[app] Project sorting controls do not change the sidebar project order

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.707.72221 (5307)

What subscription do you have?

Pro 5x

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

In the ChatGPT desktop app, the Projects sidebar offers three sorting modes: Priority, Last updated, and Manual order

Changing the selected mode updates the checkmark in the menu, but the visible project order remains exactly the same for all three options

This makes the project sorting control effectively non-functional

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. Open the ChatGPT desktop app
2. In the sidebar, open the Projects options menu
3. Keep grouping set to By project
4. Select Priority and note the first several projects
5. Select Last updated
6. Select Manual order
7. Observe that the visible project order does not change after any selection

What is the expected behavior?

Priority should place projects with tasks needing attention or unread activity first

Last updated should place the most recently active projects first

Manual order should follow the saved project order and allow that order to be rearranged

Additional information

• MacBook Pro with Apple M5 and 32 GB RAM, macOS 26.5.2 build 25F84
• The selected checkmark changes, so the menu receives the click, but the project list does not reflect the selected mode
• Read-only inspection of local state shows that a populated project-order value exists
• Read-only inspection of the bundled desktop code suggests that an empty project-order array may be passed into the merged sidebar ordering path, which may explain why Manual order is ignored
• Feedback ID: no-active-thread-019f5649-4643-7e62-acfc-a28a2c49b9f4
• A screenshot showing the Projects sorting menu and current order is available
• I searched existing issues and did not find an exact duplicate; adjacent reports concern missing projects or task history rather than sorting controls that do nothing