diff --git a/src/Metadata/Operation.php b/src/Metadata/Operation.php
index d1f56e98da..c6b933563a 100644
--- a/src/Metadata/Operation.php
+++ b/src/Metadata/Operation.php
@@ -794,6 +794,12 @@ public function __construct(
         protected ?bool $serialize = null,
         protected ?bool $fetchPartial = null,
         protected ?bool $forceEager = null,
+        /**
+         * The priority helps with the order of operations when looping over a resource's operations.
+         * It can be usefull when we loop over operations to find a matching IRI, although most of the use cases
+         * should be covered by the HttpOperation::itemUriTemplate or the ApiProperty::uriTemplate functionalities.
+         * Sort is ascendant: a lower priority comes first in the list.
+         */
         protected ?int $priority = null,
         protected ?string $name = null,
         protected $provider = null,
diff --git a/src/Metadata/Resource/Factory/AttributesResourceMetadataCollectionFactory.php b/src/Metadata/Resource/Factory/AttributesResourceMetadataCollectionFactory.php
index acf8beb0eb..cd391d0cb1 100644
--- a/src/Metadata/Resource/Factory/AttributesResourceMetadataCollectionFactory.php
+++ b/src/Metadata/Resource/Factory/AttributesResourceMetadataCollectionFactory.php
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ private function buildResourceOperations(array $attributes, string $resourceClas
             }
 
             [$key, $operation] = $this->getOperationWithDefaults($resources[$index], $operationAttribute);
-            $operation = $operation->withPriority(++$operationPriority);
+            if (null === $operation->getPriority()) {
+                $operation = $operation->withPriority(++$operationPriority);
+            }
             $operations = $resources[$index]->getOperations() ?? new Operations();
             $resources[$index] = $resources[$index]->withOperations($operations->add($key, $operation));
         }
diff --git a/src/Metadata/Tests/OperationsTest.php b/src/Metadata/Tests/OperationsTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74cf8b3e19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Metadata/Tests/OperationsTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the API Platform project.
+ *
+ * (c) Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ApiPlatform\Metadata\Tests;
+
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Get;
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Operations;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+final class OperationsTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testOperationsHaveNameIfNotSet(): void
+    {
+        $operations = new Operations([new Get(name: 'a'), new Get(name: 'b')]);
+
+        foreach ($operations as $name => $operation) {
+            $this->assertEquals($name, $operation->getName());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testOperationAreSorted(): void
+    {
+        $operations = new Operations(['a' => new Get(priority: 0), 'b' => new Get(priority: -1)]);
+        $this->assertEquals(['b', 'a'], array_keys(iterator_to_array($operations)));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/ApiResource/OperationPriorities.php b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/ApiResource/OperationPriorities.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d032e63f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/ApiResource/OperationPriorities.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the API Platform project.
+ *
+ * (c) Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ApiPlatform\Tests\Fixtures\TestBundle\ApiResource;
+
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Get;
+
+#[Get(name: 'a', priority: 1, uriTemplate: 'operation_priority/{id}', provider: [self::class, 'shouldNotBeCalled'])]
+#[Get(name: 'b', priority: -1, uriTemplate: 'operation_priority/{id}', provider: [self::class, 'shouldBeCalled'])]
+class OperationPriorities
+{
+    public int $id = 1;
+
+    public static function shouldBeCalled(): self
+    {
+        return new self();
+    }
+
+    public static function shouldNotBeCalled(): self
+    {
+        throw new \Exception('fail');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Bundle/Test/ApiTestCaseTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Bundle/Test/ApiTestCaseTest.php
index b236a1d03d..86f40e65a3 100644
--- a/tests/Symfony/Bundle/Test/ApiTestCaseTest.php
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Bundle/Test/ApiTestCaseTest.php
@@ -267,6 +267,16 @@ public function testFindIriBy(): void
         $this->assertNull(self::findIriBy($resource, ['name' => 'not-exist']));
     }
 
+    public function testGetPrioritizedOperation(): void
+    {
+        $r = self::createClient()->request('GET', '/operation_priority/1', [
+            'headers' => [
+                'accept' => 'application/ld+json',
+            ],
+        ]);
+        $this->assertResponseIsSuccessful();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @group mercure
      */