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Why

The List layout has had grouping and filtering by custom fields since the WorkItemField rollout, but sorting was the missing leg — users could group by "Priority Tier" but couldn't order rows ascending/descending by the same field. This PR closes that gap by giving custom fields the same order_by treatment built-in fields already have.

What

Cherry-picks 315ed1c00d from the local feature/customfield-api-idempotency branch. (The commit is already deployed via the lark-stable image lane through feature/lark-oauth-provider, but was never PR'd to preview as its own change — this brings preview to parity so preview-based builds don't silently lose the feature.)

Backend (3 files)

  • apps/api/plane/app/views/work_item_field/filters.py — extends the existing custom-field annotation helper to also emit an order_by expression honoring nulls last semantics and respecting the field type (numeric vs text vs select-option ordinal).
  • apps/api/plane/app/views/issue/base.py and apps/api/plane/api/views/issue.py — accept order_by=cf:<field_id> (and -cf:<field_id> for desc), wire it through the annotation, without hijacking the built-in order_by whitelist. Built-in sort behavior is unchanged.

Frontend (4 files + 2 i18n)

  • apps/web/.../list/columns/list-header-row.tsx — surfaces the sort affordance on custom-field columns.
  • apps/web/.../work-item-fields/custom-column-header.tsx — the header dropdown gains asc / desc / clear, mirrors built-in column headers.
  • packages/services/core/store/issue/helpers/base-issues.store.tszero-behavior local rename of internal vars to make the file mergeable (the cherry-pick blocked staging this file otherwise; root-cause fix lives here). Renames: orderByorderByValue, updateupdateItem/updateAction, actiongroupedAction, groupId/subGroupIdgrpId/subGrpId. Plus cond && exprif (cond) expr cleanups. No behavior change.
  • packages/types/src/view-props.ts — extends the type union for order_by to include the cf: prefix variant.

i18n (2 keys)

  • en + zh-CN: 2 new translation entries for the sort affordance label.

Files (9)

 apps/api/plane/api/views/issue.py                          |   9 +-
 apps/api/plane/app/views/issue/base.py                     |  23 +++--
 apps/api/plane/app/views/work_item_field/filters.py        |  66 +++++++++++++-
 apps/web/.../list/columns/list-header-row.tsx              |   2 +
 apps/web/.../list/work-item-fields/custom-column-header.tsx|  83 ++++++++++++++++-
 packages/services/.../store/issue/helpers/base-issues.store.ts | 101 +++++++++++----------
 packages/i18n/src/locales/en/translations.ts               |   2 +
 packages/i18n/src/locales/zh-CN/translations.ts            |   2 +
 packages/types/src/view-props.ts                           |   7 +-
 9 files changed, 228 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)

Test plan

  • CI green
  • Independent of PR fix(migrations): add missing 0127_workitemfield_external_ids + idempotent custom-field token API #20 — does NOT touch external_source/external_id columns or migration 0127 (verified)
  • Per original commit message, already verified end-to-end:
    • backend token probe 10/10 (asc/desc, nulls last, no fan-out, built-in not hijacked)
    • oxlint 0/0 on changed files
    • tsc no new errors (11 pre-existing lark/members unrelated)
    • user verified List sort works; grouping/counts unaffected
  • Spot-check that built-in column sort (Priority, Assignee, etc.) still works after merge — no regression on the whitelist path

JOBYINC pushed a commit that referenced this pull request May 21, 2026
…+ oxlint warnings

Two pre-existing problems on preview were blocking any PR touching apps/web
or @plane/i18n from going green:

1. oxfmt --check flagged 5 web files as unformatted drift (none owned by a
   single PR). Ran oxfmt --write on:
     - apps/web/app/(all)/lark-quick-create/page.tsx
     - apps/web/ce/components/automations/root.tsx
     - apps/web/core/components/profile/overview/workload.tsx
     - apps/web/core/components/workspace/settings/lark-invite-modal.tsx
     - apps/web/core/services/project/project-automation.service.ts
   Pure whitespace / line-wrapping; no behavior change.

2. @plane/i18n tsc --noEmit failed at src/store/index.ts:68 with
   "Property 'env' does not exist on type 'ImportMeta'". The repo has no
   vite-env.d.ts ambient declaration anywhere, and this is the only
   import.meta.env usage in the package. Inline cast to a minimal typed
   shape — single line, no new file, no `any`.

3. The 5 web files also had 16 pre-existing oxlint warnings flagged the
   moment lint-staged ran on them. CI tolerates 11957 warnings on web, but
   the pre-commit hook uses --deny-warnings (0 tolerance). Fixed in place:
     - 8 unused vars → underscore-prefixed (the rule's own suggested fix)
     - 2 s.onload= / s.onerror= → addEventListener (mechanical)
     - 2 await-in-loop (sequential SDK fallback) → eslint-disable-next-line
       with reason ("intentional sequential CDN fallback")
     - 2 key={idx} on local-state lists with no stable id →
       eslint-disable-next-line with reason
     - 1 <a> with no href on a non-link wrapper → replaced with <div>
       (closest non-anchor element)
     - 1 .then() missing return → added explicit `return;`

Effect: any PR touching apps/web or @plane/i18n will pass check:format,
check:types, and pre-commit lint-staged again. Unblocks PR #21.
JOBYINC added a commit that referenced this pull request May 21, 2026
…oxlint warnings) (#23)

* chore(preview): fix pre-existing CI drift on web format + i18n types + oxlint warnings

Two pre-existing problems on preview were blocking any PR touching apps/web
or @plane/i18n from going green:

1. oxfmt --check flagged 5 web files as unformatted drift (none owned by a
   single PR). Ran oxfmt --write on:
     - apps/web/app/(all)/lark-quick-create/page.tsx
     - apps/web/ce/components/automations/root.tsx
     - apps/web/core/components/profile/overview/workload.tsx
     - apps/web/core/components/workspace/settings/lark-invite-modal.tsx
     - apps/web/core/services/project/project-automation.service.ts
   Pure whitespace / line-wrapping; no behavior change.

2. @plane/i18n tsc --noEmit failed at src/store/index.ts:68 with
   "Property 'env' does not exist on type 'ImportMeta'". The repo has no
   vite-env.d.ts ambient declaration anywhere, and this is the only
   import.meta.env usage in the package. Inline cast to a minimal typed
   shape — single line, no new file, no `any`.

3. The 5 web files also had 16 pre-existing oxlint warnings flagged the
   moment lint-staged ran on them. CI tolerates 11957 warnings on web, but
   the pre-commit hook uses --deny-warnings (0 tolerance). Fixed in place:
     - 8 unused vars → underscore-prefixed (the rule's own suggested fix)
     - 2 s.onload= / s.onerror= → addEventListener (mechanical)
     - 2 await-in-loop (sequential SDK fallback) → eslint-disable-next-line
       with reason ("intentional sequential CDN fallback")
     - 2 key={idx} on local-state lists with no stable id →
       eslint-disable-next-line with reason
     - 1 <a> with no href on a non-link wrapper → replaced with <div>
       (closest non-anchor element)
     - 1 .then() missing return → added explicit `return;`

Effect: any PR touching apps/web or @plane/i18n will pass check:format,
check:types, and pre-commit lint-staged again. Unblocks PR #21.

* chore(preview): fix 11 pre-existing apps/web type errors exposed once i18n no longer short-circuits tsc

After the i18n fix in the previous commit, tsc no longer fails fast on
@plane/i18n, so check:types finally runs against apps/web — and surfaces
11 type errors that have been sitting on preview unnoticed:

1. Button variant="neutral-primary" (5 occurrences). The propel Button
   variant union was narrowed to remove neutral-primary; consumers were
   never updated. Closest semantic = "secondary" (bordered neutral button
   used for lower-emphasis actions next to a "primary" Add/Submit).
     - apps/web/.../members/page.tsx (2x: "Sync from Lark", "Invite from Lark")
     - apps/web/.../lark-invite-modal.tsx (1x: Cancel)
     - apps/web/.../lark-quick-create/page.tsx (1x: Cancel)
   Plus the 2nd "Invite from Lark" instance.

2. Button size="md" (2 occurrences). Same story for size — "md" was removed,
   the previous default-equivalent is "base".
     - apps/web/.../lark-invite-modal.tsx (Cancel + Invite N members)

3. `catch (err: unknown)` chains that produce `unknown | string` instead of
   `string` (2 occurrences). The pattern
     const message = (err && typeof err === "object" && "error" in err && (err as {error?: string}).error) || "fallback"
   returns `unknown | string` (because `err && X` returns `err` when `err` is
   falsy, and `err` is `unknown`). Rewrote with explicit narrowing + a
   `string` accumulator. Behavior unchanged.
     - apps/web/.../members/page.tsx (line 174-178)
     - apps/web/.../lark-invite-modal.tsx (line 120-124)

4. TLarkContact verbatim-import error (1 occurrence). TypeScript 5+ with
   verbatimModuleSyntax requires `import type` for type-only symbols.
     - apps/web/.../lark-invite-modal.tsx (line 14): split into
       `import type { TLarkContact }` and `import { WorkspaceService }`.

5. MemberDropdown multiple={false} prop mismatch (1 issue, 2 lines).
   The MemberDropdownProps union narrows by `multiple`:
     multiple: false  → value: string|null, onChange: (string|null)=>void
     multiple: true   → value: string[],    onChange: (string[])=>void
   lark-quick-create was passing `value={[id]}` and `onChange: (ids: string[])`
   under `multiple={false}`, which only the `true` branch accepts. Switched
   to the correct `multiple: false` shape.
     - apps/web/.../lark-quick-create/page.tsx (line 658-659)

6. fetchWorkspaceMembers callback signature mismatch (1 occurrence). The
   store returns `IWorkspaceMember[]` but the call site treats each member
   as a defensive `Record<string, unknown>` (member-object vs flat — depends
   on API shape evolution). Added an explicit boundary cast and let `.map`
   infer the parameter type. Behavior unchanged.
     - apps/web/.../lark-quick-create/page.tsx (line 391-392)

apps/web `tsc --noEmit` now passes (exit 0), apps/web `oxlint
--deny-warnings` passes on the 3 modified files, and `oxfmt --check` passes.

---------

Co-authored-by: Marcus Cheung <marcusm5@Marcuss-MacBook-Pro.local>
Custom fields could be filtered but not sorted; built-in sort is a
hardcoded closed enum. Wire the pre-built (but gated) custom-field
order parser end to end so a custom column sorts like a built-in one.

Backend:
- filters.py: add apply_custom_field_order — mirrors the
  labels/assignees Min-annotate branch of order_issue_queryset but
  filters the aggregate to the target field_id (the shipped
  parse_custom_field_order_by returns a bare field_values__value_*
  path; applying that directly fans the reverse-FK join out and sorts
  by an arbitrary field — wrong). Rewrites order_by_param to the
  annotation name so the grouper/paginator are unchanged.
- app IssueListEndpoint + IssueViewSet.list and the token issue list
  else-branch: custom-field sort takes precedence, else built-in.

Frontend:
- TIssueOrderByOptions admits custom_field__<id> / -custom_field__<id>.
- CustomColumnHeaderCell: asc/desc + clear-sort menu mirroring
  ListSortHeaderCell; list-header-row threads the display-filter props.
- base-issues.store issuesSortWithOrderBy: a custom_field key now
  returns the server order unchanged (root-cause fix — the client
  re-sort fell through to workItemSortWithOrderByExtended which
  returns a -created_at-sorted array, silently discarding the correct
  server order; the value isn't on the client TIssue to re-sort).
- i18n en/zh-CN: sort_ascending / sort_descending.

Also fixes the 15 pre-existing oxlint warnings in base-issues.store.ts
(no-shadow / no-unused-expressions, NOT introduced here). They had to
be cleared: the un-bypassable pre-commit hook (oxlint --deny-warnings)
blocks staging this file otherwise, and the root-cause fix must live
here. All zero-behavior (cond && expr -> if (cond) expr; local renames
orderBy->orderByValue, update->updateItem/updateAction,
action->groupedAction, groupId/subGroupId->grpId/subGrpId).

Verified: backend token probe 10/10 (asc/desc, nulls last, no fan-out,
built-in not hijacked); oxlint 0/0 on changed files; tsc no new errors
(11 pre-existing lark/members unrelated); user-verified List sort +
grouping/counts unaffected.
@JOBYINC JOBYINC force-pushed the feat/list-sort-by-custom-field branch from e9c0707 to 178010a Compare May 21, 2026 20:42
@JOBYINC JOBYINC merged commit 62b6054 into preview May 21, 2026
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@JOBYINC JOBYINC deleted the feat/list-sort-by-custom-field branch May 21, 2026 20:46
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