I have the same issue. In the past Airtable apps/blocks have failed until I cleared my browser. Now, on Catalina, I can’t run blocks at all in Chrome. Opened Safari (which I don’t use) and apps/blocks worked.
I think we’re all wanting what @Artem_Dzyuba described above. Not grouping on a specific field, which has easy ordering, but grouping on a linked field. Where the only options are alpha. Or some crummy workaround where you put a number in the name to...