fix navbar and age mismatch

app/Services/NavbarService.php

@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ class NavbarService
         $allowedIds = $this->mapModel->getNavItemIdsForRoles($roles);
         if (empty($allowedIds)) return [];
 
-        // Load all enabled items, then filter. The builder controls this order.
+        // Load all enabled items, then filter.
+        // The displayed sidebar is alphabetized after the tree is built so
+        // new menu items fall into place without relying on manual sort_order.
         $rows = $this->navModel->where('is_enabled', 1)
             ->orderBy('sort_order', 'ASC')
             ->orderBy('label', 'ASC')
@@ -57,34 +59,22 @@ class NavbarService
         }
         unset($node);
 
-        $this->sortTreeByOrder($tree);
+        $this->sortTreeAlphabetically($tree);
 
         $this->cache->save($cacheKey, $tree, 300); // 5 minutes
         return $tree;
     }
 
-    private function sortTreeByOrder(array &$nodes): void
+    private function sortTreeAlphabetically(array &$nodes): void
     {
-        usort($nodes, function ($a, $b) {
-            $order = ((int) ($a['sort_order'] ?? 0)) <=> ((int) ($b['sort_order'] ?? 0));
-            if ($order !== 0) {
-                return $order;
-            }
-
-            $label = strnatcasecmp(
-                $this->labelSortKey((string) ($a['label'] ?? '')),
-                $this->labelSortKey((string) ($b['label'] ?? ''))
-            );
-            if ($label !== 0) {
-                return $label;
-            }
-
-            return ((int) ($a['id'] ?? 0)) <=> ((int) ($b['id'] ?? 0));
-        });
+        usort($nodes, fn ($a, $b) => strnatcasecmp(
+            $this->labelSortKey((string) ($a['label'] ?? '')),
+            $this->labelSortKey((string) ($b['label'] ?? ''))
+        ));
 
         foreach ($nodes as &$node) {
             if (!empty($node['children']) && is_array($node['children'])) {
-                $this->sortTreeByOrder($node['children']);
+                $this->sortTreeAlphabetically($node['children']);
             }
         }
         unset($node);