Bump BenchmarkDotNet from 0.15.2 to 0.15.8

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Updated BenchmarkDotNet from 0.15.2 to 0.15.8.

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0.15.8

This release adds OpenMetrics exporter support for Prometheus-compatible metrics export, improves the Roslyn analyzers with multi-target support and better type checking, and fixes several bugs including process deadlocks and WASM trimming issues.

Features

• Add OpenMetrics exporter for Prometheus-compatible metrics output (#​2801)
• Add Job info to DisassemblyDiagnoser report headers to distinguish assemblies when using multiple coreruns (#​2884, fixes #​2573)
• Add NO_COLOR environment variable support for disabling console colors (#​2870)

Improvements

• Multi-target analyzers with improved type assignability checking using semantic model (#​2866)
• Add new analyzer diagnostic BDN1503 for better argument/params validation (#​2865, fixes #​2864)
• Use PolySharp for [DynamicallyAccessedMembers] attribute polyfill (#​2883)
• Refactor to use AsyncProcessOutputReader for cleaner process output handling (#​2878)

Bug Fixes

• Fix process deadlock issue when reading process output (#​2877)
• Fix WASM generated project being trimmed out (#​2872)
• Allow filters to filter out every benchmark from a type without errors (#​2879, fixes #​2860)
• Fix unhandled exception when running BenchmarkRunner.Run<T>() with arguments on invalid benchmark type (#​2880, fixes #​2724)

Internal

• Update release workflow for analyzers (#​2882)
• Improve docs building workflow
• Cleanup #if-#endif preprocessor directives using PolySharp polyfills (#​2881)

Full Changelog: dotnet/BenchmarkDotNet@v0.15.7...v0.15.8

0.15.7

This release introduces Roslyn analyzers to catch incorrect BenchmarkDotNet usage at compile time, improves .NET Framework version detection, and updates OS detection support.

Features

• Add Roslyn analyzers to detect incorrect usage of BenchmarkDotNet at compile-time (#​2837)
  • Validates benchmark class structure (public, non-sealed, generic constraints)
  • Checks [Arguments], [Params], and [ParamsAllValues] attribute usage
  • Verifies [GenericTypeArguments] requirements
  • Ensures only one baseline method per category
  • Validates BenchmarkRunner.Run invocations

Improvements

• Improve .NET Framework version detection by retrieving version from TargetFrameworkAttribute (#​2682)
• Bump Perfolizer 0.6.0 → 0.6.1, bringing updated Windows and macOS version detection in OsBrandHelper

Bug Fixes

• Fix null reference handling and exception logging in TestCaseFilter for the test adapter
• Fix flaky CI tests by increasing build timeout values (#​2854)

Internal

• Improve release workflow in release.yaml

Full Changelog: dotnet/BenchmarkDotNet@v0.15.6...v0.15.7

0.15.6

v0.15.6

This release adds ref struct parameter support for [ArgumentsSource], fixes Native AOT runtime moniker resolution, and upgrades to Perfolizer 0.6.0 with the new Pragmastat statistical engine.

Features

• Add ref struct parameter support for [ArgumentsSource] attribute, enabling Span<T> and ReadOnlySpan<char> parameters (#​2849)

Bug Fixes

• Fix runtime moniker normalization for Native AOT targets (#​2852)

Improvements

• Upgrade to Perfolizer 0.6.0 with Pragmastat statistical engine integration

Documentation

• Add documentation for breaking changes related to disassembler native dependencies (#​2836)

Internal

• Introduce GitHub Actions release workflow

Full Changelog: dotnet/BenchmarkDotNet@v0.15.5...v0.15.6

0.15.5

This release fixes job naming consistency when using --runtimes, clamps histogram bin bounds to avoid confusing negative values, and reduces output directory clutter by filtering unnecessary runtime and satellite assembly files.

Features

• Add custom MSBuild targets to remove unnecessary files from the bin directory (#​2737)
  • Filters out Capstone native binaries for non-target platforms
  • Removes satellite assemblies from Microsoft.CodeAnalysis packages

Bug Fixes

• Fix job names consistency between SimpleJobAttribute and --runtimes CLI option (#​2841)
  • Jobs now use runtime names as IDs consistently across all runtime monikers
• Clamp histogram bin lower bounds to non-negative values (#​1821)
  • Prevents confusing negative values in histogram output for non-negative measurements

Internal

• Bump Perfolizer: 0.5.3 → 0.5.4 (#​2773)
• Update changelog and GitHub Pages generation workflows
• Enable workflow_dispatch for test workflow (#​2835)

Full Changelog: dotnet/BenchmarkDotNet@v0.15.4...v0.15.5

0.15.4

This release fixes issues with ParamsSource attribute resolution in inheritance scenarios and corrects a MSBuild syntax error in the TestAdapter.

Bug Fixes

• Allow [ParamsSource] to resolve overridden methods and properties in derived classes (#​2832)
• Fix MSBuild condition syntax for TestTfmsInParallel property that prevented Visual Studio from loading projects (#​2831)

Full Changelog: dotnet/BenchmarkDotNet@v0.15.3...v0.15.4

0.15.3

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: dotnet/BenchmarkDotNet@v0.15.2...v0.15.3

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