diff --git a/extensions/device-pair/pair-command-approve.ts b/extensions/device-pair/pair-command-approve.ts
index 5b8d47ef217..e5e19c1c5f0 100644
--- a/extensions/device-pair/pair-command-approve.ts
+++ b/extensions/device-pair/pair-command-approve.ts
@@ -36,9 +36,14 @@ export function selectPendingApprovalRequest(params: {
   }
 
   if (normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(params.requested) === "latest") {
-    return {
-      pending: [...params.pending].toSorted((a, b) => (b.ts ?? 0) - (a.ts ?? 0))[0],
-    };
+    let latest = params.pending[0];
+    for (let index = 1; index < params.pending.length; index += 1) {
+      const pending = params.pending[index];
+      if ((pending.ts ?? 0) > (latest.ts ?? 0)) {
+        latest = pending;
+      }
+    }
+    return { pending: latest };
   }
 
   return {
diff --git a/extensions/memory-core/src/rem-evidence.ts b/extensions/memory-core/src/rem-evidence.ts
index c5f54b2e703..08a39d2c08b 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-core/src/rem-evidence.ts
+++ b/extensions/memory-core/src/rem-evidence.ts
@@ -677,6 +677,22 @@ function isRoutingSummary(summary: SectionSummary): boolean {
   return summary.scores.routing > 0 || REM_ROUTING_SIGNAL_RE.test(summary.text);
 }
 
+function findStrongestSummary(
+  summaries: SectionSummary[],
+  predicate: (summary: SectionSummary) => boolean,
+): SectionSummary | undefined {
+  let strongest: SectionSummary | undefined;
+  for (const summary of summaries) {
+    if (!predicate(summary)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (!strongest || summary.scores.overall > strongest.scores.overall) {
+      strongest = summary;
+    }
+  }
+  return strongest;
+}
+
 function previewGroundedRemForFile(params: {
   relPath: string;
   content: string;
@@ -847,15 +863,15 @@ function previewGroundedRemForFile(params: {
     (sum, { section, snippets }) => sum + scoreSection(section, snippets).tasks,
     0,
   );
-  const strongestRoutingSummary = summaries
-    .filter((summary) => isRoutingSummary(summary))
-    .toSorted((left, right) => right.scores.overall - left.scores.overall)[0];
-  const strongestIncidentSummary = summaries
-    .filter((summary) => summary.scores.incident > 0)
-    .toSorted((left, right) => right.scores.overall - left.scores.overall)[0];
-  const strongestExternalizationSummary = summaries
-    .filter((summary) => summary.scores.externalization > 0)
-    .toSorted((left, right) => right.scores.overall - left.scores.overall)[0];
+  const strongestRoutingSummary = findStrongestSummary(summaries, isRoutingSummary);
+  const strongestIncidentSummary = findStrongestSummary(
+    summaries,
+    (summary) => summary.scores.incident > 0,
+  );
+  const strongestExternalizationSummary = findStrongestSummary(
+    summaries,
+    (summary) => summary.scores.externalization > 0,
+  );
 
   if (facts.length === 0 && monitoringSignal >= 3) {
     addReflection(
diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/character-eval.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/character-eval.ts
index 2e62d4f40f4..a402d828812 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/character-eval.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/character-eval.ts
@@ -207,12 +207,16 @@ async function mapWithConcurrency<T, U>(
 }
 
 function extractTranscript(result: QaSuiteResult) {
-  const details = result.scenarios.flatMap((scenario) =>
-    scenario.steps
-      .map((step) => step.details)
-      .filter((detail): detail is string => Boolean(detail)),
-  );
-  return details.toSorted((left, right) => right.length - left.length)[0] ?? result.report;
+  let longestDetail: string | undefined;
+  for (const scenario of result.scenarios) {
+    for (const step of scenario.steps) {
+      const detail = step.details;
+      if (detail && (!longestDetail || detail.length > longestDetail.length)) {
+        longestDetail = detail;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return longestDetail ?? result.report;
 }
 
 function collectTranscriptStats(transcript: string) {
diff --git a/src/config/sessions/store-maintenance.ts b/src/config/sessions/store-maintenance.ts
index 37ec6147278..0ac73403c40 100644
--- a/src/config/sessions/store-maintenance.ts
+++ b/src/config/sessions/store-maintenance.ts
@@ -208,12 +208,13 @@ export function getActiveSessionMaintenanceWarning(params: {
   const cutoffMs = now - params.pruneAfterMs;
   const wouldPrune = activeEntry.updatedAt != null ? activeEntry.updatedAt < cutoffMs : false;
   const keys = Object.keys(params.store);
-  const wouldCap =
-    keys.length > params.maxEntries &&
-    keys
-      .toSorted((a, b) => getEntryUpdatedAt(params.store[b]) - getEntryUpdatedAt(params.store[a]))
-      .slice(params.maxEntries)
-      .includes(activeSessionKey);
+  const wouldCap = wouldCapActiveSession({
+    store: params.store,
+    keys,
+    activeEntry,
+    activeSessionKey,
+    maxEntries: params.maxEntries,
+  });
 
   if (!wouldPrune && !wouldCap) {
     return null;
@@ -230,6 +231,40 @@ export function getActiveSessionMaintenanceWarning(params: {
   };
 }
 
+function wouldCapActiveSession(params: {
+  store: Record<string, SessionEntry>;
+  keys: string[];
+  activeEntry: SessionEntry;
+  activeSessionKey: string;
+  maxEntries: number;
+}): boolean {
+  if (params.keys.length <= params.maxEntries) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (params.maxEntries <= 0) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const activeUpdatedAt = getEntryUpdatedAt(params.activeEntry);
+  let newerOrTieBeforeActive = 0;
+  let seenActive = false;
+  for (const key of params.keys) {
+    if (key === params.activeSessionKey) {
+      seenActive = true;
+      continue;
+    }
+    const entryUpdatedAt = getEntryUpdatedAt(params.store[key]);
+    if (entryUpdatedAt > activeUpdatedAt || (!seenActive && entryUpdatedAt === activeUpdatedAt)) {
+      newerOrTieBeforeActive++;
+      if (newerOrTieBeforeActive >= params.maxEntries) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * Cap the store to the N most recently updated entries.
  * Entries without `updatedAt` are sorted last (removed first when over limit).
diff --git a/src/config/sessions/store.pruning.test.ts b/src/config/sessions/store.pruning.test.ts
index bcf0f07b59e..cd01ca4fd52 100644
--- a/src/config/sessions/store.pruning.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/sessions/store.pruning.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { afterAll, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { createFixtureSuite } from "../../test-utils/fixture-suite.js";
-import { capEntryCount, pruneStaleEntries, rotateSessionFile } from "./store.js";
+import {
+  capEntryCount,
+  getActiveSessionMaintenanceWarning,
+  pruneStaleEntries,
+  rotateSessionFile,
+} from "./store.js";
 import type { SessionEntry } from "./types.js";
 
 const DAY_MS = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
@@ -70,6 +75,48 @@ describe("capEntryCount", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("getActiveSessionMaintenanceWarning", () => {
+  it("warns when the active session is outside the retained recent entries", () => {
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const store = makeStore([
+      ["newest", makeEntry(now)],
+      ["recent", makeEntry(now - 1)],
+      ["active", makeEntry(now - 2)],
+      ["old", makeEntry(now - 3)],
+    ]);
+
+    const warning = getActiveSessionMaintenanceWarning({
+      store,
+      activeSessionKey: "active",
+      pruneAfterMs: DAY_MS,
+      maxEntries: 2,
+      nowMs: now,
+    });
+
+    expect(warning?.wouldCap).toBe(true);
+    expect(warning?.wouldPrune).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("preserves insertion order tie behavior from stable sorting", () => {
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const store = makeStore([
+      ["same-before", makeEntry(now)],
+      ["active", makeEntry(now)],
+      ["same-after", makeEntry(now)],
+    ]);
+
+    const warning = getActiveSessionMaintenanceWarning({
+      store,
+      activeSessionKey: "active",
+      pruneAfterMs: DAY_MS,
+      maxEntries: 1,
+      nowMs: now,
+    });
+
+    expect(warning?.wouldCap).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("rotateSessionFile", () => {
   let testDir: string;
   let storePath: string;
diff --git a/ui/src/ui/app-render.ts b/ui/src/ui/app-render.ts
index ea0c4ecdd2c..1b1033e9afa 100644
--- a/ui/src/ui/app-render.ts
+++ b/ui/src/ui/app-render.ts
@@ -199,10 +199,15 @@ function resolveDreamingNextCycle(
   if (!status?.phases) {
     return null;
   }
-  const nextRunAtMs = Object.values(status.phases)
-    .filter((phase) => phase.enabled && typeof phase.nextRunAtMs === "number")
-    .map((phase) => phase.nextRunAtMs as number)
-    .toSorted((a, b) => a - b)[0];
+  let nextRunAtMs: number | undefined;
+  for (const phase of Object.values(status.phases)) {
+    if (!phase.enabled || typeof phase.nextRunAtMs !== "number") {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (nextRunAtMs === undefined || phase.nextRunAtMs < nextRunAtMs) {
+      nextRunAtMs = phase.nextRunAtMs;
+    }
+  }
   return formatDreamNextCycle(nextRunAtMs);
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/src/ui/views/usage-metrics.ts b/ui/src/ui/views/usage-metrics.ts
index 1d11609ccf4..27c0ebd7c31 100644
--- a/ui/src/ui/views/usage-metrics.ts
+++ b/ui/src/ui/views/usage-metrics.ts
@@ -579,15 +579,25 @@ const buildUsageInsightStats = (
   const errorRate = aggregates.messages.total
     ? aggregates.messages.errors / aggregates.messages.total
     : 0;
-  const peakErrorDay = aggregates.daily
-    .filter((day) => day.messages > 0 && day.errors > 0)
-    .map((day) => ({
+  let peakErrorDay: UsageInsightStats["peakErrorDay"];
+  for (const day of aggregates.daily) {
+    if (day.messages <= 0 || day.errors <= 0) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const candidate = {
       date: day.date,
       errors: day.errors,
       messages: day.messages,
       rate: day.errors / day.messages,
-    }))
-    .toSorted((a, b) => b.rate - a.rate || b.errors - a.errors)[0];
+    };
+    if (
+      !peakErrorDay ||
+      candidate.rate > peakErrorDay.rate ||
+      (candidate.rate === peakErrorDay.rate && candidate.errors > peakErrorDay.errors)
+    ) {
+      peakErrorDay = candidate;
+    }
+  }
 
   return {
     durationSumMs,