# Saved messages appear out of order

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/saved-messages-appear-out-of-order/3779>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Tags:** android\
**Created:** [May 15, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/saved-messages-appear-out-of-order/3779 "2025-05-15T14:29:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Blanca](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Blanca](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Blanca)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/saved-messages-appear-out-of-order/3779/1 "2025-05-15T14:29:37Z")

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If I select multiple messages in a chat and forward them to Saved Messages, they often appear out of order, sometimes almost completely random order. However if I forward messages to any other chat, the order of the messages is preserved.

**Expected behavior**

Forwarding multiple messages to Saved Messages preserves the order of the messages, same as forwarding to any other chat.

**Actual behavior**

Forwarding multiple messages to Saved Messages often mixes up the order of the messages.

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/saved-messages-appear-out-of-order/3779/2 "2025-05-15T18:34:44Z")

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i am currently checking that on iOS ([added the multiple-save-option extra for testing](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-ios/pull/2705) 🙂 ) and indeed, it seems “forwarding messages” are sorted by timestamp while “saved messages” are sorted by the order they were selected

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**Author:** ![link2xt](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/link2xt/32/1971_2.png) [@link2xt](https://forum.delta.chat/u/link2xt)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/saved-messages-appear-out-of-order/3779/3 "2025-05-20T14:22:22Z")

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Let’s move this to GitHub issue: [Multilpe saved messages should be ordered by timestamp · Issue #6862 · chatmail/core · GitHub](https://github.com/chatmail/core/issues/6862)

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**Author:** ![Blanca](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Blanca](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Blanca)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/saved-messages-appear-out-of-order/3779/4 "2025-05-22T14:56:25Z")

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> [@r10s](#):
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> i am currently checking that on iOS ([added the multiple-save-option extra for testing](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-ios/pull/2705) 🙂 ) and indeed, it seems “forwarding messages” are sorted by timestamp while “saved messages” are sorted by the order they were selected

On Android I can’t even tell what it is currently using to sort the messages. It doesn’t appear to be timestamp or the order they were selected. Anyway great to see that you are addressing this 🙂

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/saved-messages-appear-out-of-order/3779/5 "2026-10-06T15:19:37Z")

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