diff --git a/eessi_bot_event_handler.py b/eessi_bot_event_handler.py
index 7cd45a57..66cb6977 100644
--- a/eessi_bot_event_handler.py
+++ b/eessi_bot_event_handler.py
@@ -592,6 +592,55 @@ def handle_bot_command_status(self, event_info, bot_command):
         pr_number = event_info['raw_request_body']['issue']['number']
         status_table = request_bot_build_issue_comments(repo_name, pr_number)
 
+        if 'last_build' in bot_command.general_args:
+            # If the bot command is something like 'bot:status =last_build', then only retain the last build for each
+            # architecture in the status_table
+            # To do this, we first insert a timestamp to facilitate sorting by time
+            # Then, we obtain sorting indices that first sort by architecture, then by build time
+            # Then, we reverse the sorting, so that the last build (highest timestamp) for each archictecture occurs
+            # first.
+            # Finally, we copy the table, but each time we encounter an entry for an architecture that we've already
+            # copied, we ignore it, since - as a result of the sorting - the second entry is always older than the
+            # first
+            dates = status_table['date']
+            timestamps = []
+            for date in dates:
+                date_object = datetime.strptime(date, "%b %d %X %Z %Y")
+                timestamps.append(int(date_object.timestamp()))
+            status_table['timestamp'] = timestamps
+
+            # Figure out the sorting indices, so that things are sorted first by the 'for arch', and then by 'date'
+            sorted_indices = sorted(
+                range(len(status_table['for arch'])),
+                key=lambda x: (status_table['for arch'][x], status_table['timestamp'][x])
+            )
+            # Reverse, so that the newest builds are first
+            sorted_indices.reverse()
+            # Apply the sorted indices to get a sorted table
+            sorted_table = {key: [status_table[key][i] for i in sorted_indices] for key in status_table}
+            self.log(f"Sorted status table: {sorted_table}")
+
+            # Keep only the first entry for each 'for arch', as that is now the newest
+            status_table_last = {
+                'on arch': [], 'for arch': [], 'for repo': [], 'date': [], 'status': [], 'url': [], 'result': []
+            }
+            for x in range(0, len(sorted_table['date'])):
+                if sorted_table['for arch'][x] not in status_table_last['for arch']:
+                    self.log(f"arch: {sorted_table['for arch'][x]} not yet in status_table_last")
+                    for key in status_table_last:
+                        self.log(f"Adding to '{key}' and the value {sorted_table[key][x]}")
+                        status_table_last[key].append(sorted_table[key][x])
+
+            # Re-sort, now only on 'for arch', for nicer viewing
+            sorted_indices = sorted(
+                range(len(status_table_last['for arch'])),
+                key=lambda x: status_table_last['for arch'][x]
+            )
+            sorted_table_last = {key: [status_table_last[key][i] for i in sorted_indices] for key in status_table_last}
+
+            # overwrite the original status_table
+            status_table = sorted_table_last
+
         comment_status = ''
         comment_status += "\nThis is the status of all the `bot: build` commands:"
         comment_status += "\n|on|for|repo|result|date|status|url|"
diff --git a/tools/commands.py b/tools/commands.py
index fe45d079..bd80e339 100644
--- a/tools/commands.py
+++ b/tools/commands.py
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ def __init__(self, cmd_str):
         # TODO add function name to log messages
         cmd_as_list = cmd_str.split()
         self.command = cmd_as_list[0]  # E.g. 'build' or 'help'
+        self.general_args = []
+        self.action_filters = None
         self.build_params = None
 
         # TODO always init self.action_filters with empty EESSIBotActionFilter?
@@ -110,9 +112,14 @@ def __init__(self, cmd_str):
                     # according to the expected argument format for 'for:'
                     self.build_params = EESSIBotBuildParams(build_params)
                 else:
-                    # Anything that is not 'on:' or 'for:' should just be passed on as normal
-                    # No further parsing of the value is needed
-                    other_filter_args.extend([arg])
+                    # Anything that is not 'on:' or 'for:'
+                    # Check if it's a filter argument, if so, pass it on to other_filter_args witout further parsing
+                    # If it's not a filter argument, it is a general argument - just store it so any other function
+                    # can read it
+                    if ':' in arg:
+                        other_filter_args.extend([arg])
+                    else:
+                        self.general_args.append(arg)
 
             # If no 'on:' is found in the argument list, everything that follows the 'for:' argument
             # (until the next space) is considered the argument list for the action filters
@@ -140,6 +147,7 @@ def __init__(self, cmd_str):
             # so no special parsing needed there
             log(f"Extracted filter arguments related to hardware target: {normalized_filters}")
             log(f"Other extracted filter arguments: {other_filter_args}")
+            log(f"Other general arguments: {self.general_args}")
             normalized_filters += other_filter_args
 
             # Finally, change into a space-separated string, as expected by EESSIBotActionFilter
@@ -170,5 +178,8 @@ def to_string(self):
         Returns:
             string: the string representation created by the method
         """
-        action_filters_str = self.action_filters.to_string()
-        return f"{' '.join([self.command, action_filters_str]).rstrip()}"
+        if self.action_filters is None:
+            return ""
+        else:
+            action_filters_str = self.action_filters.to_string()
+            return f"{' '.join([self.command, action_filters_str]).rstrip()}"