From 435d8b61614200cead4ae177b14655339170948b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Hawker <craig.hawker@m-files.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:45:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Improved situation with multiple log files with overlapping
 timestamps. Added note to log viewer to use raw log files as preference.

---
 .../ShowLatestLogEntriesDashboardCommand.cs         | 13 +++++++++++++
 .../Resources/DisplayLatestLogEntries.html          |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/MFiles.VAF.Extensions/Dashboards/Commands/ShowLatestLogEntriesDashboardCommand.cs b/MFiles.VAF.Extensions/Dashboards/Commands/ShowLatestLogEntriesDashboardCommand.cs
index 056bbff3..8101d70c 100644
--- a/MFiles.VAF.Extensions/Dashboards/Commands/ShowLatestLogEntriesDashboardCommand.cs
+++ b/MFiles.VAF.Extensions/Dashboards/Commands/ShowLatestLogEntriesDashboardCommand.cs
@@ -272,6 +272,19 @@ ClientOperations clientOps
 				}
 			}
 
+			// Ensure that the log entries are in descending order.
+			if (null != logEntries?.Entries)
+				logEntries.Entries.Sort
+				(
+					(a, b) =>
+					{
+						if (a.DateTime == null && b.DateTime == null) return 0;
+						if (a.DateTime == null) return 1;  // null goes after non-null
+						if (b.DateTime == null) return -1; // null goes after non-null
+						return b.DateTime.Value.CompareTo(a.DateTime.Value); // reverse order
+					}
+				);
+
 			// Create the directive.
 			clientOps.Directives.Add(new VAF.Configuration.Domain.ClientDirective.UpdateDashboardContent()
 			{
diff --git a/MFiles.VAF.Extensions/Resources/DisplayLatestLogEntries.html b/MFiles.VAF.Extensions/Resources/DisplayLatestLogEntries.html
index ce577c24..95d6e5bc 100644
--- a/MFiles.VAF.Extensions/Resources/DisplayLatestLogEntries.html
+++ b/MFiles.VAF.Extensions/Resources/DisplayLatestLogEntries.html
@@ -493,6 +493,13 @@
             </form>
         </div>
         <div id="scrollPanel">
+            <div>
+            Note that in multi-server instances the log data may be spread amongst multiple files.
+            This viewer attempts to pull data from all server nodes into one location but there
+            are situations where data may not be in the correct order, especially in high-volume
+            deployments or high-verbosity configurations.
+            If in doubt, always download the log files and manually inspect what each node is doing.
+            </div>
             <div id="unstructured">
                 The logger is not using the default log layout, so structured formatting cannot be applied.
             </div>