I've now installed 1.17.0 and the build analyzer seems to work correctly. There are some tricks. You need to select the .elf file that you want to analyze in the Project Explorer. Then click the refresh button in the Build Analyzer.
I just want to concur. I'm using 1.16 and whether or not the build analyzer refreshes seems completely random. I started a new project using 1.16 and the only way to get the build analyzer to update is to try a bunch of combinations of rebuilding, re...