diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d153b29..eba5e73 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Release archives and the image checksums are signed with cosign.
 
 ## What it shows
 
-The dashboard lists only what needs attention, grouped by project:
+The dashboard lists only what needs attention, grouped by project. The project with the newest problem comes first:
 
 - Failing workflows, including scheduled and other background ones, with a link to the run.
 - Pull requests that wait too long or fail their checks, with links and age.
diff --git a/src/stores/tracker.test.ts b/src/stores/tracker.test.ts
index 3d15e5a..03fff06 100644
--- a/src/stores/tracker.test.ts
+++ b/src/stores/tracker.test.ts
@@ -44,18 +44,69 @@ describe('buildBlocks', () => {
     expect(buildBlocks(s)[0].rows.map((r) => r.subject)).toEqual(['crit row', 'warn row'])
   })
 
-  it('keeps the repo order from the server and ignores alerts for unknown repos', () => {
+  it('keeps the server order for equal ages and ignores alerts for unknown repos', () => {
+    const since = '2026-10-01T00:00:00Z'
     const s = state({
       repos: [repo({ fullName: 'o/b' }), repo({ fullName: 'o/a' })],
       alerts: [
-        alert({ repo: 'o/a', url: '1' }),
-        alert({ repo: 'o/b', url: '2' }),
-        alert({ repo: 'o/ghost', url: '3' }),
+        alert({ repo: 'o/a', url: '1', since }),
+        alert({ repo: 'o/b', url: '2', since }),
+        alert({ repo: 'o/ghost', url: '3', since }),
       ],
     })
     expect(buildBlocks(s).map((b) => b.repo.fullName)).toEqual(['o/b', 'o/a'])
   })
 
+  it('puts the repo with the newest problem first, whatever its kind or severity', () => {
+    const s = state({
+      repos: [
+        repo({ fullName: 'o/old-crit', health: 'crit' }),
+        repo({ fullName: 'o/new-warn', health: 'warn' }),
+        repo({ fullName: 'o/mid', health: 'crit' }),
+      ],
+      alerts: [
+        alert({
+          repo: 'o/old-crit',
+          url: 'a',
+          severity: 'crit',
+          kind: 'pr_waiting',
+          since: '2026-05-19T00:00:00Z',
+        }),
+        alert({
+          repo: 'o/new-warn',
+          url: 'b',
+          severity: 'warn',
+          kind: 'workflow_stuck',
+          since: '2026-10-02T12:00:00Z',
+        }),
+        alert({
+          repo: 'o/mid',
+          url: 'c',
+          severity: 'crit',
+          kind: 'workflow_failed',
+          since: '2026-09-20T00:00:00Z',
+        }),
+      ],
+    })
+    expect(buildBlocks(s).map((b) => b.repo.fullName)).toEqual([
+      'o/new-warn',
+      'o/mid',
+      'o/old-crit',
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('ranks a repo by its newest alert, not its oldest', () => {
+    const s = state({
+      repos: [repo({ fullName: 'o/a', health: 'crit' }), repo({ fullName: 'o/b', health: 'crit' })],
+      alerts: [
+        alert({ repo: 'o/a', url: 'a1', since: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z' }),
+        alert({ repo: 'o/a', url: 'a2', since: '2026-10-02T00:00:00Z' }),
+        alert({ repo: 'o/b', url: 'b1', since: '2026-06-01T00:00:00Z' }),
+      ],
+    })
+    expect(buildBlocks(s).map((b) => b.repo.fullName)).toEqual(['o/a', 'o/b'])
+  })
+
   it('returns no blocks when everything is healthy', () => {
     expect(buildBlocks(state({ repos: [repo()] }))).toEqual([])
   })
diff --git a/src/stores/tracker.ts b/src/stores/tracker.ts
index b7908ce..17fe232 100644
--- a/src/stores/tracker.ts
+++ b/src/stores/tracker.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ const SCAN_TIMEOUT_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000
 
 const SEVERITY_RANK = { ok: 0, warn: 1, crit: 2 } as const
 
-/** Groups alerts into one row per target URL and one block per unhealthy repo. */
+const sinceMs = (since: string) => Date.parse(since) || 0
+
+/** Groups alerts into one row per target URL and one block per unhealthy repo, newest problem first. */
 export function buildBlocks(state: TrackerState): Block[] {
   const rows = new Map<string, Row>()
   const order = new Map<string, string[]>()
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ export function buildBlocks(state: TrackerState): Block[] {
       if (SEVERITY_RANK[alert.severity] > SEVERITY_RANK[existing.severity]) {
         existing.severity = alert.severity
       }
+      if (sinceMs(alert.since) > sinceMs(existing.since)) existing.since = alert.since
       continue
     }
     rows.set(key, {
@@ -52,7 +55,8 @@ export function buildBlocks(state: TrackerState): Block[] {
     list.sort((a, b) => SEVERITY_RANK[b.severity] - SEVERITY_RANK[a.severity])
     blocks.push({ repo, rows: list })
   }
-  return blocks
+  const newest = (b: Block) => Math.max(...b.rows.map((r) => sinceMs(r.since)))
+  return blocks.sort((a, b) => newest(b) - newest(a))
 }
 
 export interface RepoCounts {