Projects/ BenchmarkDotNet/v0.15.3 (Sep 17, 2025)

This release brings .NET 10 NativeAOT instruction set support, improved CPU detection on Windows when WMIC is unavailable, test adapter filtering, and numerous bug fixes.

Breaking Changes

• Deprecated .WithNuget() job extension in favor of .WithMsBuildArguments() (#2812)

Features

• Add VS Test Adapter filter support for running specific benchmarks (#2788)
• Update NativeAOT instruction set support for .NET 10+ (#2828)

Improvements

• Add PowerShell-based CPU detection fallback for Windows when WMIC is unavailable (#2749)
• Improve IsNetCore and IsNativeAOT detection for single-file apps without AOT (#2799)
• Use --nodeReuse:false for dotnet CLI commands to improve build isolation (#2814)
• Enable assembly signing for debug builds (#2774)

Bug Fixes

• Fix ArgumentsSource on external types not working if the argument type is not primitive (#2820)
• Fix workload warmup mode not working correctly
• Fix EtwProfiler for file paths slightly under 260 characters (#2808)
• Fix console logs being output twice when using TestAdapter (#2790)
• Fix EventProcessor.OnEndValidationStage not being called when critical validation errors occur (#2816)
• Fix XmlException thrown when TextReader.Null is passed to AppConfigGenerator (#2817)
• Fix case sensitivity issue in NativeMemoryLogParser program name matching (#2795)
• Fix typo in BuildPlots.R

Internal

• Replace StyleCop.Analyzers with unstable version for improved analysis (#2796)
• Add workflow to run selected tests (#2797)
• Fix flaky MemoryDiagnoser tests on macOS (#2813)
• Fix x86 disassembler tests for net462 (#2792)
• Split TimeConsumingBenchmark class to reduce test time
• Update BenchmarkDotNetDiagnosers package version (#2805)
• Fix comment in package props about GenerateProgramFile (#2802)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/dotnet/BenchmarkDotNet/compare/v0.15.2...v0.15.3