Category order by activity

In my forum (this one in German, about EVs), I’ve not configured fixed category positions, so I expect them to be ordered by activity.

Now looking at the front page:

I see no recent activity for the “Community” category, but still it is the topmost category.

My question:

Am I misunderstanding this feature, or are there any other reasons that the “Community” category is topmost? (e.g. caching)

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Facing the exact same issue!

Is there any clarification on this?

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@maja can you check that “order by activity” works when using the “Category & Latest topics” layout?

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Categories are ordered based on activity per:

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/996e5e5dfa3faefc6e96a623db5c2d4f5cb3df81

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