fix: RSS feed now shows newest posts first

Fixed bug where feedgen library was reversing the order of feed items.
Database returns notes in DESC order (newest first), but feedgen was
displaying them oldest-first in the RSS XML. Added reversed() wrapper
to maintain correct chronological order in the feed.

Added regression test to verify feed order matches database order.

Bug confirmed by testing:
- Database: [Note 2, Note 1, Note 0] (newest first)
- Old feed: [Note 0, Note 1, Note 2] (oldest first) ❌
- New feed: [Note 2, Note 1, Note 0] (newest first) ✅

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

starpunk/feed.py

@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ def generate_feed(
     # Set last build date to now
     fg.lastBuildDate(datetime.now(timezone.utc))
 
-    # Add items (limit to configured maximum)
-    for note in notes[:limit]:
+    # Add items (limit to configured maximum, newest first)
+    # Notes from database are DESC but feedgen reverses them, so we reverse back
+    for note in reversed(notes[:limit]):
         # Create feed entry
         fe = fg.add_entry()
 

tests/test_feed.py

@@ -133,6 +133,47 @@ class TestGenerateFeed:
             # Should only have 3 items (respecting limit)
             assert len(items) == 3
 
+    def test_generate_feed_newest_first(self, app):
+        """Test feed displays notes in newest-first order"""
+        with app.app_context():
+            # Create notes with distinct timestamps (oldest to newest in creation order)
+            import time
+            for i in range(3):
+                create_note(
+                    content=f"# Note {i}\n\nContent {i}.",
+                    published=True,
+                )
+                time.sleep(0.01)  # Ensure distinct timestamps
+
+            # Get notes from database (should be DESC = newest first)
+            from starpunk.notes import list_notes
+            notes = list_notes(published_only=True, limit=10)
+
+            # Verify database returns newest first
+            assert "Note 2" in notes[0].title
+            assert "Note 0" in notes[-1].title
+
+            # Generate feed with notes from database
+            feed_xml = generate_feed(
+                site_url="https://example.com",
+                site_name="Test Blog",
+                site_description="A test blog",
+                notes=notes,
+            )
+
+            root = ET.fromstring(feed_xml)
+            channel = root.find("channel")
+            items = channel.findall("item")
+
+            # Feed should also show newest first (matching database order)
+            # First item should be newest (Note 2)
+            # Last item should be oldest (Note 0)
+            first_title = items[0].find("title").text
+            last_title = items[-1].find("title").text
+
+            assert "Note 2" in first_title
+            assert "Note 0" in last_title
+
     def test_generate_feed_requires_site_url(self):
         """Test feed generation requires site_url"""
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="site_url is required"):