Context
We use hey search --in imbox --date last_7_days --json from a scheduled job to find new replies to outbound mail, then read each thread.
No account-specific details below.
What happens
- Each results page holds a fixed number of threads, and the order is not documented. It does not follow latest activity.
- After a batch of outbound messages, those threads filled the first page. A reply that arrived minutes later, on an older thread, was not on it, so the job never read it.
hey box imbox --limit N --json does return postings ordered by latest activity, with the latest author. We switched to that, but search is the only listing with --from, --date, and --in filters.
Ask
hey search --sort latest (and maybe --sort relevance, the current default) so results come back by latest activity.--limit on hey search, matching hey box, instead of fixed-size pages.- Document the default order in
--help, and include the sort key (for example active_at) in each JSON result.
Why it matters
"What changed since the last run" is the most common automation query. Without a stable sort, a job has to page through everything with --all or risk missing the newest reply.
Related: #446 (sweep filters), #478 (exact match on search).
Context
We use
hey search --in imbox --date last_7_days --jsonfrom a scheduled job to find new replies to outbound mail, then read each thread.No account-specific details below.
What happens
hey box imbox --limit N --jsondoes return postings ordered by latest activity, with the latest author. We switched to that, but search is the only listing with--from,--date, and--infilters.Ask
hey search --sort latest(and maybe--sort relevance, the current default) so results come back by latest activity.--limitonhey search, matchinghey box, instead of fixed-size pages.--help, and include the sort key (for exampleactive_at) in each JSON result.Why it matters
"What changed since the last run" is the most common automation query. Without a stable sort, a job has to page through everything with
--allor risk missing the newest reply.Related: #446 (sweep filters), #478 (exact match on search).