diff --git a/bin/rclaude b/bin/rclaude
index 6222c6e..259e821 100755
--- a/bin/rclaude
+++ b/bin/rclaude
@@ -421,7 +421,13 @@ cmd_resume() {
         # picker even when triage produces > (35 - tmux_count) rows on a single
         # host that would otherwise crowd them out.
         _tmux=$(scan_hosts | while IFS= read -r h; do list_tmux_on "$h"; done)
-        _triage=$(scan_hosts | while IFS= read -r h; do list_triage_on "$h"; done)
+        # Triage rows: col 4 = priority, col 9 = mtime. Each host's rows come
+        # pre-sorted by priority desc, but the per-host blocks are concatenated
+        # so a P5 on apricot would sit after all local rows and get truncated.
+        # Re-sort globally by (priority desc, mtime desc) so the top of the
+        # picker is the actual highest priority across the fleet.
+        _triage=$(scan_hosts | while IFS= read -r h; do list_triage_on "$h"; done \
+                  | sort -t"$(printf '\t')" -k4,4nr -k9,9nr)
         _t_count=0
         [ -n "$_tmux" ] && _t_count=$(printf '%s\n' "$_tmux" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
         [ -n "$_triage" ] && _d_total=$(printf '%s\n' "$_triage" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')