[BUG] Desktop (Windows): Pinned sidebar sessions stop reordering by recent activity after update (v1.14271.0)

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What's Wrong?

In the Claude Desktop app (Code tab, left sidebar), the Pinned section no longer reorders by recent activity after updating to v1.14271.0.

Before the update, opening or messaging a pinned session moved it to the top of the Pinned section (recency reorder). After the update, pinned sessions stay in a fixed position and do not bubble up when worked in.

Sort by = Recency and Group by = None are set; these now appear to affect only the Recents section, not the Pinned section.

What Should Happen?

Working in (or sending a message to) a pinned session should move it to the top of the Pinned section by recent activity, exactly as it did before the update.

Error Messages/Logs

N/A — UI ordering behavior, no error message is produced.

Steps to Reproduce

1. In the Code tab sidebar, pin two or more sessions.
2. Set Sort by to Recency and Group by to None.
3. Open and send a message in a pinned session that is NOT currently at the top of the Pinned list.
4. Observe the order of the Pinned section.

Result: the session just used stays in its fixed position; pinned items do not reorder by recent activity (only the Recents section does).

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

Worked before updating to v1.14271.0. Possibly changed by v1.13576.0 (2026-06-16), which changed the Code sessions tab from Projects to All sessions.

Claude Code Version

Claude Desktop app v1.14271.0 (Windows). CLI: claude 2.1.128 (Claude Code). NOTE: this is a Desktop-app GUI bug (Code tab sidebar), not a CLI bug.

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

This affects the Claude Desktop app GUI (Code tab sidebar), not the CLI/terminal. Plan: Max (claude.ai).

No changelog entry documents this change. Related (not duplicates): #59282 (project Recent sort uses stale timestamps) and #56060 (Sort by Recency ignored when Group by Project is selected).