From 65b5eeae88e31d60e1c2950fb4efe2ab19a78abf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pavlo Paliychuk <paul@getzep.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 14:48:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor ORDER BY clauses in edges and nodes to use
 created_at instead of uuid for better chronological sorting (#322)

* Refactor ORDER BY clauses in edges and nodes to use created_at instead of uuid for better chronological sorting

* Update ORDER BY clauses in edges and nodes to include uuid for improved sorting consistency
---
 graphiti_core/edges.py | 6 +++---
 graphiti_core/nodes.py | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/graphiti_core/edges.py b/graphiti_core/edges.py
index 622c2631..d1df1ad3 100644
--- a/graphiti_core/edges.py
+++ b/graphiti_core/edges.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class EpisodicEdge(Edge):
             n.uuid AS source_node_uuid, 
             m.uuid AS target_node_uuid, 
             e.created_at AS created_at
-        ORDER BY e.uuid DESC 
+        ORDER BY e.created_at, e.uuid DESC 
         """
             + limit_query,
             group_ids=group_ids,
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ class EntityEdge(Edge):
             e.expired_at AS expired_at,
             e.valid_at AS valid_at,
             e.invalid_at AS invalid_at
-        ORDER BY e.uuid DESC 
+        ORDER BY e.created_at, e.uuid DESC 
         """
             + limit_query,
             group_ids=group_ids,
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ class CommunityEdge(Edge):
             n.uuid AS source_node_uuid, 
             m.uuid AS target_node_uuid, 
             e.created_at AS created_at
-        ORDER BY e.uuid DESC
+        ORDER BY e.created_at, e.uuid DESC
         """
             + limit_query,
             group_ids=group_ids,
diff --git a/graphiti_core/nodes.py b/graphiti_core/nodes.py
index 3341f857..807c2271 100644
--- a/graphiti_core/nodes.py
+++ b/graphiti_core/nodes.py
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class EpisodicNode(Node):
             e.source_description AS source_description,
             e.source AS source,
             e.entity_edges AS entity_edges
-        ORDER BY e.uuid DESC
+        ORDER BY e.created_at, e.uuid DESC
         """
             + limit_query,
             group_ids=group_ids,
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ class EntityNode(Node):
             n.summary AS summary,
             labels(n) AS labels,
             properties(n) AS attributes
-        ORDER BY n.uuid DESC
+        ORDER BY n.created_at DESC
         """
             + limit_query,
             group_ids=group_ids,
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ class CommunityNode(Node):
             n.group_id AS group_id,
             n.created_at AS created_at, 
             n.summary AS summary
-        ORDER BY n.uuid DESC
+        ORDER BY n.created_at DESC
         """
             + limit_query,
             group_ids=group_ids,