@@ -240,6 +240,15 @@ describe("divergenceKey event payload", () => {
 	it("is the same for a repeated identical event", () => {
 		expect(divergenceKey(rejectedAsk(1))).toBe(divergenceKey(rejectedAsk(1)))
 	})
+
+	it("is the same when the event properties are built in a different order", () => {
+		const reordered = {
+			...rejectedAsk(1),
+			event: { ask: { askTs: 1, tag: "approval" }, tag: "askStarted" } as const,
+		}
+
+		expect(divergenceKey(reordered)).toBe(divergenceKey(rejectedAsk(1)))
+	})
 })
 
 describe("isDivergenceCheckEnabled", () => {
@@ -305,6 +314,15 @@ describe("reportDivergence", () => {
 		})
 	})
 
+	it("still logs when telemetry is not created", () => {
+		vi.spyOn(TelemetryService, "hasInstance").mockReturnValue(false)
+
+		reportDivergence("task-1", mismatch)
+
+		expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+		expect(captureEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+	})
+
 	it("counts a tagged divergence on the known-race metric with its race ID", () => {
 		reportDivergence("task-1", { ...mismatch, raceId: "R-3" })
 
 
@@ -35,8 +35,13 @@ export function isDivergenceCheckEnabled(releaseChannel: string, extensionMode:
 	)
 }
 
+const sortKeys = (_key: string, value: unknown): unknown =>
+	value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
+		? Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(value).sort(([a], [b]) => (a < b ? -1 : 1)))
+		: value
+
 export const divergenceKey = (d: Divergence): string =>
-	`${d.kind}:${JSON.stringify(d.event)}:${d.mismatched.join(",")}:${d.state.phase}:${d.state.latches.abort}`
+	`${d.kind}:${JSON.stringify(d.event, sortKeys)}:${d.mismatched.join(",")}:${d.state.phase}:${d.state.latches.abort}`
 
 export function findDivergences(input: {
 	event: RunEvent
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -35,8 +35,13 @@ export function isDivergenceCheckEnabled(releaseChannel: string, extensionMode:`
`35`	`35`	`)`
`36`	`36`	`}`
`37`	`37`
	`38`	`+const sortKeys = (_key: string, value: unknown): unknown =>`
	`39`	`+ value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)`
	`40`	`+ ? Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(value).sort(([a], [b]) => (a < b ? -1 : 1)))`
	`41`	`+ : value`
	`42`	`+`
`38`	`43`	`export const divergenceKey = (d: Divergence): string =>`
`39`		- `${d.kind}:${JSON.stringify(d.event)}:${d.mismatched.join(",")}:${d.state.phase}:${d.state.latches.abort}`
	`44`	+ `${d.kind}:${JSON.stringify(d.event, sortKeys)}:${d.mismatched.join(",")}:${d.state.phase}:${d.state.latches.abort}`
`40`	`45`
`41`	`46`	`export function findDivergences(input: {`
`42`	`47`	`event: RunEvent`