fix: Don't show diff for reordered entities

src/poly/resources/flows.py

@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ def to_yaml_dict(self) -> dict:
 
         if self.step_type == StepType.DEFAULT_STEP:
             output["conditions"] = [condition.to_yaml_dict() for condition in self.conditions]
-            output["extracted_entities"] = self.extracted_entities
+            output["extracted_entities"] = sorted(self.extracted_entities)
 
         output["prompt"] = self.prompt
         return output

src/poly/tests/project_test.py

@@ -722,6 +722,22 @@ def test_get_diffs_specific_files(self):
         func_path = os.path.join(TEST_DIR, "functions", "extra_function.py")
         self.assertNotIn(func_path, diffs)
 
+    def test_get_diffs_no_diff_for_reordered_extracted_entities(self):
+        """Reordering extracted_entities should not produce a diff."""
+        project_data = deepcopy(PROJECT_DATA)
+        # Reverse the extracted_entities order so it differs from local YAML
+        step = project_data["resources"]["flow_steps"][
+            "test_flow_with_punctuation!_welcome_step"
+        ]
+        step["extracted_entities"] = list(reversed(step["extracted_entities"]))
+        project = AgentStudioProject.from_dict(project_data, TEST_DIR)
+        diffs = project.get_diffs(all_files=True)
+
+        step_path = os.path.join(
+            "flows", "test_flow_with_punctuation!", "steps", "welcome_step.yaml"
+        )
+        self.assertNotIn(step_path, diffs)
+
 
 class CleanResourcesBeforePushTest(unittest.TestCase):
     """Tests for the _clean_resources_before_push method"""

src/poly/tests/resources_test.py

@@ -3479,6 +3479,27 @@ def test_read_local_resource_conditions(self):
             self.assertEqual(exit_cond.exit_flow_position, {"x": 10.0, "y": 10.0})
             self.assertEqual(exit_cond.description, "Exit the flow")
 
+    def test_to_yaml_dict_sorts_extracted_entities(self):
+        """Extracted entities should be sorted alphabetically in YAML output."""
+        step = FlowStep(
+            resource_id="flow-123_step-1",
+            step_id="step-1",
+            name="Test Step",
+            flow_id="flow-123",
+            flow_name="Test Flow",
+            step_type=StepType.DEFAULT_STEP,
+            asr_biasing=None,
+            dtmf_config=None,
+            conditions=[],
+            extracted_entities=["zebra", "apple", "mango"],
+            prompt="Extract some entities.",
+            position={"x": 0.0, "y": 0.0},
+        )
+
+        result = step.to_yaml_dict()
+
+        self.assertEqual(result["extracted_entities"], ["apple", "mango", "zebra"])
+
 
 class EntityTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_validate_entity(self):