From e784dd11969852a43136ecccfcdf9dc478e6cd98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Long <17031+jlongster@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:42:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: scope session sorting to tui

---
 packages/app/src/context/server-session.ts    |  2 --
 packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.test.ts | 25 -------------------
 packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.ts      |  3 +--
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/app/src/context/server-session.ts b/packages/app/src/context/server-session.ts
index c4a4a92cf9..69bec61ba2 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/context/server-session.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/context/server-session.ts
@@ -944,8 +944,6 @@ export function createServerSession(
     }
 
     const info = data.info[sessionID]
-    if (event.type === "session.input.admitted" && info)
-      remember({ ...info, time: { ...info.time, updated: event.created } })
     if (event.type === "session.renamed" && info)
       remember({ ...info, title: event.data.title, time: { ...info.time, updated: event.created } })
     if (event.type === "session.moved" && info)
diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.test.ts b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.test.ts
index 7cf13aac80..df87ddfecd 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.test.ts
@@ -153,31 +153,6 @@ describe("layout workspace helpers", () => {
     expect(result?.id).toBe("workspace")
   })
 
-  test("finds the most recently updated session while sessions are active", () => {
-    const result = latestRootSession(
-      [
-        {
-          path: { directory: "/workspace" },
-          session: [
-            session({
-              id: "a",
-              directory: "/workspace",
-              time: { created: 110_000, updated: 100_000, archived: undefined },
-            }),
-            session({
-              id: "z",
-              directory: "/workspace",
-              time: { created: 90_000, updated: 110_000, archived: undefined },
-            }),
-          ],
-        },
-      ],
-      120_000,
-    )
-
-    expect(result?.id).toBe("z")
-  })
-
   test("detects project permissions with a filter", () => {
     const result = hasProjectPermissions(
       {
diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.ts b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.ts
index 896899bc7c..ce793e282b 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ function sortSessions(now: number) {
     const bUpdated = b.time.updated ?? b.time.created
     const aRecent = aUpdated > oneMinuteAgo
     const bRecent = bUpdated > oneMinuteAgo
-    if (aRecent && bRecent)
-      return bUpdated - aUpdated || (a.id < b.id ? -1 : a.id > b.id ? 1 : 0)
+    if (aRecent && bRecent) return a.id < b.id ? -1 : a.id > b.id ? 1 : 0
     if (aRecent && !bRecent) return -1
     if (!aRecent && bRecent) return 1
     return bUpdated - aUpdated