diff --git a/renderer/app.js b/renderer/app.js
index 5883d80..6d19903 100644
--- a/renderer/app.js
+++ b/renderer/app.js
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ let _historySortClicked = false;
 // Session-specific files for the "Files" panel (resets each session)
 let sessionFilesData = [];
 let _recentSeqCounter = 0;
+let _recentDataVersion = 0;
 const recentSortState = { key: 'date', direction: 'desc' };
 const selectedRecentIds = new Set();
 // Maintained incrementally — avoids O(n) filter() scans every 250ms in the status bar.
@@ -1464,6 +1465,7 @@ function deleteSelectedRecentFiles() {
   });
   _sessionDoneCount = Math.max(0, _sessionDoneCount - removedDone);
   _sessionErrorCount = Math.max(0, _sessionErrorCount - removedErr);
+  _recentDataVersion++;
   selectedRecentIds.clear();
   renderRecentUploadsPanel();
 }
@@ -1475,6 +1477,7 @@ function clearAllRecentFiles() {
   _sessionFileKeys.clear();
   _sessionDoneCount = 0;
   _sessionErrorCount = 0;
+  _recentDataVersion++;
   selectedRecentIds.clear();
   renderRecentUploadsPanel();
 }
@@ -2511,6 +2514,7 @@ function maybeAddSessionFile(job) {
         isError: false,
         order: _recentSeqCounter++
       });
+      _recentDataVersion++;
       _sessionDoneCount++;
       // Drop oldest entries past the cap to keep render cost bounded.
       // Without this, sessionFilesData grows unbounded across the session
@@ -4175,7 +4179,7 @@ let _recentSortCache = { sig: '', result: [] };
 
 function sortRecentFiles(data) {
   const { key, direction } = recentSortState;
-  const sig = `${key}|${direction}|${data.length}`;
+  const sig = `${key}|${direction}|${data.length}|${_recentDataVersion}`;
   if (_recentSortCache.sig === sig) return _recentSortCache.result;
 
   const sorted = data.slice();