CHANGED alone.
+  const bool client_rect_changed =
+      (w != _last_w || h != _last_h || top_inset != _last_top_inset);
+  const bool edges_changed =
+      (left != _last_left || right != _last_right || bottom != _last_bottom);
+  if (!client_rect_changed && !edges_changed) return;
   _last_w = w;
   _last_h = h;
   _last_top_inset = top_inset;
+  _last_left = left;
+  _last_right = right;
+  _last_bottom = bottom;
 
   auto& wd = session->_widgets[widget_index];
-  wd.width  = w;
-  wd.height = h;
-  session->resize_render_ctx(widget_index, (uint32_t)w, (uint32_t)h);
+  if (client_rect_changed) {
+    wd.width  = w;
+    wd.height = h;
+    session->resize_render_ctx(widget_index, (uint32_t)w, (uint32_t)h);
 
-  neui_event_t ev = {};
-  ev.type               = NEUI_EVENT_RESIZE;
-  ev.data.resize.widget = { wd.widget_id };
-  ev.data.resize.width  = w;
-  ev.data.resize.height = h;
-  session->dispatch_event(&ev);
+    neui_event_t ev = {};
+    ev.type               = NEUI_EVENT_RESIZE;
+    ev.data.resize.widget = { wd.widget_id };
+    ev.data.resize.width  = w;
+    ev.data.resize.height = h;
+    session->dispatch_event(&ev);
+  }
   // The safe-area insets (and thus safe_area_insets / get_client_rect) change on
-  // rotation + when the notch/status-bar inset first resolves, so notify the
-  // client that the metrics changed too (alongside RESIZE).
+  // rotation, when the notch/status-bar inset first resolves, and when any of
+  // the other three edges moves. This fires for all of them - alongside RESIZE
+  // where the client rect moved too, on its own where only an edge did.
   dispatch_metrics_changed_xpl_ios(session, widget_index);
   // A rotation settles here too. Told from the layout pass rather than from
   // UIDevice orientation notifications: no accelerometer, and this is the
@@ -1904,8 +1940,9 @@ - (void)viewDidLayoutSubviews
 // A safe-area change (status bar appearing, the first inset resolve after the
 // window binds to its scene, or rotation revealing a notch on a new edge) does
 // not change the view bounds, so reportResizeIfChanged would otherwise stay
-// silent. The inset feeds widget_client_rect + the hamburger band position, so
-// re-fire RESIZE (now inset-aware) and re-layout the button.
+// silent. The top inset feeds widget_client_rect + the hamburger band position,
+// so re-fire RESIZE for that one; a move on any of the other three edges raises
+// METRICS_CHANGED instead. Either way the button is re-laid-out.
 - (void)viewSafeAreaInsetsDidChange
 {
   [super viewSafeAreaInsetsDidChange];
diff --git a/hosts/ios/window.mm b/hosts/ios/window.mm
index dbccb58..9129ad6 100644
--- a/hosts/ios/window.mm
+++ b/hosts/ios/window.mm
@@ -1546,6 +1546,11 @@ @interface NEUINativeIOSViewController : UIViewController
   uint32_t           widget_index;
 @private
   int _last_w, _last_h, _last_inset;
+  // The other three safe-area edges. They do not move the client rect the way
+  // the top inset does, so they drive METRICS_CHANGED on their own rather than
+  // RESIZE - but they do move, and a client laying out inside the safe area has
+  // no other way to hear about it.
+  int _last_left, _last_right, _last_bottom;
 }
 @end
 
@@ -1628,21 +1633,47 @@ - (void)reportResizeIfChanged
   int w = (int)sz.width, h = (int)sz.height;
   if (w <= 0 || h <= 0) return;
   int inset = ios_host::frame_top_inset_ios(session, widget_index);
-  if (w == _last_w && h == _last_h && inset == _last_inset) return;
+  // And the other three edges, read off the same view metrics_safe_area_ios
+  // reads so the gate and the answer cannot drift apart. Gating on the top
+  // alone swallowed a side- or bottom-only resolve entirely: the client was
+  // never told, and went on laying out to insets that had moved. In landscape
+  // those are the edges that matter - the rounded corners and the camera
+  // housing down the sides, the home indicator along the bottom.
+  int left = 0, right = 0, bottom = 0;
+  if (@available(iOS 11.0, *)) {
+    NEUINativeIOSContentView* cv = [self contentView];
+    if (cv) {
+      UIEdgeInsets ins = cv.safeAreaInsets;
+      left   = (int)(ins.left + 0.5);
+      right  = (int)(ins.right + 0.5);
+      bottom = (int)(ins.bottom + 0.5);
+    }
+  }
+  // The top inset is folded into the rect get_client_rect reports, so a change
+  // to it is a resize as far as a client is concerned even when the bounds held
+  // still. The other three are not, so they raise METRICS_CHANGED alone.
+  const bool client_rect_changed = (w != _last_w || h != _last_h || inset != _last_inset);
+  const bool edges_changed =
+      (left != _last_left || right != _last_right || bottom != _last_bottom);
+  if (!client_rect_changed && !edges_changed) return;
   _last_w = w; _last_h = h; _last_inset = inset;
+  _last_left = left; _last_right = right; _last_bottom = bottom;
   auto& wd = session->_widgets[widget_index];
-  wd.width = w; wd.height = h;
-  auto* backend = neui_cg_backend::get_backend();
-  if (backend && backend->resize && wd.render_ctx)
-    backend->resize(wd.render_ctx, (uint32_t)w, (uint32_t)h);
-  neui_event_t ev = {};
-  ev.type = NEUI_EVENT_RESIZE;
-  ev.data.resize.widget = { wd.widget_id };
-  ev.data.resize.width = w; ev.data.resize.height = h;
-  session->dispatch_event(&ev);
+  if (client_rect_changed) {
+    wd.width = w; wd.height = h;
+    auto* backend = neui_cg_backend::get_backend();
+    if (backend && backend->resize && wd.render_ctx)
+      backend->resize(wd.render_ctx, (uint32_t)w, (uint32_t)h);
+    neui_event_t ev = {};
+    ev.type = NEUI_EVENT_RESIZE;
+    ev.data.resize.widget = { wd.widget_id };
+    ev.data.resize.width = w; ev.data.resize.height = h;
+    session->dispatch_event(&ev);
+  }
   // The safe-area insets (and thus safe_area_insets / get_client_rect) change on
-  // rotation + when the notch/status-bar inset first resolves, so notify the
-  // client that the metrics changed too (alongside RESIZE).
+  // rotation, when the notch/status-bar inset first resolves, and when any of
+  // the other three edges moves. This fires for all of them - alongside RESIZE
+  // where the client rect moved too, on its own where only an edge did.
   ios_host::dispatch_metrics_changed_ios(session, widget_index);
   // A rotation settles here too. Told from the layout pass rather than from
   // UIDevice orientation notifications: no accelerometer, and this is the