File sorting by modification time (mtime) stopped working

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What system are you running Yazi on?

Linux Wayland

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

kitty 0.38.1

yazi --debug output

Yazi
    Version: 0.4.3 (0a5c9b6 2025-01-18)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (linux-x86_64)
    Rustc  : 1.84.0 (9fc6b431 2025-01-07)

Ya
    Version: 0.4.2 (Arch Linux 2025-01-12)

Emulator
    Brand.from_env      : Some(Kitty)
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Left(Kitty), light: false, cell_size: Some((12, 28)) }
    Emulator.detect_full: Ok(Emulator { kind: Left(Kitty), light: false, cell_size: Some((12, 28)) })

Adapter
    Adapter.matches: Kgp

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : Some("wayland")
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : Some("wayland-1")
    DISPLAY                    : Some(":1")
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: Some("0dc7367a7006cc3cc877d52bf34c4998144bff84_1737210451_1538644313")
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

NVIM
    NVIM          : false
    Neovim version: 0.10.3

Variables
    SHELL           : Some("/usr/bin/fish")
    EDITOR          : Some("nvim")
    VISUAL          : Some("nvim")
    YAZI_FILE_ONE   : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME: None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS: None
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS: Some("--height 20%")

Text Opener
    default     : Some(Opener { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: true, desc: "$EDITOR", for_: None, spread: true })
    block-create: Some(Opener { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: true, desc: "$EDITOR", for_: None, spread: true })
    block-rename: Some(Opener { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: true, desc: "$EDITOR", for_: None, spread: true })

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : 0
    tmux version       : tmux 3.5a
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Unknown
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Dependencies
    file          : 5.46
    ueberzugpp    : 2.9.6
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 7.1 / 7.1
    pdftoppm      : 25.01.0
    magick        : 7.1.1-43
    fzf           : 0.57.0
    fd/fdfind     : 10.2.0 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    rg            : 14.1.1
    chafa         : 1.14.5
    zoxide        : 0.9.6
    7z/7zz        : 24.09 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    jq            : 1.7.1

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: 2.2.1 / 2.2.1
    xclip        : 0.13
    xsel         : 1.2.1

Describe the bug

A couple of days ago, I started to notice, that sorting by mtime stopped working for me.
I didn't change my config before it stopped working.

If it is relevant: The behavior doesn't change depending on whether the files are on ext4 or btrfs.

I confirmed this issue on two Arch Linux installs; however, it does work in a Kali VM.

I tested with the latest Arch package from the extra repository (0.4.2) and the latest nightly release (see my yazi --debug).

The issue does go away if the config is "deleted" (renamed), as mentioned before, however, I don't think I can relate a config change I dit to the issue.

Minimal reproducer

As far as I am aware, all that is needed is:

• Install yazi
• do something to the configuration
• Try to sort files by mtime

Anything else?

Here is a short video demonstrating the behavior:

test.mp4

Here is my config (renamed to .txt because of attachment restrictions):

yazi.txt

keymap.txt

smart-enter-init.txt

Checklist

• I tried the latest nightly build, and the issue is still reproducible
• I updated the debug information (yazi --debug) input box to the nightly that I tried
• I can reproduce it after disabling all custom configs/plugins (mv ~/.config/yazi ~/.config/yazi-backup)

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I see

{ on = [ ",", "m" ], run = [ "sort modified --reverse=no", "linemode mtime" ], desc = "Sort by modified time" },
{ on = [ ",", "M" ], run = [ "sort modified --reverse", "linemode mtime" ],    desc = "Sort by modified time (reverse)" },

in your keymap.toml. sort modified has been renamed to sort mtime in Yazi 0.4, so you need to change it in your config file, see #1772 for more details

Closing as expected

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Thank you!
The other necessary config changes came up as a notification, this one didn't.