The "Sort by" button sometimes randomly changes from sort by amount back to sort by name.

Aha. so this is not stored in the "network" each Request table and each Remote stores its own setting

So I setup one table as stort by amount, one as by quantity, and a remote sorting by mod. All three save their settings on world reload, its not network wide.

I think this clears it up, feel free to reopen or open new if theres an issue