From c86f6439c5fe3f17c015dc5fbdb46ee68162ab25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: theguymadmax <theguymadmax@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 11:06:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "always sort season by index number"

This reverts commit e16ea7b23696a49b96bcd9a8e81cd23db470524b.
---
 MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/TV/Series.cs | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/TV/Series.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/TV/Series.cs
index 427c2995bc..6396631f99 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/TV/Series.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/TV/Series.cs
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
             query.AncestorWithPresentationUniqueKey = null;
             query.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey = seriesKey;
             query.IncludeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.Season };
-            query.OrderBy = new[] { (ItemSortBy.IndexNumber, SortOrder.Ascending) };
+            query.OrderBy = new[] { (ItemSortBy.SortName, SortOrder.Ascending) };
 
             if (user is not null && !user.DisplayMissingEpisodes)
             {
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
 
                 query.AncestorWithPresentationUniqueKey = null;
                 query.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey = seriesKey;
+                if (query.OrderBy.Count == 0)
+                {
+                    query.OrderBy = new[] { (ItemSortBy.SortName, SortOrder.Ascending) };
+                }
 
                 if (query.IncludeItemTypes.Length == 0)
                 {