Product Updates

Improved Drivers page search coverage and stability, added richer ranking context, and shipped backend cache/auth hardening driven by beta feedback.

• - Drivers search now merges chunked iRacing datasets correctly and uses global lookup fallback when category names are incomplete.
• - Pinned search results now show true overall and per-metric ranks while keeping the full sorted leaderboard visible below.
• - Fixed a stale async response race on Drivers search that could briefly show mismatched broad-result lists.
• - Hardened service auth and Redis cache behavior under load/rate-limit pressure to reduce transient failures.

Launched share-first snapshot links with OG previews, added SEO-friendly compare routes, and wired weekly growth KPI tracking into the status dashboard.

• - Driver pages now support snapshot-specific share links and copy-ready summary text for social posting.
• - Added canonical compare routes at /compare/{id}-vs-{id} with metadata and share CTA support.
• - Introduced FAQ structured data blocks on high-traffic driver/race/compare pages.
• - Status API now includes weekly share-loop KPI metrics and top snapshot breakdowns.

Race results now support multiclass views with Overall + per-class tabs and class-aware race progression visuals.

• - Added multiclass tabs on race result pages so users can switch between Overall and each class instantly.
• - Updated race results to use class-relative starts, finishes, and class-leader intervals in class view.
• - Race Position Chart now re-maps to class-relative positions when a class is selected.
• - Aligned recent/history multiclass parsing by prioritizing in-class start/finish fields when available.

We officially shared the RaceDex beta on Reddit and Discord, and today focused on reliability and scoring tweaks based on live community feedback.

• - Hardened iRating history charts to filter incoherent points that could create false drops for some drivers.
• - Replaced simulated iR calculator logic with a real-data iRating change distribution panel.
• - Improved Track Mastery and Series/Car breakdown iR math to use only reliable per-race deltas.
• - Recalibrated Racing DNA so high-skill, higher-iRating drivers are represented more accurately without flattening distributions.

Improved race recap wording accuracy, added live rate-limit status card, and shipped crawl/index essentials.

• - Race recap now counts prior track outings using full history context when available.
• - Status page now shows iRacing API limit, used, remaining, and reset countdown.
• - Added robots.txt, sitemap.xml, canonical/robots metadata, and site structured data.

Fixed history tab edge cases where some drivers incorrectly showed no race history.

• - Adjusted window fetch logic to avoid stopping too early for sparse older histories.
• - Added fallback refresh behavior for expired token windows during history retrieval.
• - Improved stale-cache handling for zero-history false negatives.

Reduced transient 401/token-expired failures by hardening password-limited service session handling.

• - Refactored service auth flow to prioritize password_limited session lifecycle.
• - Added retry and smoothing for transient auth failures in key routes.
• - Improved behavior for public endpoints under temporary auth instability.

Expanded system status with uptime windows, incident tracking, and service reliability timelines.

• - Added 1h/24h/7d uptime metrics and health timeline charts.
• - Introduced incident summaries with MTTR, longest incident, and affected checks.
• - Added per-service reliability scoring and top-offender visibility.

Launched public beta messaging, system status visibility, and in-app feedback submission.

• - Added beta callouts on homepage to set expectations for early release quality.
• - Shipped a dedicated feedback page so bug reports and feature requests can be sent directly.
• - Rolled out a consistent global footer with quick links to support and feedback.