diff --git a/src/handlers/instance/public.go b/src/handlers/instance/public.go
index c16ff56..5956b5f 100644
--- a/src/handlers/instance/public.go
+++ b/src/handlers/instance/public.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ package instance
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
 
 	"git.dcntrlized.org/Dcntrlized/Maestro/lib/env"
 	"git.dcntrlized.org/Dcntrlized/Maestro/lib/federation"
@@ -103,7 +105,8 @@ func buildIdentity(dataRoot string) InstanceIdentity {
 
 // publicServices filters hidden infrastructure (role-labeled containers such
 // as dcntrlized-db / dcntrlized-auth and anything flagged hidden) down to the
-// public field set.
+// public field set. The result is sorted case-insensitively by service name:
+// the cache is a map, so an unsorted profile would reshuffle on every poll.
 func publicServices(all []types.Container) []PublicService {
 	public := make([]PublicService, 0, len(all))
 	for _, c := range all {
@@ -125,5 +128,8 @@ func publicServices(all []types.Container) []PublicService {
 			Image:        c.Image,
 		})
 	}
+	sort.Slice(public, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return strings.ToLower(public[i].ServiceName) < strings.ToLower(public[j].ServiceName)
+	})
 	return public
 }
diff --git a/src/handlers/instance/public_test.go b/src/handlers/instance/public_test.go
index 3378ae8..abc688f 100644
--- a/src/handlers/instance/public_test.go
+++ b/src/handlers/instance/public_test.go
@@ -61,6 +61,26 @@ func serve(t *testing.T, dataRoot string, services []types.Container) map[string
 	return body
 }
 
+func TestPublicServicesSortedCaseInsensitive(t *testing.T) {
+	// The cache is a Go map, so input order is random per call; the profile
+	// must still be stable across polls.
+	all := []types.Container{
+		{ID: "1", ServiceName: "calendar", Status: "running"},
+		{ID: "2", ServiceName: "Blog", Status: "running"},
+		{ID: "3", ServiceName: "auth-proxy", Status: "running"},
+	}
+	got := publicServices(all)
+	want := []string{"auth-proxy", "Blog", "calendar"}
+	if len(got) != len(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("len = %d, want %d", len(got), len(want))
+	}
+	for i := range want {
+		if got[i].ServiceName != want[i] {
+			t.Fatalf("order[%d] = %q, want %q (full: %v)", i, got[i].ServiceName, want[i], got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPublicProfileFiltersHiddenInfra(t *testing.T) {
 	dataRoot := t.TempDir()
 	body := serve(t, dataRoot, testServices())