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Sort cards by label not working

Lauren Lee
July 15, 2026

I have an automation that sorts cards in a list by date, and then by label.  It is now only running the sort by date steps.  Sorting by label has stopped working?

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Lauren Lee
July 16, 2026

It looks like this is an issue with the renaming of label colours.  I changed the colours of the labels to avoid "bold" or "subtle" colours and the sorting works.  I have upvoted this issue: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TRELLO-1355

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July 15, 2026

Hi Lauren,

First, check Automation - Activity - Automation log for that rule. Trello’s log shows which actions ran and any errors or warnings, so it should confirm why the label-sorting step is being skipped.

As an alternative, try Board Assistant. Its Automatic sorting feature lets you configure a separate sorting rule for each list, including sorting by labels:

https://trello.com/power-ups/685016dd47b5654ae385bba6

 

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Lauren Lee
July 16, 2026

Hiya,

The automation logs are just showing the sort by date steps, not the sort by label steps.....but no errors:

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It has been working fine, I can see from the logs it was working OK on the 14th July....so something changed/broke yesterday.

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