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BUG: DataFrame.stack sorting index values in rare cases #53824

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labels = list("zyx")
data = [14, 15, 12, 13, 10, 11]
ordered = False
cidx = pd.CategoricalIndex(labels, categories=sorted(labels), ordered=ordered)
cidx2 = pd.CategoricalIndex(["u", "v"], ordered=ordered)
midx = MultiIndex.from_product([cidx, cidx2])
df = DataFrame([sorted(data)], columns=midx)

print(df)
#     z       y       x    
#     u   v   u   v   u   v
# 0  10  11  12  13  14  15

print(df.stack([0, 1]))
# 0  x  u    14
#       v    15
#    y  u    12
#       v    13
#    z  u    10
#       v    11
# dtype: int64

The stacked result should maintain the order z y x.

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