diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit.yml
index f9ed0e8734f05..2a6c481b0b2cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
   detect_changes:
+    if: false # XXX
     uses: ./.github/workflows/sycl-detect-changes.yml
 
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml
index 90b8cc6677545..5be5134937334 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ on:
         type: string
         default: 'false'
         required: False
-      benchmark_gdb_mode:
+      benchmark_debug_mode:
         description: |
-          Whether or not to run benchmarks under gdb.
+          Whether or not to run benchmarks in debug mode.
         type: string
         required: False
         default: '0'
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ jobs:
         exit_on_failure: ${{ inputs.benchmark_exit_on_failure }}
         build_ref: ${{ inputs.repo_ref }}
         runner: ${{ inputs.runner }}
-        gdb_mode: ${{ inputs.benchmark_gdb_mode }}
+        debug_mode: ${{ inputs.benchmark_debug_mode }}
         custom_cr: ${{ inputs.benchmark_custom_cr }}
 
     - name: Debug CI platform information
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-post-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-post-commit.yml
index bd4dea471c8a9..b4e457d83cd7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-post-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-post-commit.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
   detect_changes:
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+    # if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+    if: false # XXX
     uses: ./.github/workflows/sycl-detect-changes.yml
 
   build-lin:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-ur-perf-benchmarking.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-ur-perf-benchmarking.yml
index a1e5f44cc02a2..71141f2a5f9a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-ur-perf-benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-ur-perf-benchmarking.yml
@@ -90,12 +90,13 @@ on:
           - 'false'
           - 'true'
         default: 'false'
-      gdb_mode:
-        description: Whether or not to run benchmarks under gdb.
+      debug_mode:
+        description: Whether or not to run benchmarks in debug mode. 0 - run normally, 1 - run with gdb, 2 - run with unitrace
         type: choice
         options:
           - '0'
           - '1'
+          - '2'
         default: '0'
       custom_cr:
         description: Custom Compute Runtime to use in benchmarks.
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml
     secrets: inherit
     with:
-      name: "Benchmarks (${{ matrix.runner }}, ${{ matrix.backend }}, preset: ${{ inputs.preset }}, gdb_mode: ${{ inputs.gdb_mode }})"
+      name: "Benchmarks (${{ matrix.runner }}, ${{ matrix.backend }}, preset: ${{ inputs.preset }}, debug: ${{ inputs.debug_mode }})"
       runner: ${{ matrix.runner }}
       image: ghcr.io/intel/llvm/sycl_ubuntu2404_nightly:latest
       image_options: -u 1001 --device=/dev/dri -v /dev/dri/by-path:/dev/dri/by-path --privileged --cap-add SYS_ADMIN
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ jobs:
       benchmark_save_name: ${{ needs.sanitize_inputs_dispatch.outputs.benchmark_save_name }}
       benchmark_preset: ${{ inputs.preset }}
       benchmark_exit_on_failure: ${{ inputs.exit_on_failure }}
-      benchmark_gdb_mode: ${{ inputs.gdb_mode }}
+      benchmark_debug_mode: ${{ inputs.debug_mode }}
       benchmark_custom_cr: ${{ inputs.custom_cr }}
       repo_ref: ${{ needs.sanitize_inputs_dispatch.outputs.build_ref }}
       toolchain_artifact: ${{ needs.build_sycl_dispatch.outputs.toolchain_artifact }}
@@ -276,7 +277,8 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
       packages: read
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+    # if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+    if: false # XXX
     uses: ./.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml
     with:
       name: 'Framework test only: L0, Minimal preset, dry-run'
diff --git a/devops/actions/run-tests/benchmark/action.yml b/devops/actions/run-tests/benchmark/action.yml
index f5188f70dd125..e422d38514df4 100644
--- a/devops/actions/run-tests/benchmark/action.yml
+++ b/devops/actions/run-tests/benchmark/action.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ inputs:
     type: string
     required: False
     default: ""
-  gdb_mode:
+  # 0 - run normally, 1 - run with gdb, 2 - run with unitrace
+  debug_mode:
     type: string
     required: False
     default: "0"
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ runs:
     env:
       BENCH_WORKDIR: ${{ steps.establish_outputs.outputs.BENCH_WORKDIR }}
       BENCHMARK_RESULTS_REPO_PATH: ${{ steps.establish_outputs.outputs.BENCHMARK_RESULTS_REPO_PATH }}
-      LLVM_BENCHMARKS_USE_GDB: ${{ inputs.gdb_mode }}
+      LLVM_BENCHMARKS_DEBUG_MODE: ${{ inputs.debug_mode }}
       CR_BUILD_REF: ${{ steps.establish_outputs.outputs.CR_BUILD_REF }}
     run: |
       # Build and run benchmarks
@@ -308,14 +309,17 @@ runs:
         --timestamp-override "$SAVE_TIMESTAMP" \
         --detect-version sycl,compute_runtime \
         --produce-github-summary \
+        --verbose \
         $([[ -n "${CR_BUILD_REF}" ]] && echo "--compute-runtime ${CR_BUILD_REF}" || echo '') \
-        ${{ inputs.exit_on_failure == 'true' && '--exit-on-failure --iterations 1' || '' }}
+        ${{ inputs.exit_on_failure == 'true' && '--exit-on-failure --iterations 1' || '' }} \
+        ${{ inputs.debug_mode == '2' && '--unitrace inclusive' || '' }}
       # TODO: add back: "--flamegraph inclusive" once works properly
 
       echo "::endgroup::"
       echo "::group::compare_results"
 
-      if [ "$LLVM_BENCHMARKS_USE_GDB" == "0" ]; then
+      # Skip comparison if in debug mode
+      if [ "$LLVM_BENCHMARKS_DEBUG_MODE" == "0" ]; then
         python3 ./devops/scripts/benchmarks/compare.py to_hist \
           --avg-type EWMA \
           --cutoff "$(date -u -d '7 days ago' +'%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')" \
@@ -328,7 +332,7 @@ runs:
           --produce-github-summary \
           ${{ inputs.dry_run == 'true' && '--dry-run' || '' }}
       else
-        echo "Skipping regression comparison due to GDB mode enabled."
+        echo "Skipping regression comparison due to debug mode enabled."
       fi
 
       echo "::endgroup::"
@@ -361,7 +365,7 @@ runs:
         cp "$diff" "../cached_changes/$diff"
       done
   - name: Push benchmarks results
-    if: always() && inputs.upload_results == 'true' &&  inputs.gdb_mode == '0'
+    if: always() && inputs.upload_results == 'true' &&  inputs.debug_mode == '0'
     shell: bash
     env:
       BENCH_WORKDIR: ${{ steps.establish_outputs.outputs.BENCH_WORKDIR }}
@@ -412,9 +416,16 @@ runs:
           --dry-run
         cd -
       done
+  - name: Archive unitrace results
+    if: inputs.debug_mode == '2' && always()
+    uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
+    with:
+      name: "Unitrace ${{ env.SAVE_NAME }} (run id ${{ github.run_id }})"
+      path: ./llvm-ci-perf-results/results/traces
+      retention-days: 30
   - name: Archive benchmark results
     if: always()
-    uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+    uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
     with:
-      name: Benchmark run ${{ github.run_id }} (${{ env.SAVE_NAME }})
+      name: "Benchmark ${{ env.SAVE_NAME }} (run id ${{ github.run_id }})"
       path: ./cached_changes
diff --git a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/README.md b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/README.md
index 532cb78704325..59c60d8e4cfe9 100644
--- a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/README.md
+++ b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/README.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ The benchmarks scripts are used in a GitHub Actions workflow, and can be automat
 
 ![compute benchmarks](workflow.png "Compute Benchmarks CI job")
 
-To execute the benchmarks in CI, navigate to the `Actions` tab and then go to the `SYCL Run Benchmarks` workflow. Here, you will find a list of previous runs and a "Run workflow" button. Upon clicking the button, you will be prompted to fill in a form to customize your benchmark run. Important field is the `PR number`, which is the identifier for the Pull Request against which you want the benchmarks to run. Instead, you can specify `Commit hash` from within intel/llvm repository, or leave both empty to run benchmarks against the branch/tag the workflow started from (the value from dropdown list at the top). You can run benchmarks in debug mode by enabling `gdb_mode`.
+To execute the benchmarks in CI, navigate to the `Actions` tab and then go to the `SYCL Run Benchmarks` workflow. Here, you will find a list of previous runs and a "Run workflow" button. Upon clicking the button, you will be prompted to fill in a form to customize your benchmark run. Important field is the `PR number`, which is the identifier for the Pull Request against which you want the benchmarks to run. Instead, you can specify `Commit hash` from within intel/llvm repository, or leave both empty to run benchmarks against the branch/tag the workflow started from (the value from dropdown list at the top). You can run benchmarks in debug mode by setting `debug_mode` to '1' (gdb enabled) or '2' (unitrace enabled).
 
 Once all the information is entered, click the "Run workflow" button to initiate a new workflow run. This will execute the benchmarks and then post the results as a comment on the specified Pull Request.
 
diff --git a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/base.py b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/base.py
index fdc0f2a4fb1db..5a5059cbf8e8b 100644
--- a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/base.py
+++ b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/base.py
@@ -140,8 +140,9 @@ def run_bench(
             if extra_trace_opt is None:
                 extra_trace_opt = []
             unitrace_output, command = get_unitrace().setup(
-                self.name(), command, extra_trace_opt
+                self.name().replace(":", "="), command, extra_trace_opt
             )
+            # ':' is a problematic character for Github actions/artifacts
             log.debug(f"Unitrace output: {unitrace_output}")
             log.debug(f"Unitrace command: {' '.join(command)}")
 
diff --git a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/compute/compute.py b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/compute/compute.py
index 1923d56e6417d..60d826f04947b 100644
--- a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/compute/compute.py
+++ b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/compute/compute.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def setup(self) -> None:
             f"-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH={options.sycl}",
         ]
 
-        is_gdb_mode = os.environ.get("LLVM_BENCHMARKS_USE_GDB", "") == "1"
+        is_gdb_mode = os.environ.get("LLVM_BENCHMARKS_DEBUG_MODE", "") == "1"
         if is_gdb_mode:
             extra_args += [
                 f"-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO:STRING=-O2 -g -DNDEBUG -fdebug-info-for-profiling",
diff --git a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/compute/compute_benchmark.py b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/compute/compute_benchmark.py
index a71429235a502..d26a42c5df31d 100644
--- a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/compute/compute_benchmark.py
+++ b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/compute/compute_benchmark.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def __enabled_runtimes(self) -> list[RUNTIMES]:
         return runtimes
 
     def __parse_output(self, output: str) -> list[tuple[float, float]]:
-        is_gdb_mode = os.environ.get("LLVM_BENCHMARKS_USE_GDB", "") == "1"
+        is_gdb_mode = os.environ.get("LLVM_BENCHMARKS_DEBUG_MODE", "") == "1"
 
         if is_gdb_mode:
             log.info(output)
diff --git a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/git_project.py b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/git_project.py
index 33b4bee638f64..ceb6d25b3754d 100644
--- a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/git_project.py
+++ b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/git_project.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def configure(
     ) -> None:
         """Configures the project."""
 
-        is_gdb_mode = os.environ.get("LLVM_BENCHMARKS_USE_GDB", "") == "1"
+        is_gdb_mode = os.environ.get("LLVM_BENCHMARKS_DEBUG_MODE", "") == "1"
         build_type = "RelWithDebInfo" if is_gdb_mode else "Release"
 
         cmd = [
diff --git a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/main.py b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/main.py
index 913a7b3aa9d8e..bcf22d88762ca 100755
--- a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/main.py
+++ b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/main.py
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ def main(directory, additional_env_vars, compare_names, filter, execution_stats)
             if options.unitrace and (
                 benchmark.traceable(TracingType.UNITRACE) or args.unitrace == "force"
             ):
+                log.debug(f"Running unitrace for {benchmark.name()}...")
                 iterations_rc = run_iterations(
                     benchmark,
                     merged_env_vars,
diff --git a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/utils/unitrace.py b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/utils/unitrace.py
index f788b11c69be3..9f335bd615c59 100644
--- a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/utils/unitrace.py
+++ b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/utils/unitrace.py
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 class Unitrace:
     """Unitrace wrapper for managing Unitrace tool execution and results."""
 
+    def git_hash(self) -> str:
+        # Mar 16, 2026
+        return "pti-0.12.4"
+
     def __init__(self):
         self.timestamp = (
             datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc).strftime(options.TIMESTAMP_FORMAT)
@@ -30,10 +34,11 @@ def __init__(self):
             else options.timestamp_override
         )
 
+
         log.info("Downloading and building Unitrace...")
         self.project = GitProject(
             "https://github.com/intel/pti-gpu.git",
-            "pti-0.12.4",
+            self.git_hash(),
             Path(options.workdir),
             "pti-gpu",
         )
@@ -56,6 +61,7 @@ def __init__(self):
                     "-DBUILD_WITH_ITT=1",
                     "-DBUILD_WITH_XPTI=1",
                     "-DBUILD_WITH_MPI=0",
+                    "-DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5",
                 ],
                 add_sycl=True,
             )
@@ -122,7 +128,6 @@ def setup(
             + extra_unitrace_opt
             + command
         )
-        log.debug(f"Unitrace cmd: {' '.join(unitrace_command)}")
 
         return unitrace_output, unitrace_command
 
diff --git a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/utils/utils.py b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/utils/utils.py
index 9b0a149042e4c..5dffe838365e2 100644
--- a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/utils/utils.py
+++ b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/utils/utils.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def run(
         if isinstance(command, str):
             command = command.split()
 
-        is_gdb_mode = os.environ.get("LLVM_BENCHMARKS_USE_GDB", "") == "1"
+        is_gdb_mode = os.environ.get("LLVM_BENCHMARKS_DEBUG_MODE", "") == "1"
         if any("/compute-benchmarks-build/bin/" in x for x in command) and is_gdb_mode:
             command = [
                 "gdb",