diff --git a/pageindex/storage/sqlite.py b/pageindex/storage/sqlite.py
index bcd9d81..945eec5 100644
--- a/pageindex/storage/sqlite.py
+++ b/pageindex/storage/sqlite.py
@@ -210,7 +210,9 @@ class SQLiteStorage:
     def list_documents(self, collection: str) -> list[dict]:
         conn = self._get_conn()
         rows = conn.execute(
-            "SELECT doc_id, doc_name, doc_description, doc_type FROM documents WHERE collection_name = ? ORDER BY created_at",
+            # Newest first, matching the cloud API's createdAt DESC order;
+            # rowid breaks same-second ties by insertion order.
+            "SELECT doc_id, doc_name, doc_description, doc_type FROM documents WHERE collection_name = ? ORDER BY created_at DESC, rowid DESC",
             (collection,),
         ).fetchall()
         return [{"doc_id": r[0], "doc_name": r[1], "doc_description": r[2] or "", "doc_type": r[3]} for r in rows]