diff --git a/letta/server/rest_api/routers/v1/identities.py b/letta/server/rest_api/routers/v1/identities.py
index eb2d937f..e900d8f2 100644
--- a/letta/server/rest_api/routers/v1/identities.py
+++ b/letta/server/rest_api/routers/v1/identities.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Literal, Optional
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Body, Depends, Header, HTTPException, Query
 
@@ -18,9 +18,19 @@ async def list_identities(
     project_id: Optional[str] = Query(None),
     identifier_key: Optional[str] = Query(None),
     identity_type: Optional[IdentityType] = Query(None),
-    before: Optional[str] = Query(None),
-    after: Optional[str] = Query(None),
-    limit: Optional[int] = Query(50),
+    before: Optional[str] = Query(
+        None,
+        description="Identity ID cursor for pagination. Returns identities that come before this identity ID in the specified sort order",
+    ),
+    after: Optional[str] = Query(
+        None,
+        description="Identity ID cursor for pagination. Returns identities that come after this identity ID in the specified sort order",
+    ),
+    limit: Optional[int] = Query(50, description="Maximum number of identities to return"),
+    order: Literal["asc", "desc"] = Query(
+        "desc", description="Sort order for identities by creation time. 'asc' for oldest first, 'desc' for newest first"
+    ),
+    order_by: Literal["created_at"] = Query("created_at", description="Field to sort by"),
     server: "SyncServer" = Depends(get_letta_server),
     actor_id: Optional[str] = Header(None, alias="user_id"),  # Extract user_id from header, default to None if not present
 ):
@@ -38,6 +48,7 @@ async def list_identities(
             before=before,
             after=after,
             limit=limit,
+            ascending=(order == "asc"),
             actor=actor,
         )
     except HTTPException:
diff --git a/letta/services/identity_manager.py b/letta/services/identity_manager.py
index f93c61bb..b2179b10 100644
--- a/letta/services/identity_manager.py
+++ b/letta/services/identity_manager.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class IdentityManager:
         before: Optional[str] = None,
         after: Optional[str] = None,
         limit: Optional[int] = 50,
+        ascending: bool = False,
         actor: PydanticUser = None,
     ) -> list[PydanticIdentity]:
         async with db_registry.async_session() as session:
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ class IdentityManager:
                 before=before,
                 after=after,
                 limit=limit,
+                ascending=ascending,
                 **filters,
             )
             return [identity.to_pydantic() for identity in identities]