1. What is the nature and description of the request?

Currently, in Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) 2.6, hosts displayed in the GUI under Automation Execution → Infrastructure → Hosts are sorted using lexicographical (alphabetical) order. This causes hostnames containing numeric values (for example, host1, host10, host2) to appear in an order that is not intuitive for users.

The customer is requesting an enhancement to display hosts using natural sort order, where numeric portions of hostnames are evaluated numerically rather than as plain text.

2. Why does the customer need this? (List the business requirements here)

• Improve usability and readability of the Hosts list in the AAP UI

• Enable faster and easier identification of hosts in environments with a large number of similarly named hosts

• Reduce manual effort and time spent searching for specific hosts

• Minimize the risk of user error when selecting or reviewing hosts

3. How would you like to achieve this? (List the functional requirements here)

• Update the AAP GUI to support natural sorting of hostnames in the Hosts view

• Ensure numeric components of hostnames are sorted numerically (e.g., host1, host2, host10)

• Apply the sorting consistently across pagination and search results

• Maintain backward compatibility with existing host naming conventions