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From: =?UTF-8?q?Fredrik=20Adel=C3=B6w?= <freben@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 10:18:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Apply default order to templates
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Signed-off-by: Fredrik Adelöw <freben@gmail.com>
---
 .changeset/lemon-spies-sleep.md                           | 5 +++++
 plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/lemon-spies-sleep.md

diff --git a/.changeset/lemon-spies-sleep.md b/.changeset/lemon-spies-sleep.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15ec451f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lemon-spies-sleep.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': patch
+---
+
+Apply default ordering of templates
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx
index f424dafb56..319740e70e 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ export const EntityListProvider = <EntityFilters extends DefaultEntityFilters>(
       } else {
         const entityFilter = reduceEntityFilters(compacted);
         const backendFilter = reduceBackendCatalogFilters(compacted);
+        const { orderFields } = reduceCatalogFilters(compacted);
         const previousBackendFilter = reduceBackendCatalogFilters(
           compact(Object.values(outputState.appliedFilters)),
         );
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ export const EntityListProvider = <EntityFilters extends DefaultEntityFilters>(
           // fields + table columns
           const response = await catalogApi.getEntities({
             filter: backendFilter,
+            order: orderFields,
           });
           const entities = response.items.filter(entityFilter);
           return {