NCrunch v5.23
Released 19 August 2026
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Added support for Xunit v4.0
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NCrunch Version 5.22
Minor Release Released 22 July 2026Introduced MCP server (details). Added support for Rider 2026.2. Fixes.
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NCrunch Version 5.21
Minor Release Released 30 March 2026CPU core control for test execution, lots of fixes
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NCrunch Version 5.20
Minor Release Released 12 November 2025Support for Rider 2025.3 and Xunit v3.2, fixes.
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NCrunch Version 5.19
Minor Release Released 23 October 2025.NET 10 and MSTest v4 support. Fixes and stability improvements.
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NCrunch Version 5.18
Minor Release Released 13 September 2025Introduced support for Visual Studio 2026
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NCrunch Version 5.17
Minor Release Released 29 August 2025Fixed ghosted error info in NUnit v4.4. Compatibility improvements for newer MSTest versions.
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NCrunch Version 5.16
Minor Release Released 26 July 2025Stability improvements for Rider. General fixes and compatibility improvements
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NCrunch Version 5.15
Minor Release Released 27 May 2025Fixes and compatibility improvements
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NCrunch Version 5.14
Minor Release Released 29 April 2025Fixes and compatibility improvements
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NCrunch Version 5.13
Minor Release Released 10 April 2025
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NCrunch Version 5.12
Minor Release Released 20 February 2025Fixes, performance and compatibility improvements
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NCrunch Version 5.11
Minor Release Released 14 November 2024Support for Rider 2024.3. Fixes for VS 17.12. Updates for Xunit v3
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NCrunch Version 5.10
Minor Release Released 26 September 2024Xunit v3 support. Fixes and compatibility improvements.
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NCrunch Version 5.9
Minor Release Released 10 July 2024Support for Rider 2024.2. UI Layout fixes. Internal GAC resolution fix.
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NCrunch Version 5.8
Minor Release Released 20 June 2024Rider UI fixes. DPI scaling and rendering fixes. Compatibility improvements.
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NCrunch Version 5.7
Minor Release Released 20 May 2024Added support for Reqnroll. Added Risk/Progress Bar for Rider. Fixes and compatibility improvements.
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NCrunch Version 5.6
Minor Release Released 11 April 2024Support for Rider 2024.1. Minor fixes and improvements
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NCrunch Version 5.5
Minor Release Released 03 April 2024Critical fixes for Rider plugin
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NCrunch Version 5.4
Minor Release Released 28 March 2024Fixes and improvements for Rider integration. Fixes for async/await under RDI. Compatibility improvements.
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NCrunch Version 5.3
Minor Release Released 12 March 2024Fixes for Runtime Data Inspection and JetBrains Rider support introduced in v5.0 (See here for more details)
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NCrunch Version 5.2
Minor Release Released 08 March 2024Fixes for Runtime Data Inspection and JetBrains Rider support introduced in v5.0 (See here for more details)
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NCrunch Version 5.1
Minor Release Released 05 March 2024Fixes for Runtime Data Inspection and JetBrains Rider support introduced in v5.0 (See here for more details)
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NCrunch Version 5.0
Major Release Released 04 March 2024Runtime Data Inspection and JetBrains Rider support (See here for more details)
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NCrunch Version 4.19
Minor Release Released 02 February 2024New config option ('Build Sdk') allows selection of MSBuild/dotnet-build. Fixes and compatibility improvements.
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NCrunch Version 4.18
Minor Release Released 17 July 2023Fixes and compatibility improvements
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NCrunch Version 4.17
Minor Release Released 23 June 2023UsesThreadsAttribute, .NET Framework v4.8.1 support. Grid capacity expansion. General fixes and compatibility improvements
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NCrunch Version 4.16
Minor Release Released 07 February 2023General fixes and compatibility improvements
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NCrunch Version 4.15
Minor Release Released 09 November 2022Fixes and stability improvements. NET7 support.
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NCrunch Version 4.14
Minor Release Released 30 August 2022MAUI project support. MSpec v1.1.0 support. Improved engine start times. Optimisation and fixes.
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NCrunch Version 4.13
Minor Release Released 20 May 2022VS Integration performance fix
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NCrunch Version 4.12
Minor Release Released 11 May 2022
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NCrunch Version 4.11
Minor Release Released 03 November 2021Fixes for VS2022 compatibility and distributed processing
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NCrunch Version 4.10
Minor Release Released 14 October 2021Critical fixes for VS2022, compatibility improvements and fine tuning.
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NCrunch Version 4.9
Minor Release Released 12 July 2021VS2022 support, source generator support, misc improvements (details)
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NCrunch Version 4.8
Minor Release Released 21 February 2021Fixes for issues in the new internal trace log system
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NCrunch Version 4.7
Minor Release Released 15 February 2021UI Improvements. Trace log improvements. Experimental Azure function support. Fixes. More information
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NCrunch Version 4.6
Minor Release Released 28 November 2020Fixes, mostly for .NET5 support. Instrumentation mode is now Optimised by default.
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NCrunch Version 4.5
Minor Release Released 12 November 2020Added support for .NET5. Added partcover/NDepend coverage export option. VS2019.16.8 support.
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NCrunch Version 4.4
Minor Release Released 28 July 2020
NCrunch Version 4.3
Minor Release Released 02 February 2020.NET Core assembly resolution fixes. Fixes for optimised mode. Other fixes.
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NCrunch Version 4.2
Minor Release Released 13 December 2019
NCrunch Version 4.1
Minor Release Released 08 November 2019Major Release New assembly processing system giving a massive improvement in performance. New Hot Spots analysis UI.
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NCrunch Version 4.0
Major Release Released 07 November 2019Major Release New assembly processing system giving a massive improvement in performance. New Hot Spots analysis UI.
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NCrunch Version 3.31
Minor Release Released 18 September 2019Critical fix for VS2019 preview, execution steps tab now always on, stability and performance improvements
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NCrunch Version 3.30
Minor Release Released 08 August 2019Fixed serious UI input lag inside Visual Studio (regression in v3.29)
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NCrunch Version 3.29
Minor Release Released 03 August 2019UX and compatibility fixes
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NCrunch Version 3.28
Minor Release Released 25 May 2019
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NCrunch Version 3.27
Minor Release Released 03 May 2019VS2019 rendering and compatibility fixes
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NCrunch Version 3.26
Minor Release Released 17 April 2019
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NCrunch Version 3.25
Minor Release Released 31 March 2019Fixes for VS2019 support
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NCrunch Version 3.24
Minor Release Released 10 March 2019VS2019 support. New Config Window search option. New Tests Window engine mode switch option.
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NCrunch Version 3.23
Minor Release Released 10 January 2019Fixes and compatibility improvements
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NCrunch Version 3.22
Minor Release Released 12 October 2018Critical fix for Team City integration. Exception popup improvements.
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NCrunch Version 3.21
Minor Release Released 03 October 2018Fix for VS15.8 compatibility with .NET Framework projects that (in)directly reference .NET Standard
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NCrunch Version 3.20
Minor Release Released 07 September 2018Fixed regression issue in v3.19 that could greatly reduce build performance
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NCrunch Version 3.19
Minor Release Released 05 September 2018Fixes and compatibility improvements, particularly for VS2017.15.8
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NCrunch Version 3.18
Minor Release Released 01 August 2018Feature Release includes HTML timeline report, Tests Window toolbar improvements, performance and compatibility improvements + many fixes.
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NCrunch Version 3.17
Minor Release Released 31 May 2018.NET Core 2.1. Fixes, performance and compatibility improvements.
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NCrunch Version 3.16
Minor Release Released 14 May 2018.NET 4.7.2 support. Console tool and installer improvements.
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NCrunch Version 3.15
Minor Release Released 21 April 2018UI and console tool improvements. Performance improvements. Fixes and compatibility improvements.
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NCrunch Version 3.14
Minor Release Released 06 March 2018UI fixes and Team City integration improvements over the v3.13 release from last week. v3.13 was a major release. See here for more information about v3.13
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NCrunch Version 3.13
Minor Release Released 02 March 2018Introduced Churn Mode. UI enhancements. Fixes and compatibility improvements.
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NCrunch Version 3.12
Minor Release Released 24 November 2017Performance and compatibility improvements. Fixes. .NET 4.7.1. VS2017.5.
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NCrunch Version 3.11
Minor Release Released 04 September 2017Fixes and compatibility improvements
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NCrunch Version 3.10
Minor Release Released 18 July 2017.NET Core 2.0. VS2017.15.3. AtomicAttribute. Many fixes and compatibility improvements.
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NCrunch Version 3.9
Minor Release Released 02 June 2017Critical fix for NUnit 3.7. Xunit reintegration w/ support for v2.2.
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NCrunch Version 3.8
Minor Release Released 26 May 2017Fixes and compatibility improvements
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NCrunch Version 3.7
Minor Release Released 04 May 2017.NET 4.7 support. Fixes, performance and compatibility improvements.
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NCrunch Version 3.6
Minor Release Released 15 March 2017Critical fixes
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NCrunch Version 3.5
Minor Release Released 08 March 2017Critical fix for NUnit integration under .NET Core
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NCrunch Version 3.4
Minor Release Released 08 March 2017
NCrunch Version 3.3
Minor Release Released 18 January 2017Fixes and compatibility improvements
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NCrunch Version 3.2
Minor Release Released 10 December 2016V3 Fixes
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NCrunch Version 3.1
Minor Release Released 01 December 2016Critical fixes for the recent V3 release.
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NCrunch Version 3.0
Major Release Released 29 November 2016Note: This build has been updated from v3.0.0.1 to v3.0.0.2 to fix a critical crash issue in the first time crunch wizard.
VS2017 RC support, new configuration system, improved impact detection and more!
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NCrunch Version 2.27
Minor Release Released 02 October 2016Fixes
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NCrunch Version 2.26
Minor Release Released 16 August 2016Fixed NUnit3 test detection failure issue
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NCrunch Version 2.25
Minor Release Released 08 August 2016Added support for .NET 4.6.2 + Other fixes
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NCrunch Version 2.24
Minor Release Released 20 July 2016Compatibility, performance and stability fixes.
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NCrunch Version 2.23
Minor Release Released 20 May 2016Code coverage stability and performance improvements
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NCrunch Version 2.22
Minor Release Released 23 April 2016Critical fixes
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NCrunch Version 2.21
Minor Release Released 22 April 2016Improve engine initialisation speed. Fixes and compatibility improvements.
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NCrunch Version 2.20
Minor Release Released 21 March 2016Fixes and compatibility improvements
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NCrunch Version 2.19
Minor Release Released 16 December 2015Engine performance tracking. Performance and stability improvements
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NCrunch Version 2.18
Minor Release Released 16 November 2015Fixed build speed regression under VS2015. Fixes for NUnit3 integration.
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NCrunch Version 2.17
Minor Release Released 28 October 2015NUnit V3 support, Multi-platform distributed testing, License Server features, fixes and compatibility improvements
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NCrunch Version 2.16
Minor Release Released 10 August 2015Introduced optional License Server. Fixes and compatibility improvements.
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NCrunch Version 2.15
Minor Release Released 06 May 2015<b>This version has been updated with a new build 2 hours after its release to resolve a .NET 4.5.2 detection problem on some systems</b>
Compatibility fixes for VS2015 RC
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NCrunch Version 2.14
Minor Release Released 01 April 2015Xunit V2 integration updates. Code navigation features. UI improvements.
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Grid Node Server v2.14
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NCrunch Version 2.13
Minor Release Released 05 February 2015Fixed PDB exceptions on build. Fixed Windows Store sandboxing issue. Other misc fixes.
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Grid Node Server v2.13
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NCrunch Version 2.12
Minor Release Released 27 January 2015Fixed .NET 4.5.2 task host support
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Grid Node Server v2.12
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NCrunch Version 2.11
Minor Release Released 22 January 2015Ability to host engine outside the IDE. Significant performance improvements and fixes. VS2015 support.
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Grid Node Server v2.11
Console Tool v2.11
NCrunch Version 2.10
Minor Release Released 18 September 2014Resolved engine hanging during initialisation + other fixes
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Grid Node Server v2.10
Console Tool v2.10
NCrunch Version 2.9
Minor Release Released 04 September 2014Bug fixes from v2.8 release
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Grid Node Server v2.9
Console Tool v2.9
NCrunch Version 2.8
Minor Release Released 25 August 2014Introduced new headless console runner. Lots of fixes and internal improvements.
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Console Tool v2.8
NCrunch Version 2.7
Minor Release Released 22 April 2014Fixed memory consumption/localisation bug. Fixed project dependency inference bug.
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NCrunch Version 2.6
Minor Release Released 18 April 2014Xunit V2 support, UI upgrades, lots of fixes and general improvements
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NCrunch Version 2.5
Minor Release Released 03 March 2014Minor features, bug fixes
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NCrunch Version 2.4
Major Release Released 31 January 2014<b>Please see <a href="http://blog.ncrunch.net/post/NCrunch-V2-Beta-Is-Now-Available!.aspx"/>this blog post</a> for a detailed introduction to the new features in NCrunch Version 2</b>
First non-beta release of V2!
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NCrunch Version 1.48
Minor Release Released 31 October 2013Stability fixes and VS2013 compatibility improvements.
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NCrunch Version 1.47
Minor Release Released 27 September 2013Compatibility improvements for new tools and frameworks. Fixes.
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NCrunch Version 1.46
Minor Release Released 10 July 2013Maintenance release with 30 distinctive fixes, compatibility improvements and features.
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NCrunch Version 1.45
Minor Release Released 30 March 2013Maintenance release with 40 distinctive fixes and compatibility improvements.
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NCrunch Version 1.44
Minor Release Released 14 January 2013If you've experienced problems with missing coverage markers in this release, please try downloading the latest revision below. It includes a fix for an installer issue that was preventing coverage markers from showing
Fixed InvalidProgramExceptions caused by windows automatic update KB2742616.
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NCrunch Version 1.43
Minor Release Released 10 December 2012Performance and usability improvements. Fixes. New configuration options.
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NCrunch Version 1.42
Major Release Released 15 October 2012Commercial licensing introduced. Fixes & colour configuration options.
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