Incorrect sorting by date on Ask Discourse

sam · September 2, 2025, 2:13am

This is unlikely to be a ask discourse thing just a general discourse ai thing.

We lean on t.last_posted_at for the grouping:

plugins/discourse-ai/assets/javascripts/discourse/services/ai-conversations-sidebar-manager.js

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          const postedAtMs = new Date(t.last_posted_at || now).valueOf();
          const diffDays = Math.floor((now - postedAtMs) / 86400000);
          let dateGroup;
          
          if (diffDays <= 1) {
            dateGroup = "today";
          } else if (diffDays <= 7) {
            dateGroup = "last-7-days";
          } else if (diffDays <= 30) {

Not on the creation date.

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Incorrect sorting by date on Ask Discourse

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