From 4e6ace408c6c4fb0a64addc9155716e7a4746a90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thePR0M3TH3AN <53631862+PR0M3TH3AN@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 19:23:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Preserve explore feed ordering

---
 js/app.js                    | 24 +++++++++++++++---------
 js/ui/views/VideoListView.js | 14 ++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index 07c936f4..8e946067 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -5952,12 +5952,20 @@ class Application {
     const runtime = this.buildExploreFeedRuntime();
     const normalizedReason = typeof reason === "string" ? reason : undefined;
     const fallback = Array.isArray(fallbackVideos) ? fallbackVideos : [];
+    const applyExploreOrderingMetadata = (source) => {
+      const next = source && typeof source === "object" ? { ...source } : {};
+      if (!next.sortOrder) {
+        next.sortOrder = "explore";
+      }
+      next.preserveOrder = true;
+      return next;
+    };
 
     if (!this.feedEngine || typeof this.feedEngine.run !== "function") {
-      const metadata = {
+      const metadata = applyExploreOrderingMetadata({
         reason: normalizedReason,
         engine: "unavailable",
-      };
+      });
       this.latestFeedMetadata = metadata;
       this.videosMap = this.nostrService.getVideosMap();
       if (this.videoListView) {
@@ -5971,12 +5979,10 @@ class Application {
       .run("explore", { runtime })
       .then((result) => {
         const videos = Array.isArray(result?.videos) ? result.videos : [];
-        const metadata = {
+        const metadata = applyExploreOrderingMetadata({
           ...(result?.metadata || {}),
-        };
-        if (normalizedReason) {
-          metadata.reason = normalizedReason;
-        }
+          ...(normalizedReason ? { reason: normalizedReason } : {}),
+        });
 
         this.latestFeedMetadata = metadata;
         this.videosMap = this.nostrService.getVideosMap();
@@ -5990,10 +5996,10 @@ class Application {
       })
       .catch((error) => {
         devLogger.error("[Application] Failed to run explore feed:", error);
-        const metadata = {
+        const metadata = applyExploreOrderingMetadata({
           reason: normalizedReason || "error:explore-feed",
           error: true,
-        };
+        });
         this.latestFeedMetadata = metadata;
         this.videosMap = this.nostrService.getVideosMap();
         if (this.videoListView) {
diff --git a/js/ui/views/VideoListView.js b/js/ui/views/VideoListView.js
index 9be143f6..4bd5c7ad 100644
--- a/js/ui/views/VideoListView.js
+++ b/js/ui/views/VideoListView.js
@@ -599,10 +599,16 @@ export class VideoListView {
       return displayVideos;
     }
 
-    displayVideos.sort(
-      (a, b) =>
-        this.getVideoPostedAtForSort(b) - this.getVideoPostedAtForSort(a),
-    );
+    const preserveOrder =
+      normalizedMetadata?.sortOrder === "explore" ||
+      normalizedMetadata?.preserveOrder === true;
+
+    if (!preserveOrder) {
+      displayVideos.sort(
+        (a, b) =>
+          this.getVideoPostedAtForSort(b) - this.getVideoPostedAtForSort(a),
+      );
+    }
     this.currentVideos = displayVideos.slice();
 
     const signaturePayload = displayVideos.map((video) => ({