diff --git a/internal/session/session.go b/internal/session/session.go
index adfb3fb..7e4428b 100644
--- a/internal/session/session.go
+++ b/internal/session/session.go
@@ -115,10 +115,20 @@ func LoadOverview(root string) Overview {
 				names = append(names, e.Name())
 			}
 		}
-		sort.Strings(names)
 		for _, n := range names {
 			ov.Specs = append(ov.Specs, buildCard(specsDir, n))
 		}
+		// Newest spec first, by spec.json created_at (an RFC3339 UTC string, so a
+		// lexical compare is chronological). Ties — and unreadable specs, whose
+		// CreatedAt is empty — fall back to feature name ascending for a stable
+		// order.
+		sort.Slice(ov.Specs, func(i, j int) bool {
+			a, b := ov.Specs[i], ov.Specs[j]
+			if a.CreatedAt != b.CreatedAt {
+				return a.CreatedAt > b.CreatedAt
+			}
+			return a.Feature < b.Feature
+		})
 	}
 	ov.Steering = listSteering(paths.Steering(root), root)
 	ov.Skills = listSkills(paths.Skills(root), root)
diff --git a/internal/session/session_test.go b/internal/session/session_test.go
index 8b29f40..d8de82f 100644
--- a/internal/session/session_test.go
+++ b/internal/session/session_test.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func TestOverview(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(ov.Specs) != 2 {
 		t.Fatalf("specs = %d, want 2", len(ov.Specs))
 	}
-	// Sorted alphabetically: photo-albums then zebra.
+	// Ordered newest-created first: photo-albums (dated) before zebra (no created_at).
 	pa := ov.Specs[0]
 	if pa.Feature != "photo-albums" {
 		t.Fatalf("first spec = %q, want photo-albums", pa.Feature)
@@ -194,6 +194,54 @@ func TestOverviewMalformedSpecJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestOverviewSpecsSortedByCreatedAtDesc(t *testing.T) {
+	// Three readable specs whose creation dates differ from alphabetical order,
+	// so the assertion distinguishes created-at ordering from name ordering.
+	spec := func(name, createdAt string) string {
+		return `{"feature_name":"` + name + `","phase":"requirements-generated","approvals":{},"created_at":"` + createdAt + `"}`
+	}
+	root := writeWorkspace(t, map[string]string{
+		"specs/alpha/spec.json": spec("alpha", "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"),
+		"specs/beta/spec.json":  spec("beta", "2025-06-01T00:00:00Z"),
+		"specs/gamma/spec.json": spec("gamma", "2025-03-01T00:00:00Z"),
+	})
+
+	ov := LoadOverview(root)
+
+	var got []string
+	for _, s := range ov.Specs {
+		got = append(got, s.Feature)
+	}
+	// Newest created_at first: beta (Jun) → gamma (Mar) → alpha (Jan).
+	want := []string{"beta", "gamma", "alpha"}
+	if strings.Join(got, ",") != strings.Join(want, ",") {
+		t.Errorf("spec order = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestOverviewSpecsCreatedAtTieBreaksByName(t *testing.T) {
+	// Equal created_at (and the empty-created_at unreadable case) must fall back
+	// to a deterministic name-ascending order.
+	root := writeWorkspace(t, map[string]string{
+		"specs/bravo/spec.json": `{"feature_name":"bravo","approvals":{},"created_at":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"}`,
+		"specs/alpha/spec.json": `{"feature_name":"alpha","approvals":{},"created_at":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"}`,
+		"specs/zulu/spec.json":  `{ broken`,
+		"specs/yank/spec.json":  `{ broken`,
+	})
+
+	ov := LoadOverview(root)
+
+	var got []string
+	for _, s := range ov.Specs {
+		got = append(got, s.Feature)
+	}
+	// Dated pair (tie) name-ascending first, then empty-created_at pair name-ascending.
+	want := []string{"alpha", "bravo", "yank", "zulu"}
+	if strings.Join(got, ",") != strings.Join(want, ",") {
+		t.Errorf("spec order = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSpecDetailValidation(t *testing.T) {
 	// A leaf task missing _Requirements:_ must surface as a validator issue.
 	root := writeWorkspace(t, map[string]string{