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utils/modelToAttributes.util.js

@@ -147,26 +147,22 @@ function modelToAttributes(model, { jsonbSchemas = {}, exclude = [], timestampLa
     });
   }
 
-  // ─── Sort all fields globally by order ─────────────────────────────────────
-  attributes.sort((a, b) => (a.order ?? Infinity) - (b.order ?? Infinity));
-
-  // ─── Strip order from final output (frontend doesn't need it) ──────────────
-  const sorted = attributes.map(({ order: _, ...rest }) => rest);
-
   // ── Audit fields in correct sequence ────────────────────────────────────────
-  for (const { field, type } of auditSequence) {
+  for (const { field, type, order } of auditSequence) {
     if (exclude.includes(field)) continue;
     if (!rawAttrs[field]) continue;   // skip if field doesn't exist on model
 
-    sorted.push({
+    attributes.push({
       name: defaultTimestampLabels[field],
       type,
       field,
+      order,
       options: resolveOptions(rawAttrs[field]?.type),
     });
   }
 
-  return sorted;
+  // ── Sort by order — DO NOT strip order here, paginate.util does it ───────────
+  return attributes.sort((a, b) => (a.order ?? Infinity) - (b.order ?? Infinity));
 }
 
 module.exports = { modelToAttributes };