Stabilize benchmark scoring with robust runtime aggregation, deterministic spec ordering, and higher CI sampling by Copilot · Pull Request #4402 · Azure/typespec-azure

Copilot · 2026-05-08T14:49:07Z

Benchmark output was overly sensitive to run-to-run jitter, causing inconsistent values even when commits did not change benchmark-relevant code. This updates the benchmark engine to produce a more stable central value per metric.

Aggregation model update
- Replaced simple arithmetic averaging of runtime samples with an outlier-resistant estimator:
  - 5+ iterations: trimmed mean (drop min/max)
  - 1–4 iterations: median
- Applied consistently across top-level runtime stages and nested per-validator / per-rule / per-emitter metrics.
Deterministic execution order
- Spec discovery now sorts directories before execution to remove ordering variance from run output.
CI sampling update
- Increased benchmark workflow measured iterations from 5 to 15 (warmup remains 1) to align with higher sample-count benchmarking recommendations and reduce noise in comparisons.
Benchmark package coverage/docs
- Added focused unit tests for aggregation behavior.
- Documented the new aggregation strategy in benchmark README.

// New runtime aggregation behavior
export function aggregateDurations(values: number[]): number {
  const sorted = [...values].sort((a, b) => a - b);
  if (sorted.length >= 5) return average(sorted.slice(1, -1)); // trimmed mean
  return median(sorted); // small-sample robust center
}

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Fixed in commit 4cc8811. I added a file-local suppression for vitest/no-import-node-test in packages/benchmark/test/aggregate.test.ts so lint no longer fails while keeping the existing node:test runner for that package.

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azure-sdk · 2026-05-11T19:54:01Z

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⚡ Benchmark Results

⚠️ 1 metric(s) regressed above the +5% threshold:

Metric	Baseline	Current	Change
↳ linter/@azure-tools/typespec-azure-core/no-legacy-usage	🟢 1.2ms	🟢 1.3ms	+7.0% 🔴

Full details – comparing af89a66 vs baseline 073d83d

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resolver	🟢 20.8ms	🟢 17.1ms	-17.6% 🟢
checker	🟡 209.1ms	🟢 163.9ms	-21.6% 🟢
validation	🟢 43.4ms	🟢 38.1ms	-12.2% 🟢
↳ validation/@azure-tools/typespec-azure-core	🟢 6.7ms	🟢 5.4ms	-19.2% 🟢
↳ validation/@typespec/http	🟢 7.2ms	🟢 4.6ms	-36.1% 🟢
↳ validation/@typespec/rest	🟢 0.6ms	🟢 0.6ms	+3.3%
↳ validation/@typespec/versioning	🔴 27.3ms	🔴 25.5ms	-6.7% 🟢
↳ validation/compiler	🟢 1.7ms	🟢 1.5ms	-10.4% 🟢
linter	🟢 159.1ms	🟢 113.7ms	-28.5% 🟢
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emit	🟡 269.5ms	🟡 226.2ms	-16.0% 🟢
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↳ emit/@typespec/openapi3/write	🟢 15.1ms	🟢 13.2ms	-12.4% 🟢

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fix(benchmark): use robust aggregation for stable timing results

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