From 312a5512bb0d96fee4d1b99aaf2368df70c08a8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: benjdlambert <ben@blam.sh>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 10:31:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore: ammend the order in which the filters are loaded

Signed-off-by: benjdlambert <ben@blam.sh>
---
 plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filters.tsx | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filters.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filters.tsx
index fcfbc394f2..d72e299fbb 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filters.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filters.tsx
@@ -133,13 +133,14 @@ const catalogListCatalogFilter = CatalogFilterBlueprint.makeWithOverrides({
   },
 });
 
+// this is the default order that the filters will be applied in
 export default [
-  catalogTagCatalogFilter,
   catalogKindCatalogFilter,
   catalogTypeCatalogFilter,
-  catalogModeCatalogFilter,
-  catalogNamespaceCatalogFilter,
-  catalogLifecycleCatalogFilter,
-  catalogProcessingStatusCatalogFilter,
   catalogListCatalogFilter,
+  catalogModeCatalogFilter,
+  catalogLifecycleCatalogFilter,
+  catalogTagCatalogFilter,
+  catalogProcessingStatusCatalogFilter,
+  catalogNamespaceCatalogFilter,
 ];

From f4622e82f3a485e94368c41daa3de969b77939ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: benjdlambert <ben@blam.sh>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 10:31:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: changeset

Signed-off-by: benjdlambert <ben@blam.sh>
---
 .changeset/nice-actors-cheer.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/nice-actors-cheer.md

diff --git a/.changeset/nice-actors-cheer.md b/.changeset/nice-actors-cheer.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..918148ffb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nice-actors-cheer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog': patch
+---
+
+Adding a more sensible default order to the default filters