v0.6.2: order sources by most recent message (recency)

- Sidebar sources ordered by Max(created_at) desc instead of alphabetically;
  "All sources" stays pinned at top (rendered separately).
- Live updates move a source to the top when it gets a new message, so the
  recency order holds without a reload.

152 tests pass; JS re-validated with node --check.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ former name, "Daybook".)
 
 _Nothing yet._
 
+## [0.6.2] — 2026-09-07
+
+### Changed
+- Source sidebar is now ordered by **most recent message** (Telegram-style)
+  instead of alphabetically; "All sources" stays pinned at the top. Live
+  updates move a source to the top when it receives a new message.
+
 ## [0.6.1] — 2026-09-07
 
 ### Changed
@@ -214,7 +221,8 @@ First tagged release.
 - Dockerised (Gunicorn + whitenoise), SQLite, `git`-based deploy with a
   runbook (`deploy/cloud_agent_deploy.md`) and health check.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://git.cygnus.systems/peter/daybook/compare/v0.6.1...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://git.cygnus.systems/peter/daybook/compare/v0.6.2...HEAD
+[0.6.2]: https://git.cygnus.systems/peter/daybook/compare/v0.6.1...v0.6.2
 [0.6.1]: https://git.cygnus.systems/peter/daybook/compare/v0.6.0...v0.6.1
 [0.6.0]: https://git.cygnus.systems/peter/daybook/compare/v0.5.1...v0.6.0
 [0.5.1]: https://git.cygnus.systems/peter/daybook/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1

artifacts/views.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db import OperationalError, transaction
-from django.db.models import Count, Q, Sum
+from django.db.models import Count, Max, Q, Sum
 from django.http import FileResponse, Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponseForbidden, JsonResponse
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect, render
 from django.template.defaultfilters import date as date_filter, slugify
@@ -586,10 +586,12 @@ def feed(request):
     source_scoped = apply_feed_filters(
         live, "", selected_label, selected_kind, title_query
     )
+    # Sources ordered by most recent message first (Telegram-style); "All
+    # sources" is rendered separately and stays pinned at the top.
     source_counts = (
         source_scoped.values("source")
-        .annotate(count=Count("id", filter=Q(read_at__isnull=True)))
-        .order_by("source")
+        .annotate(count=Count("id", filter=Q(read_at__isnull=True)), latest=Max("created_at"))
+        .order_by("-latest")
     )
     keep_count = live.filter(is_kept=True).count()
     trash_count = Artifact.objects.filter(owner=request.user, deleted_at__isnull=False).count()

daybook_project/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Single source of truth for the app version. Bump this, commit, then tag the
 # commit `vX.Y.Z` and deploy. Surfaced on Settings -> About and in
 # GET /api/capabilities ("version").
-__version__ = "0.6.1"
+__version__ = "0.6.2"

templates/artifacts/feed.html

@@ -443,15 +443,17 @@
           `<span class="source-name">${escapeHtml(name)}</span>` +
           `<span class="source-count">${count}</span>`;
 
-        // Insert alphabetically among the per-source links (after "All sources").
+        // Newest activity goes to the top of the per-source list (just under
+        // the pinned "All sources"), matching the recency ordering.
         const list = document.querySelector(".source-list");
-        const others = sourceLinks().filter(
-          (l) => l.querySelector(".source-name")?.textContent.trim() !== "All sources",
-        );
-        const after = others.find(
-          (l) => (l.querySelector(".source-name")?.textContent.trim() || "") > name,
-        );
-        list.insertBefore(link, after || null);
+        const firstSource = list.querySelector(".source-link:not(.all-sources-link)");
+        list.insertBefore(link, firstSource);
+      };
+
+      const moveSourceToTop = (link) => {
+        const list = document.querySelector(".source-list");
+        const firstSource = list.querySelector(".source-link:not(.all-sources-link)");
+        if (firstSource !== link) list.insertBefore(link, firstSource);
       };
 
       // From the newly-arrived rows: bump each source's unread count (adding a
@@ -466,8 +468,12 @@
         Object.entries(counts).forEach(([source, n]) => {
           total += n;
           const existing = findSourceLink(source);
-          if (existing) bumpSourceBadge(existing, n);
-          else addSourceLink(source, n);
+          if (existing) {
+            bumpSourceBadge(existing, n);
+            moveSourceToTop(existing);   // most-recent activity -> top (recency order)
+          } else {
+            addSourceLink(source, n);
+          }
         });
         const allLink = findSourceLink("All sources");
         if (allLink && total) bumpSourceBadge(allLink, total);