From 38890942a1db26d9eceb079072e769b6d2727542 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ramon <20274410+ram130@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:52:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: robust Trakt continue-watching sort + new episode
 priority boost

---
 .../mergeTraktContinueWatching.ts             | 27 +++++++++++++++++--
 src/services/traktService.ts                  |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/home/continueWatching/mergeTraktContinueWatching.ts b/src/components/home/continueWatching/mergeTraktContinueWatching.ts
index b4b8e304..07e548d6 100644
--- a/src/components/home/continueWatching/mergeTraktContinueWatching.ts
+++ b/src/components/home/continueWatching/mergeTraktContinueWatching.ts
@@ -91,8 +91,31 @@ export async function mergeTraktContinueWatching({
 
   const thirtyDaysAgo = Date.now() - (30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
   const sortedPlaybackItems = [...playbackItems]
-    .sort((a, b) => new Date(b.paused_at).getTime() - new Date(a.paused_at).getTime())
-    .slice(0, 30);
+  .sort((a, b) => {
+    const getBaseTime = (item: any) =>
+      new Date(
+        item.paused_at || 
+        item.updated_at || 
+        item.last_watched_at || 
+        0
+      ).getTime();
+
+    const getPriorityTime = (item: any) => {
+      const base = getBaseTime(item);
+      // NEW EPISODE PRIORITY BOOST
+      if (item.episode && (item.progress ?? 0) < 1) {
+        const aired = new Date(item.episode.first_aired || 0).getTime();
+        const daysSinceAired = (Date.now() - aired) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24);
+        if (daysSinceAired >= 0 && daysSinceAired < 60) {
+          return base + 1000000000; // boost to top on aired ep
+        }
+      }
+      return base;
+    };
+
+    return getPriorityTime(b) - getPriorityTime(a);
+  })
+  .slice(0, 30);
 
   for (const item of sortedPlaybackItems) {
     try {
diff --git a/src/services/traktService.ts b/src/services/traktService.ts
index 1fa3081f..1ff45ab6 100644
--- a/src/services/traktService.ts
+++ b/src/services/traktService.ts
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ export class TraktService {
    */
   public async getPlaybackProgressWithImages(type?: 'movies' | 'shows'): Promise<TraktPlaybackItem[]> {
     try {
-      const endpoint = type ? `/sync/playback/${type}?extended=images` : '/sync/playback?extended=images';
+      const endpoint = type ? `/sync/playback/${type}?extended=full,images` : '/sync/playback?extended=full,images';
       return this.apiRequest<TraktPlaybackItem[]>(endpoint);
     } catch (error) {
       logger.error('[TraktService] Failed to get playback progress with images:', error);

From 75301a1d27f46a80ff595c7db3fae9a3f66541f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ramon <20274410+ram130@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 05:05:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix: robust Trakt continue-watching sort + new episode
 priority boost

---
 src/services/traktService.ts | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/services/traktService.ts b/src/services/traktService.ts
index 1ff45ab6..1c7f7406 100644
--- a/src/services/traktService.ts
+++ b/src/services/traktService.ts
@@ -1396,6 +1396,8 @@ export class TraktService {
    */
   public async getPlaybackProgressWithImages(type?: 'movies' | 'shows'): Promise<TraktPlaybackItem[]> {
     try {
+      // extended=full,images so we receive episode.first_aired (needed for the new-episode priority boost
+    // in mergeTraktContinueWatching.ts — brand-new/recently-aired episodes now jump to the top of Continue Watching).
       const endpoint = type ? `/sync/playback/${type}?extended=full,images` : '/sync/playback?extended=full,images';
       return this.apiRequest<TraktPlaybackItem[]>(endpoint);
     } catch (error) {