What do you mean by "but only on the Local view" and "External/Outside view"? Inside and outside the local network? Inside and outside shouldn't matter at all. Maybe it's due to different browsers. I don't think the sort ever had any capability to retain the order after a page refresh. Since you're saying recently, can you revert to the version that worked before and see if it does the same thing.
I have Proscan 22.8 running on two different computers that I own. Computer A is running Windows 11, Computer B is running Windows 10.
When I view the web page on Computer A (Win11) for the feed on Computer A, the sort is descending. When I view the web page on Computer for the feed on Computer B, the sort is ascending (both local IP).
When I view the webpage on Computer B (Win10) for the feed on Computer B, the sort is descending.
When I view the webpage for Computer A on my android phone (external IP), the sort is descending. When I view the webpage for Computer B on my phone, the sort is descending.
I tried rolling back the version all the way to 22.3 and the results were the same as above... so, for some reason, the webpage for the feed that is running on Computer B (Win10) sorts differently on the Chrome browser on Win11 and Android. It sorts properly on the Chrome browser on Win10. Computer B isn't compatible to upgrade to Win11.
I am 90% certain that the sort was able to be changed previously, on the web page view on the Win11 machine, but at this point, I won't stake my life on it...