From 8d03ccfbf0b45db8958071ff41c88c85d9c00d4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mohamed Boudra <boudra.moha@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:47:48 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] Sort What's new plugins by submission time (#6713)

Co-authored-by: paseo-bot[bot] <paseo-bot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/website/src/plugins/registry.test.ts | 45 ++++++++++---------
 packages/website/src/plugins/registry.ts      |  8 ++--
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/website/src/plugins/registry.test.ts b/packages/website/src/plugins/registry.test.ts
index ec6724137d..9dd132f1b5 100644
--- a/packages/website/src/plugins/registry.test.ts
+++ b/packages/website/src/plugins/registry.test.ts
@@ -76,33 +76,38 @@ describe("plugin registry", () => {
     ]);
     expect(featuredPlugins(listed, ["acme/not-published"])).toEqual([]);
   });
-  it("lists what's new by first-listing date, not submission or update dates", () => {
-    const listedFirst = {
+  it("lists what's new by submission time, not review, listing or update dates", () => {
+    const submittedFirst = {
       ...plugin,
-      id: "acme/listed-first",
-      submittedAt: "2026-09-20",
-      reviewedAt: "2026-09-21",
-      updatedAt: "2026-10-02",
-      publishedAt: "2026-09-02",
+      id: "acme/submitted-first",
+      submittedAt: "2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z",
+      reviewedAt: "2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z",
+      updatedAt: "2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z",
+      publishedAt: "2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z",
     };
-    const listedLater = {
+    const submittedLater = {
       ...plugin,
-      id: "acme/listed-later",
-      submittedAt: "2026-09-01",
-      reviewedAt: "2026-09-01",
-      updatedAt: "2026-09-01",
-      publishedAt: "2026-09-30",
+      id: "acme/submitted-later",
+      submittedAt: "2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z",
+      reviewedAt: "2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z",
+      updatedAt: "2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z",
+      publishedAt: "2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z",
     };
-    expect(newestFirst([listedFirst, listedLater]).map((p) => p.id)).toEqual([
-      "acme/listed-later",
-      "acme/listed-first",
+    expect(newestFirst([submittedFirst, submittedLater]).map((p) => p.id)).toEqual([
+      "acme/submitted-later",
+      "acme/submitted-first",
     ]);
     const now = "2026-10-03T12:00:00.000Z";
-    expect(addedAgo(listedLater, now)).toBe("3d ago");
-    expect(addedAgo(listedFirst, now)).toBe("4w ago");
+    expect(addedAgo(submittedLater, now)).toBe("3d ago");
+    expect(addedAgo(submittedFirst, now)).toBe("4w ago");
   });
-  it("orders by listing date and by installs in a window, keeping index order for ties", () => {
-    const older = { ...plugin, id: "acme/older", publishedAt: "2026-09-01" };
+  it("orders same-day submissions by their time", () => {
+    const morning = { ...plugin, id: "acme/morning", submittedAt: "2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z" };
+    const noon = { ...plugin, id: "acme/noon", submittedAt: "2026-10-12T11:38:00.000Z" };
+    expect(newestFirst([morning, noon]).map((p) => p.id)).toEqual(["acme/noon", "acme/morning"]);
+  });
+  it("orders by submission time and by installs in a window, keeping index order for ties", () => {
+    const older = { ...plugin, id: "acme/older", submittedAt: "2026-09-01" };
     const twin = { ...plugin, id: "acme/twin" };
     expect(newestFirst([older, plugin, twin]).map((p) => p.id)).toEqual([
       "acme/example",
diff --git a/packages/website/src/plugins/registry.ts b/packages/website/src/plugins/registry.ts
index 37a4455d0c..c55741ecdc 100644
--- a/packages/website/src/plugins/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/website/src/plugins/registry.ts
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ export function featuredPlugins(plugins: Plugin[], featured: string[]): Plugin[]
   const byId = new Map(plugins.map((plugin) => [plugin.id, plugin]));
   return [...new Set(featured)].flatMap((id) => byId.get(id) ?? []);
 }
-/** Most recently listed first; equal dates keep index order. */
+/** Most recently submitted first, so updates never resurface a plugin; equal times keep index order. */
 export function newestFirst(plugins: Plugin[]): Plugin[] {
-  return [...plugins].sort((a, b) => b.publishedAt.localeCompare(a.publishedAt));
+  return [...plugins].sort((a, b) => Date.parse(b.submittedAt) - Date.parse(a.submittedAt));
 }
 /** Most installs in the window first; equal counts keep index order. */
 export function mostInstalled(
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ export function mostInstalled(
   const count = (plugin: Plugin) => installs[plugin.id]?.[window] ?? 0;
   return [...plugins].sort((a, b) => count(b) - count(a));
 }
-/** How long ago the plugin was first listed, relative to the loader's clock. */
+/** How long ago the plugin was submitted, relative to the loader's clock. */
 export function addedAgo(plugin: Plugin, now: string): string {
-  const days = Math.floor((Date.parse(now) - Date.parse(plugin.publishedAt)) / DAY_MS);
+  const days = Math.floor((Date.parse(now) - Date.parse(plugin.submittedAt)) / DAY_MS);
   if (days <= 0) return "today";
   if (days === 1) return "yesterday";
   if (days < 14) return `${days}d ago`;