flutter / flutter/devtools

DevTools "Count widget builds" only works in debug mode, not in --profile mode

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Description

### Steps to reproduce

1. flutter run --profile --track-widget-creation
2. Open DevTools → Performance
3. The "Count widget builds" checkbox is greyed out.

### Expected results

The flag name `--track-widget-creation` suggests this should still be
available in profile mode. Documentation should clarify that widget build tracking is available debug-only.

### Actual results

I could not check the box to display the widget rebuilds, and the tooltip was not any help either. Documentation never mentions this. AI doesn't know.

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