diff --git a/.github/scripts/nitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation/HybridNitroSQLite.hpp b/.github/scripts/nitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation/HybridNitroSQLite.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3d59db537e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/nitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation/HybridNitroSQLite.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+// OnLoad.mm only needs these storage paths from the HybridObject implementation.
+namespace margelo::nitro::rnnitrosqlite {
+class HybridNitroSQLite {
+public:
+  static inline std::string docPath;
+  static inline std::string migrationDocPath;
+};
+} // namespace margelo::nitro::rnnitrosqlite
diff --git a/.github/scripts/nitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation/RNNitroSQLite-Swift-Cxx-Umbrella.hpp b/.github/scripts/nitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation/RNNitroSQLite-Swift-Cxx-Umbrella.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f045b8704496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/nitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation/RNNitroSQLite-Swift-Cxx-Umbrella.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#pragma once
+
+// The directory selector does not call any generated Swift bindings.
diff --git a/.github/scripts/nitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation/verifyLocation.mm b/.github/scripts/nitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation/verifyLocation.mm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a0e64aff914a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/nitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation/verifyLocation.mm
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+#import <TargetConditionals.h>
+#include <cstdio>
+
+// Execute the iOS branch on the existing macOS CI runner. NitroSQLite's macOS
+// default can differ from iOS and must not conceal a broken iOS plist setting.
+#undef TARGET_OS_OSX
+#define TARGET_OS_OSX 0
+#import NITRO_SQLITE_ONLOAD_PATH
+
+using margelo::nitro::rnnitrosqlite::HybridNitroSQLite;
+
+int main() {
+  @autoreleasepool {
+    // Given the host plist, when the installed native library runs +load.
+    NSString *expectedDirectory = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSApplicationSupportDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES).firstObject;
+    NSString *actualDirectory = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:HybridNitroSQLite::docPath.c_str()];
+    // Then its database directory must remain Application Support.
+    if (actualDirectory == nil || ![actualDirectory.stringByResolvingSymlinksInPath isEqualToString:expectedDirectory.stringByResolvingSymlinksInPath]) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "NitroSQLite selected %s instead of Application Support. Check the installed dependency and the host plist.\n",
+              HybridNitroSQLite::docPath.c_str());
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+    puts("Native database location is Application Support.");
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.github/scripts/verifyNitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation.sh b/.github/scripts/verifyNitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37d8d851a1db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/verifyNitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)"
+TEST_DIR="$ROOT_DIR/.github/scripts/nitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation"
+NITRO_SQLITE_DIR="${NITRO_SQLITE_DIR:-$ROOT_DIR/node_modules/react-native-nitro-sqlite}"
+WORK_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"' EXIT
+
+# Run the installed iOS directory selector, rather than copying its plist logic.
+# Only the bridge headers are replaced; the native selector runs unchanged.
+xcrun clang++ -std=c++20 -fobjc-arc -framework Foundation \
+  -I "$TEST_DIR" \
+  -DNITRO_SQLITE_ONLOAD_PATH="\"$NITRO_SQLITE_DIR/ios/OnLoad.mm\"" \
+  "$TEST_DIR/verifyLocation.mm" -o "$WORK_DIR/verifyLocation"
+
+PLISTS=(
+  "$ROOT_DIR/ios/NewExpensify/Info.plist"
+)
+if [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; then
+  PLISTS=("$@")
+fi
+
+for PLIST in "${PLISTS[@]}"; do
+  # Each plist runs in a fresh process because NitroSQLite selects its directory
+  # in Objective-C +load, before main() and before Onyx opens the database.
+  APP_DIR="$WORK_DIR/DatabaseLocation.app"
+  mkdir -p "$APP_DIR/Contents/MacOS"
+  cp "$WORK_DIR/verifyLocation" "$APP_DIR/Contents/MacOS/verifyLocation"
+  python3 - "$PLIST" "$APP_DIR/Contents/Info.plist" <<'PY'
+import plistlib
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+info = plistlib.loads(Path(sys.argv[1]).read_bytes())
+# Bundle metadata contains build substitutions in the source host plists.
+# Keep every database setting as supplied by the host, including unknown keys.
+info.update(CFBundleExecutable='verifyLocation', CFBundleIdentifier='com.expensify.database-location-test', CFBundlePackageType='APPL')
+Path(sys.argv[2]).write_bytes(plistlib.dumps(info))
+PY
+  echo "Checking native database location for $PLIST"
+  "$APP_DIR/Contents/MacOS/verifyLocation"
+done
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verifyPodfile.yml b/.github/workflows/verifyPodfile.yml
index b9978711a9c3..e806fa0b1317 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verifyPodfile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verifyPodfile.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Verify Podfile
+name: Verify iOS native configuration
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ on:
       - ios/**
       - 'package.json'
       - 'package-lock.json'
+      - 'patches/react-native-nitro-sqlite/**'
+      - '.github/scripts/verifyNitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation.sh'
+      - '.github/scripts/nitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/verifyPodfile.yml'
 
 jobs:
   verify:
@@ -21,5 +25,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: ./.github/actions/composite/setupNode
 
+      - name: Verify native NitroSQLite database location
+        run: bash ./.github/scripts/verifyNitroSQLiteDatabaseLocation.sh
+
       - name: Verify podfile
         run: ./.github/scripts/verifyPodfile.sh