BenchmarkDotNet v0.15.3

Highlights

Improvements:

• Naot instruction set support for .NET 10+, migrate to ISA groupings in CPU summary #2828
• Support benchmark filtering for TestAdapter #2662 #2788
• Support non-primitive external types in ArgumentsSource #2820
• Disable MSBuild parallel build via --nodeReuse:false #2693 #2814
• Improve CPU detection #2747 #2749
• Enable assembly signing for debug build #2774

Deprecations:

• Deprecated WithNuget #2812

Bug fixes:

• Fix InvalidOperationException in diagnosers #2758 #2805
• Fix file detection in NativeMemoryProfiler #2794 #2795
• Fix long file paths issue in EtwProfiler #2807 #2808
• Fix log duplications in TestAdapter #2790
• Fix x86 disassembler error for net462 #2792
• Fix IsNetCore and IsNativeAOT for single-file apps without AOT #2799
• Fix density plot generation in RPlotExporter for latest version of R #2809

Milestone details

In the v0.15.3 scope, 6 issues were resolved and 20 pull requests were merged. This release includes 23 commits by 9 contributors.

Resolved issues (6)

• #2662 Unable to filter benchmarks with TestAdapter
• #2693 Feature: Add extensibility to the DotnetCliCommand (assignee: @timcassell)
• #2747 "Unknown processor" on Windows (assignee: @alastairlundy)
• #2758 [Bug] InvalidOperationException thrown on some conditions when using BenchmarkDotNetDiagnosers (assignee: @filzrev)
• #2794 NativeMemoryProfiler no longer works as of 0.15 (assignee: @mriehm)
• #2807 EtwProfiler traces fail to merge if path approaches 260 chars (assignee: @mriehm)

Merged pull requests (20)

• #2749 Fix "Unknown Processor" on Windows if WMIC is not present (by @alastairlundy)
• #2774 chore: Enable assembly signing for debug build (by @filzrev)
• #2788 feat: Add filter support for TestAdapter (by @filzrev)
• #2790 fix: Console logs are outputted twice when using TestAdapter (by @filzrev)
• #2792 chore: Fix x86 disassembler error for net462 (by @filzrev)
• #2795 Lowercase programName in NativeMemoryLogParser.cs (by @mriehm)
• #2796 chore: Replace StyleCop.Analyzer library to unstable version (by @filzrev)
• #2797 chore: Add GitHub Actions workflow that run selected tests (by @filzrev)
• #2799 Fix IsNetCore and IsNativeAOT for single-file apps without AOT (by @timcassell)
• #2802 Fix comment in package props about GenerateProgramFile (by @Youssef1313)
• #2805 deps: Update BenchmarkDotNetDiagnosers package version (by @filzrev)
• #2808 Fix EtwProfiler for file paths slightly under 260 chars (by @mriehm)
• #2809 Fix density plot error by using correct bandwidth string in BuildPlots.R (by @AtomChen0425)
• #2812 Deprecate WithNuget (by @timcassell)
• #2813 chore: Fix flaky AllocationQuantumIsNotAnIssueForNetCore21Plus tests on macos (by @filzrev)
• #2814 Use --nodeReuse:false (by @timcassell)
• #2816 chore: Ensure EventProcessor::OnEndValidationStage is called when critical validation error contained (by @filzrev)
• #2817 chore: Suppress XmlException thrown internally on AppConfigGenerator::Generate method (by @filzrev)
• #2820 Fix ArgumentsSource on external types not working if the argument type is not primitive (by @JimmyCushnie)
• #2828 Update the naot instruction set support for .NET 10+ (by @tannergooding)

Commits (23)

• ffce52 Set next BenchmarkDotNet version: 0.15.3 (by @AndreyAkinshin)
• 7d4210 Fix "Unknown Processor" on Windows if WMIC is not present (#2749) (by @alastairlundy)
• f8390f chore: enable assembly signing for debug build (#2774) (by @filzrev)
• 799ecf fix: Console logs are outputted twice when using TestAdapter (#2790) (by @filzrev)
• b6de72 Lowercase programName in NativeMemoryLogParser.cs (#2795) (by @mriehm)
• aeedf3 chore: fix x86 disassembler error for net462 (#2792) (by @filzrev)
• da43e0 chore: Replace StyleCop.Analyzer library to unstable version (#2796) (by @filzrev)
• ab703a chore: add workflow to run selected tests (#2797) (by @filzrev)
• 4f646d Fix IsNetCore and IsNativeAOT for single-file apps without AOT (#2799) (by @timcassell)
• d990f1 Fix comment in package props about GenerateProgramFile (#2802) (by @Youssef1313)
• a15782 Fix workload warmup mode. (by @timcassell)
• 604ff5 deps: update BenchmarkDotNetDiagnosers package version (#2805) (by @filzrev)
• 197d8e Split TimeConsumingBenchmark class to reduce test time. (by @timcassell)
• 81a4e5 Fix EtwProfiler for file paths slightly under 260 chars (#2808) (by @mriehm)
• 8b6278 feat: add vstestadapter filter support (#2788) (by @filzrev)
• 725097 chore: fix flaky memorydiagnoser tests on macos (#2813) (by @filzrev)
• a9cd78 Deprecate WithNuget (#2812) (by @timcassell)
• daa233 Use --nodeReuse:false. (#2814) (by @timcassell)
• e2d30d chore: ensure EventProcessor::OnEndValidationStage is called when critical va... (by @filzrev)
• e7cf8b chore: suppress XmlException thrown when TextReader.Null passed (#2817) (by @filzrev)
• e704ad Fix ArgumentsSource on external types not working if the argument type is not... (by @JimmyCushnie)
• 0806c6 Update the naot instruction set support for .NET 10+ (#2828) (by @tannergooding)
• 96620b Fix typo in BuildPlots.R (by @AtomChen0425)

Contributors (9)

• Alastair Lundy (@alastairlundy)
• Andrey Akinshin (@AndreyAkinshin)
• filzrev (@filzrev)
• Jimmy Cushnie (@JimmyCushnie)
• Mark Riehm (@mriehm)
• Tanner Gooding (@tannergooding)
• Tim Cassell (@timcassell)
• Youssef Victor (@Youssef1313)
• Yuhang Chen (@AtomChen0425)

Thank you very much!

Additional details

Date: September 17, 2025

Milestone: v0.15.3 (List of commits)

NuGet Packages:

• https://www.nuget.org/packages/BenchmarkDotNet/0.15.3
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/BenchmarkDotNet.Annotations/0.15.3
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/BenchmarkDotNet.Diagnostics.dotMemory/0.15.3
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/BenchmarkDotNet.Diagnostics.dotTrace/0.15.3
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/BenchmarkDotNet.Diagnostics.Windows/0.15.3
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/BenchmarkDotNet.Exporters.Plotting/0.15.3
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/BenchmarkDotNet.Templates/0.15.3
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/BenchmarkDotNet.TestAdapter/0.15.3