diff --git a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/RunDashboardGroupingRule.java b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/RunDashboardGroupingRule.java
index 6c1726ff8406..163d5ca983b3 100644
--- a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/RunDashboardGroupingRule.java
+++ b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/RunDashboardGroupingRule.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public interface RunDashboardGroupingRule extends TreeAction {
     return res != 0 ? res : (o1.getName().compareTo(o2.getName()));
   };
 
+  Comparator<RunDashboardGroup> GROUP_NAME_COMPARATOR = Comparator.comparing(RunDashboardGroup::getName);
+
   /**
    * Grouping rules are ordered and applied to dashboard nodes according to their priority.
    * The higher the priority, the higher groups produced by this rule are presented in the dashboard tree.
@@ -60,6 +62,10 @@ public interface RunDashboardGroupingRule extends TreeAction {
   @Nullable
   RunDashboardGroup getGroup(AbstractTreeNode<?> node);
 
+  default Comparator<RunDashboardGroup> getGroupComparator() {
+    return GROUP_NAME_COMPARATOR;
+  }
+
   interface Priorities {
     int BY_RUN_CONFIG = 200;
     int BY_FOLDER = 400;
diff --git a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus.java b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus.java
index d0388b7b7019..1fc56349a63b 100644
--- a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus.java
+++ b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus.java
@@ -27,20 +27,22 @@ import javax.swing.*;
  */
 public class RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus {
   public static final RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus STARTED = new RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus(
-    ExecutionBundle.message("run.dashboard.started.group.name"), AllIcons.Actions.Execute);
+    ExecutionBundle.message("run.dashboard.started.group.name"), AllIcons.Actions.Execute, 10);
   public static final RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus FAILED = new RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus(
-    ExecutionBundle.message("run.dashboard.failed.group.name"), AllIcons.General.Error);
+    ExecutionBundle.message("run.dashboard.failed.group.name"), AllIcons.General.Error, 20);
   public static final RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus STOPPED = new RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus(
-    ExecutionBundle.message("run.dashboard.stopped.group.name"), AllIcons.Actions.Restart);
+    ExecutionBundle.message("run.dashboard.stopped.group.name"), AllIcons.Actions.Restart, 30);
   public static final RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus CONFIGURED = new RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus(
-    ExecutionBundle.message("run.dashboard.configured.group.name"), AllIcons.General.Settings);
+    ExecutionBundle.message("run.dashboard.configured.group.name"), AllIcons.General.Settings, 40);
 
   private final String myName;
   private final Icon myIcon;
+  private final int myPriority;
 
-  public RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus(String name, Icon icon) {
+  public RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus(String name, Icon icon, int priority) {
     myName = name;
     myIcon = icon;
+    myPriority = priority;
   }
 
   public String getName() {
@@ -51,6 +53,10 @@ public class RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus {
     return myIcon;
   }
 
+  public int getPriority() {
+    return myPriority;
+  }
+
   public static RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus getStatus(RunDashboardRunConfigurationNode node) {
     RunContentDescriptor descriptor = node.getDescriptor();
     if (descriptor == null) {
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/tree/RunDashboardGroupImpl.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/tree/RunDashboardGroupImpl.java
index b3e2c8eff4c1..ee612d6dc873 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/tree/RunDashboardGroupImpl.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/tree/RunDashboardGroupImpl.java
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ public class RunDashboardGroupImpl<T> implements RunDashboardGroup {
     myIcon = icon;
   }
 
+  public T getValue() {
+    return myValue;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String getName() {
     return myName;
@@ -50,6 +54,9 @@ public class RunDashboardGroupImpl<T> implements RunDashboardGroup {
 
   @Override
   public final boolean equals(Object obj) {
+    if (this == obj) {
+      return true;
+    }
     if (obj instanceof RunDashboardGroupImpl) {
       return myValue.equals(((RunDashboardGroupImpl)obj).myValue);
     }
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/tree/RunDashboardTreeStructure.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/tree/RunDashboardTreeStructure.java
index 1f9cf5267ef2..5e9efb27ff88 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/tree/RunDashboardTreeStructure.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/tree/RunDashboardTreeStructure.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class RunDashboardTreeStructure extends AbstractTreeStructureBase {
       });
     }
     else {
-      Collections.sort(result, Comparator.comparing(node -> ((GroupingNode)node).getGroup().getName()));
+      Collections.sort(result, Comparator.comparing(node -> ((GroupingNode)node).getGroup(), rule.getGroupComparator()));
       result.addAll(ungroupedNodes);
     }
     return result;
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/tree/StatusDashboardGroupingRule.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/tree/StatusDashboardGroupingRule.java
index 3b7c8d737eaa..eb76f8b0ef30 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/tree/StatusDashboardGroupingRule.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/dashboard/tree/StatusDashboardGroupingRule.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
 /**
  * @author konstantin.aleev
  */
@@ -72,4 +74,10 @@ public class StatusDashboardGroupingRule implements RunDashboardGroupingRule {
     }
     return null;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public Comparator<RunDashboardGroup> getGroupComparator() {
+    //noinspection unchecked
+    return Comparator.comparing(group -> ((RunDashboardGroupImpl<RunDashboardRunConfigurationStatus>)group).getValue().getPriority());
+  }
 }