This sprint was all about making Cherry Trader faster, more stable, and better equipped to handle growth. We overhauled our search infrastructure, added video to listings, onboarded new dealer integrations, and squashed a pile of bugs across every platform. Here's the full rundown.

🎬 Video Uploads on Listings — Show, Don't Just Tell

New

You can now upload video directly to your listings. Walk-arounds, engine starts, interior tours — whatever helps a buyer trust what they're looking at. Video appears right inside the media gallery alongside your photos, so everything lives in one place.

This was a big cross-team effort. We built out full backend validation (format, file size, duration), updated storage handling, and made sure the experience works the same on Web and Mobile. No more linking out to YouTube or texting a video separately — it's all right there on the listing.

🔍 Advanced Filters — Search That Actually Keeps Up With You

New Improved

We did a major overhaul of our search infrastructure under the hood, and you'll feel the difference immediately.

Listings Hub and My Inventory now both support advanced filtering — powered by a rebuilt ElasticSearch layer. What does that mean for you? Filtering by VIN, status, ownership, and other criteria is faster, more accurate, and doesn't lose your selections when you navigate around. If you manage a large inventory, this is night and day. Previously, searching through hundreds of units felt sluggish and filters could behave inconsistently. Now the queries are optimized, indexing is smarter, and filter states actually stick.

⚡ Faster Category Pages — Better for You, Better for Google

Improved

Subcategory pages load noticeably faster now. We cut unnecessary API calls during navigation, optimized frontend rendering, and reduced the layout shift you'd sometimes see when switching between categories. Pages feel snappier, and our Google PageSpeed and Lighthouse scores improved — which means Cherry Trader listings are more likely to show up when someone searches for equipment online. Good for SEO, good for sellers.

🏗️ Platform Stability — The Stuff You Don't See (But Definitely Feel)

Improved

We made a major backend stability upgrade this sprint. Our services used to be tightly coupled — meaning if one thing went down, it could take other things with it. We've decoupled services, introduced shared middleware via Redis, refactored how our systems talk to each other, and improved fault isolation. The result: fewer cascading failures, better behaviour during traffic spikes, and more stable background job processing.

We also standardized logging and configuration handling across services, which helps us catch and fix issues faster when they do come up. You probably won't notice this directly — but you'll notice fewer random errors and smoother performance across the board.

🖥️ iFrame & Dealer Embed Fixes

Fixed

For dealers using Cherry Trader embeds on their own websites: we fixed multiple issues with iFrame integrations. Form submissions, validation handling, error rendering, and data passing between the iFrame and platform are all more reliable now. If you had embed hiccups before, they should be resolved.

📱 Mobile — Stability Across the Board

Fixed

iOS and Android both got significant stability passes this sprint.

iOS — Fixed an issue where listings couldn't be opened from dealer pages (yes, again — this time we dug deeper into the navigation stack). Improved error handling on API failures, media loading, session persistence, and crash stability on spotty connections. When you're browsing inventory from a truck stop with one bar of signal, the app holds up better now.

Android — Fixed navigation bugs, listing open failures in edge cases, and search field reset behaviour. Improved RecyclerView performance in the listings scroll (less jank, smoother scrolling through long lists), better filter state retention, smarter API timeout handling, and improved memory management in the listing gallery.

🚛 Business & Listing Operations

Improved Fixed

• VIN validation logic improved — fewer false rejections when entering equipment details.

• Better sync between Listings and Inventory — edits stay in sync without manual refreshes.

• Fixed edge cases in listing creation — particularly around unit numbers and multiple listings under one business account.

• Admin listing management stabilized — moderation and support workflows are smoother for the Cherry team.

🔌 New Dealer Integrations

New

Three new integrations ongoing and live this sprint:

• Advantage Dealer — vAuto FTP inventory feed

• Truck Depot — Listings to Draft integration

• Flag City — Listings to Draft integration

• Nation Wide Haul — FTP file integration update

• Legacy Trailers — Updating integration with actual trailer models

We also improved FTP file processing reliability, error handling for external feeds, and data validation during import across all integrations. If you're a dealer pushing inventory through a feed, it's more robust now.

That's Sprint 27. A lot of this work was foundational — the kind of infrastructure investment that makes everything else we build on top faster and more reliable. Combined with video on listings and overhauled search, this is a big step forward. More coming soon. 🍒