diff --git a/src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/PanePatches.ts b/src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/PanePatches.ts
index d879ed9d..4a2ed985 100644
--- a/src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/PanePatches.ts
+++ b/src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/PanePatches.ts
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ export function panePatches(this: ObsidianLiveSyncSettingTab, paneEl: HTMLElemen
                     }
                     this.requestUpdate();
                 };
-                text.inputEl.before((dateEl = activeDocument.createSpan()));
+                dateEl = text.inputEl.ownerDocument.createElement("span");
+                text.inputEl.before(dateEl);
                 text.inputEl.type = "datetime-local";
                 if (this.editingSettings.maxMTimeForReflectEvents > 0) {
                     const date = new Date(this.editingSettings.maxMTimeForReflectEvents);
diff --git a/src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/PanePatches.unit.spec.ts b/src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/PanePatches.unit.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f489b054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/PanePatches.unit.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { panePatches } from "./PanePatches.ts";
+
+const remediationHarness = vi.hoisted(() => {
+    const dateElement = { textContent: "" };
+    const createElement = vi.fn(() => dateElement);
+    const before = vi.fn();
+    const inputEl = {
+        before,
+        ownerDocument: { createElement },
+        type: "",
+    };
+    const textComponent = {
+        inputEl,
+        onChange: vi.fn(),
+        setValue: vi.fn(),
+    };
+
+    return {
+        before,
+        createElement,
+        dateElement,
+        inputEl,
+        textComponent,
+    };
+});
+
+vi.mock("./LiveSyncSetting.ts", () => ({
+    LiveSyncSetting: class LiveSyncSetting {
+        addText(callback: (text: typeof remediationHarness.textComponent) => void): this {
+            callback(remediationHarness.textComponent);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        setAuto(): this {
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        addApplyButton(): this {
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        autoWireToggle(): this {
+            return this;
+        }
+    },
+}));
+
+afterEach(() => {
+    Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, "activeDocument");
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    remediationHarness.dateElement.textContent = "";
+    remediationHarness.inputEl.type = "";
+});
+
+describe("panePatches remediation setting", () => {
+    it("creates the status element without appending it to the document", () => {
+        const hierarchyError = new DOMException(
+            "Failed to execute 'appendChild' on 'Node': Only one element on document allowed.",
+            "HierarchyRequestError"
+        );
+        const createSpan = vi.fn(() => {
+            throw hierarchyError;
+        });
+        Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "activeDocument", {
+            configurable: true,
+            value: { createSpan },
+        });
+
+        const host = {
+            addOnSaved: vi.fn(),
+            editingSettings: {
+                maxMTimeForReflectEvents: 0,
+            },
+            requestUpdate: vi.fn(),
+        };
+        const addPanel = vi.fn((_paneEl: HTMLElement, title: string) => ({
+            then(callback: (paneEl: HTMLElement) => void) {
+                if (title === "Remediation") {
+                    callback({} as HTMLElement);
+                }
+                return Promise.resolve();
+            },
+        }));
+
+        panePatches.call(
+            host as never,
+            {} as HTMLElement,
+            {
+                addPanel,
+            } as never
+        );
+        expect(createSpan).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(remediationHarness.createElement).toHaveBeenCalledWith("span");
+        expect(remediationHarness.before).toHaveBeenCalledWith(remediationHarness.dateElement);
+        expect(remediationHarness.dateElement.textContent).toBe("No limit configured");
+    });
+});