change: [UIE-9908] - Update Generational Plans default sort to show newest (G8) -> oldest (G6)

[pmakode-akamai]

Description 📝

Update the default sort of the plans when "All" is selected so that the plans descend from newest (G8) to oldest (G6)

Changes 🔄

• Added client-side sorting for generational plans when "All" is selected to show plans from newest (G8) to oldest (G6)
• Added a small getGenerationRank helper to support the ordering
• Added unit tests for the helper

Scope 🚢

• All customers
• Some customers (e.g. in Beta or Limited Availability)
• No customers / Not applicable

Target release date 🗓️

N/A

Preview 📷

Before	After

How to test 🧪

Verification steps

• Go to Create Linode -> Select a region -> Verify that the plan ordering works as expected
• Go to Kubernetes / Create Cluster -> Select a region -> Verify that the plan ordering works as expected

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Cloud Manager UI test results

🔺 10 failing tests on test run #3 ↗︎

❌ Failing	✅ Passing	↪️ Skipped	🕐 Duration
10 Failing	860 Passing	11 Skipped	77m 18s

Details

Failing Tests
	Spec	Test
❌	one-click-apps.spec.ts	Cloud Manager Cypress Tests→OneClick Apps (OCA) » Deploys a Linode from a One Click App with user defined fields
❌	timerange-verification.spec.ts	Cloud Manager Cypress Tests→Integration tests for verifying Cloudpulse custom and preset configurations » should implement and validate custom date/time picker for a specific date and time range
❌	alerts-create.spec.ts	Cloud Manager Cypress Tests→Create flow when beta alerts enabled by region and feature flag » create flow defaults to legacy alerts
❌	alerts-create.spec.ts	Cloud Manager Cypress Tests→Create flow when beta alerts enabled by region and feature flag » create flow after switching to beta alerts
❌	alerts-create.spec.ts	Cloud Manager Cypress Tests→Create flow when beta alerts enabled by region and feature flag » alerts not present for region where alerts disabled
❌	smoke-community-stackscripts.spec.ts	Cloud Manager Cypress Tests→Community Stackscripts integration tests » deploys a new linode as expected
❌	create-stackscripts.spec.ts	Cloud Manager Cypress Tests→Create stackscripts » creates a StackScript and deploys a Linode with it
❌	create-stackscripts.spec.ts	Cloud Manager Cypress Tests→Create stackscripts » creates a StackScript with Any/All target image
❌	create-linode.spec.ts	Cloud Manager Cypress Tests→Create Linode→End-to-end→By plan type » creates a Dedicated CPU Linode
❌	lke-update.spec.ts	Cloud Manager Cypress Tests→LKE cluster updates→APL disabled » can add and delete node pools

Troubleshooting

Use this command to re-run the failing tests:

pnpm cy:run -s "cypress/e2e/core/oneClickApps/one-click-apps.spec.ts,cypress/e2e/core/cloudpulse/timerange-verification.spec.ts,cypress/e2e/core/linodes/alerts-create.spec.ts,cypress/e2e/core/stackscripts/smoke-community-stackscripts.spec.ts,cypress/e2e/core/stackscripts/create-stackscripts.spec.ts,cypress/e2e/core/linodes/create-linode.spec.ts,cypress/e2e/core/kubernetes/lke-update.spec.ts"

[tanushree-akamai]

The returned values (3,2,1,0) are hardcoded. If more generations are introduced in future, changes will require code edits. We can use a mapping object for easier extensibility:

const generationMapping: Record<string, number> = {
  'g8-': 3,
  'g7-': 2,
  'g6-': 1,
};
for (const prefix in generationMapping) {
  if (planId.startsWith(prefix)) return generationMapping[prefix];
}
return 0;