Describe the Bug

I've noticed the join table state does not reflect a default sort. The data is sorted correctly, but the sort columns do not show any active sorting.

For me, this is mainly a problem when setting orderable: true for the join field. I cannot re-order the rows until I click to toggle the draggable sort header. However, even explicitly setting defaultSort on the join field doesn't work, either.

This works fine for a regular collection. I think the issue stems from the <ListQueryProvider /> only setting the default state when the modifySearchParams prop is true:

const [currentQuery, setCurrentQuery] = useState<ListQuery>(() => {
  if (modifySearchParams) {
    return searchParams
  } else {
    return {}
  }
})

Link to the code that reproduces this issue

https://github.com/coreyleelarson/payload

Reproduction Steps

• Run pnpm dev sort
• Navigate to the "Orderable Joins" collection
• Navigate to the "Join A" resource
• Observe there is no default sort on the join tables
• Try to reorder one of the join tables
• Observe the error message

Which area(s) are affected? (Select all that apply)

area: ui

Environment Info

Binaries:
  Node: 22.14.0
  npm: 11.2.0
  Yarn: N/A
  pnpm: 10.7.1
Relevant Packages:
  payload: 3.33.0
  next: 15.3.0
  @payloadcms/db-mongodb: 3.33.0
  @payloadcms/email-nodemailer: 3.33.0
  @payloadcms/graphql: 3.33.0
  @payloadcms/next/utilities: 3.33.0
  @payloadcms/payload-cloud: 3.33.0
  @payloadcms/richtext-lexical: 3.33.0
  @payloadcms/translations: 3.33.0
  @payloadcms/ui/shared: 3.33.0
  react: 19.1.0
  react-dom: 19.1.0
Operating System:
  Platform: darwin
  Arch: arm64
  Version: Darwin Kernel Version 24.3.0: Thu Jan  2 20:24:06 PST 2025; root:xnu-11215.81.4~3/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103
  Available memory (MB): 8192
  Available CPU cores: 8