During this issue;
I had just updated to the new simcraft version
I have 27 personal orders, across 9 recipes. blizzard has begun grouping these in the work order ui by recipe (various treatises, some known some unknown recipes)
there were no guild orders available
there were 9 patron orders available. of which 7 I had the recipe for (one of which was a known treatise)

Replication; set work order type to personal only
Expectation: Only Personal Work Orders are qued
reality; only patron orders are qued

replication; set work order type to both patron and personal
expectation: both patron and personal are qued
reality; only patron orders are qued, but twice

replication: set work order type to all 3
expectation: both patron and personal orders are qued (no guild orders cause there are none)
reality: only patron orders are qued

replication; set type to guild & personal
expectation: personal orders are qued
reality: no orders are qued

work order types that functioned as expected [setting (result)];
guild only (empty)
patron only (patron)
guild & patron (patron)

I have since gone through 2 of the treatises, causing the blizzard ui to go back to listing all orders individually. All behaviour has become as expected since then.