fix(Item): fix ranking by invoicePaidAt instead of created_at #2597
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Description
Factor in invoicePaidAt instead of just created_at when ranking posts.
fixes #2596
Screenshots
To test, I recreated the post details from https://stacker.news/items/1246127 on a test post. And checked that the post appears as expected.

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Note
Use invoicePaidAt (fallback to created_at) for item time filtering and the recent query WHERE clause.
api/resolvers/item.js
:whenClause
to useCOALESCE("invoicePaidAt", created_at)
for time range filtering.items
resolver (sort: 'recent'
), change WHERE toCOALESCE("Item"."invoicePaidAt", "Item".created_at) <= $1
to align with ordering by paid time.Written by Cursor Bugbot for commit ada5157. This will update automatically on new commits. Configure here.