From 0a5cfe83fc8f558ea644701f3cf87e4dc8708f6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chris bell <chrisbell@bellsworne.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 18:46:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Forced 'list' to return instance list sorted alphebetically

---
 daemon.go | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/daemon.go b/daemon.go
index b8059a5..8542d9b 100644
--- a/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
@@ -357,6 +358,16 @@ func (ds *DaemonServer) handleList(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		})
 	}
 
+	slices.SortFunc(responseList, func(a, b InstanceStatusResponse) int {
+		if a.Name < b.Name {
+			return -1
+		}
+		if a.Name > b.Name {
+			return 1
+		}
+		return 0
+	})
+
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(responseList)