diff --git a/static/app/views/issueList/overview.spec.tsx b/static/app/views/issueList/overview.spec.tsx
index e29641529cbff9..79175b0f2d7171 100644
--- a/static/app/views/issueList/overview.spec.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/issueList/overview.spec.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ import {TagStore} from 'sentry/stores/tagStore';
 import {localStorageWrapper} from 'sentry/utils/localStorage';
 import * as parseLinkHeaderModule from 'sentry/utils/parseLinkHeader';
 import IssueListOverview from 'sentry/views/issueList/overview';
-import {DEFAULT_QUERY} from 'sentry/views/issueList/utils';
+import {
+  DEFAULT_QUERY,
+  getStoredIssueSort,
+  IssueSortOptions,
+} from 'sentry/views/issueList/utils';
 
 const DEFAULT_LINKS_HEADER =
   '<http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/0/organizations/org-slug/issues/?cursor=1443575731:0:1>; rel="previous"; results="false"; cursor="1443575731:0:1", ' +
@@ -350,6 +354,32 @@ describe('IssueList', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('sort persistence', () => {
+    it('does not persist sort to localStorage without the recommended-sort feature', async () => {
+      render(<IssueListOverview />, {organization, initialRouterConfig});
+
+      await userEvent.click(await screen.findByRole('button', {name: 'Last Seen'}));
+      await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('option', {name: 'Events'}));
+
+      // Writing while the feature is off would leave a stale value that overrides
+      // the Recommended default once the flag is enabled.
+      expect(getStoredIssueSort(organization.slug)).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('persists sort to localStorage with the recommended-sort feature', async () => {
+      const featureOrg = OrganizationFixture({
+        ...organization,
+        features: ['issue-stream-recommended-sort'],
+      });
+      render(<IssueListOverview />, {organization: featureOrg, initialRouterConfig});
+
+      await userEvent.click(await screen.findByRole('button', {name: 'Recommended'}));
+      await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('option', {name: 'Events'}));
+
+      expect(getStoredIssueSort(featureOrg.slug)).toBe(IssueSortOptions.FREQ);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('transitionTo', () => {
     it('pushes to history when query is updated', async () => {
       MockApiClient.addMockResponse({
diff --git a/static/app/views/issueList/overview.tsx b/static/app/views/issueList/overview.tsx
index 3a54176b1011f1..6d4f4816bd19e7 100644
--- a/static/app/views/issueList/overview.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/issueList/overview.tsx
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_ISSUE_STREAM_SORT,
   DEFAULT_QUERY,
   FOR_REVIEW_QUERIES,
+  getStoredIssueSort,
+  setStoredIssueSort,
   isForReviewQuery,
   IssueSortOptions,
   Query,
@@ -213,10 +215,13 @@ function IssueListOverviewInner({
   const query = defined(location.query.query)
     ? (decodeScalar(location.query.query) ?? '')
     : initialQuery;
-  const sort = decodeScalar(
-    location.query.sort,
-    DEFAULT_ISSUE_STREAM_SORT
-  ) as IssueSortOptions;
+  const hasRecommendedSort = organization.features.includes(
+    'issue-stream-recommended-sort'
+  );
+  const defaultSort = hasRecommendedSort
+    ? (getStoredIssueSort(organization.slug) ?? IssueSortOptions.RECOMMENDED)
+    : DEFAULT_ISSUE_STREAM_SORT;
+  const sort = decodeScalar(location.query.sort, defaultSort) as IssueSortOptions;
 
   const getGroupStatsPeriod = useCallback((): string => {
     const currentPeriod = decodeScalar(
@@ -248,7 +253,7 @@ function IssueListOverviewInner({
       params.start = getUtcDateString(params.start);
     }
 
-    if (sort !== DEFAULT_ISSUE_STREAM_SORT) {
+    if (sort !== IssueSortOptions.DATE) {
       params.sort = sort;
     }
 
@@ -690,6 +695,9 @@ function IssueListOverviewInner({
       organization,
       sort: newSort,
     });
+    if (hasRecommendedSort) {
+      setStoredIssueSort(organization.slug, newSort as IssueSortOptions);
+    }
     transitionTo({sort: newSort});
   };
 
diff --git a/static/app/views/issueList/utils.tsx b/static/app/views/issueList/utils.tsx
index f06d0dc67f2bc0..eb8ba44dab7e14 100644
--- a/static/app/views/issueList/utils.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/issueList/utils.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {t} from 'sentry/locale';
 import type {Event} from 'sentry/types/event';
 import type {Group} from 'sentry/types/group';
 import type {Organization} from 'sentry/types/organization';
+import {localStorageWrapper} from 'sentry/utils/localStorage';
 
 export const DEFAULT_QUERY = 'is:unresolved issue.priority:[high, medium]';
 
@@ -85,6 +86,24 @@ export const FOR_REVIEW_QUERIES: string[] = [Query.FOR_REVIEW];
 export const SAVED_SEARCHES_SIDEBAR_OPEN_LOCALSTORAGE_KEY =
   'issue-stream-saved-searches-sidebar-open';
 
+const ISSUE_STREAM_SORT_LOCALSTORAGE_KEY = 'issue-stream-sort';
+
+function makeSortStorageKey(orgSlug: string): string {
+  return `${ISSUE_STREAM_SORT_LOCALSTORAGE_KEY}:${orgSlug}`;
+}
+
+export function getStoredIssueSort(orgSlug: string): IssueSortOptions | null {
+  const value = localStorageWrapper.getItem(makeSortStorageKey(orgSlug));
+  if (value && Object.values(IssueSortOptions).includes(value as IssueSortOptions)) {
+    return value as IssueSortOptions;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+export function setStoredIssueSort(orgSlug: string, sort: IssueSortOptions): void {
+  localStorageWrapper.setItem(makeSortStorageKey(orgSlug), sort);
+}
+
 export function createIssueLink({
   organization,
   data,