fix selected item sorting

netbox/dcim/forms/model_forms.py

@@ -733,9 +733,10 @@ class ModuleForm(ModuleCommonForm, PrimaryModelForm):
     )
     module_bay = DynamicModelChoiceField(
         label=_('Module bay'),
-        queryset=ModuleBay.objects.all(),
+        queryset=ModuleBay.objects.order_by('name'),
         query_params={
-            'device_id': '$device'
+            'device_id': '$device',
+            'ordering': 'name',
         },
         context={
             'disabled': 'installed_module',

netbox/dcim/signals.py

@@ -211,16 +211,12 @@ def sync_cached_scope_fields(instance, created, **kwargs):
     for model in (Prefix, Cluster, WirelessLAN):
         qs = model.objects.filter(**filters)
 
-        # Bulk update cached fields to avoid O(N) performance issues with large datasets.
-        # This does not trigger post_save signals, avoiding spurious change log entries.
-        objects_to_update = []
         for obj in qs:
             # Recompute cache using the same logic as save()
             obj.cache_related_objects()
-            objects_to_update.append(obj)
+            obj.save(update_fields=[
-
+                '_location',
-        if objects_to_update:
+                '_site',
-            model.objects.bulk_update(
+                '_site_group',
-                objects_to_update,
+                '_region',
-                ['_location', '_site', '_site_group', '_region']
+            ])
-            )

netbox/project-static/src/select/classes/dynamicTomSelect.ts

@@ -75,10 +75,16 @@ export class DynamicTomSelect extends TomSelect {
   load(value: string) {
     const self = this;
 
+    // Save current selection before clearing
+    const currentValue = self.getValue();
+
     // Automatically clear any cached options. (Only options included
     // in the API response should be present.)
     self.clearOptions();
 
+    // Clear user_options to prevent the pre-selected option from being treated specially
+    (self as any).user_options = {};
+
     // Populate the null option (if any) if not searching
     if (self.nullOption && !value) {
       self.addOption(self.nullOption);
@@ -98,16 +104,29 @@ export class DynamicTomSelect extends TomSelect {
       .then(response => response.json())
       .then(apiData => {
         const results: Dict[] = apiData.results;
-        const options: Dict[] = [];
+
-        for (const result of results) {
+        // Add options and manually set $order to ensure correct sorting
+        results.forEach((result, index) => {
           const option = self.getOptionFromData(result);
-          options.push(option);
+          self.addOption(option);
+          // Set $order after addOption() to override any special handling of pre-selected items
+          const key = option[self.settings.valueField as string] as string;
+          if (self.options[key]) {
+            (self.options[key] as any).$order = index;
+          }
+        });
+
+        self.loading--;
+        if (self.loading === 0) {
+          self.wrapper.classList.remove(self.settings.loadingClass as string);
         }
-        return options;
+
-      })
+        // Restore the current selection
-      // Pass the options to the callback function
+        if (currentValue && !self.items.includes(currentValue as string)) {
-      .then(options => {
+          self.items.push(currentValue as string);
-        self.loadCallback(options, []);
+        }
+
+        self.refreshOptions(false);
       })
       .catch(() => {
         self.loadCallback([], []);

netbox/project-static/src/select/dynamic.ts

@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ export function initDynamicSelects(): void {
       labelField: LABEL_FIELD,
       maxOptions: MAX_OPTIONS,
 
+      // Preserve API response order
+      sortField: '$order',
+
       // Disable local search (search is performed on the backend)
       searchField: [],