Fix media library date ordering

test/media-library.test.js

@@ -25,6 +25,45 @@ test('media library normalizes only media URLs', () => {
   assert.equal(normalizeMediaPath('/assets/photo.png'), null);
 });
 
+test('media library sorts Date-valued creation timestamps chronologically', async () => {
+  const originalSyncMediaAssets = mediaLibrary.syncMediaAssetsFromDirectory;
+  const originalCountReferences = mediaLibrary.countMediaAssetReferences;
+  const assets = [
+    { id: 1, original_name: 'October 14', media_type: 'image', file_size: 1, created_at: new Date('2026-10-14T12:00:00Z') },
+    { id: 2, original_name: 'October 15', media_type: 'image', file_size: 1, created_at: new Date('2026-10-15T12:00:00Z') },
+    { id: 3, original_name: 'October 17', media_type: 'image', file_size: 1, created_at: new Date('2026-10-17T12:00:00Z') }
+  ];
+  const handlers = {};
+  mediaLibrary.syncMediaAssetsFromDirectory = async function () { return 0; };
+  mediaLibrary.countMediaAssetReferences = async function () { return 0; };
+
+  try {
+    registerMediaLibraryRoutes({
+      get(route, ...middleware) { handlers[route] = middleware.at(-1); },
+      post() {}
+    }, {
+      pool: { async query() { return [assets]; } },
+      pages: {},
+      upload: { single() { return function () {}; } },
+      uploadDir: os.tmpdir(),
+      requirePermission() { return function () {}; }
+    });
+
+    const response = { json(data) { this.data = data; } };
+    const next = function (error) { if (error) throw error; };
+    const request = { currentUser: { permissions: [] }, query: { offset: '0', limit: '24', sort: 'date-desc' } };
+    await handlers['/media-library/assets'](request, response, next);
+    assert.deepEqual(response.data.assets.map(asset => asset.original_name), ['October 17', 'October 15', 'October 14']);
+
+    request.query.sort = 'date-asc';
+    await handlers['/media-library/assets'](request, response, next);
+    assert.deepEqual(response.data.assets.map(asset => asset.original_name), ['October 14', 'October 15', 'October 17']);
+  } finally {
+    mediaLibrary.syncMediaAssetsFromDirectory = originalSyncMediaAssets;
+    mediaLibrary.countMediaAssetReferences = originalCountReferences;
+  }
+});
+
 test('media library optimizes large raster uploads in place', async () => {
   const uploadDir = await fs.promises.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'pulse-media-optimize-'));
   const filePath = path.join(uploadDir, 'large.jpg');