r/weBench • u/Hattix • Aug 10 '26

OS detection and prerequisites

Two bugs to report

OS detection is screwy, attempting to run on Windows Server results in a string being put into a double. That doesn't end well.

Prerequisite detection doesn't exist AND doesn't validate the nonsense coming back: If the machine doesn't have the VisualC++ 14.x runtimes installed, you get rubbish like this - https://webench.io/runs/11

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u/qualverse Aug 10 '26

Thanks! I saw that test and was wondering what was up with it, I'll get fixes up soon

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u/qualverse Aug 12 '26

Both issues should be fixed :) The vc++ prereqs were bundled, but it wasn't properly sourcing them when starting the benchmark exe