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+# Coverage
+
+Codecov coverage is Rust execution-surface evidence.
+
+## What it answers
+
+> Did tests execute this Rust surface?
+
+## What it does not answer
+
+- whether diff parsing is correct,
+- whether rule evaluation is correct,
+- whether inline suppressions are correct,
+- whether Markdown, SARIF, JUnit, Checkstyle, GitLab, CSV, TSV, or sensor rendering is complete,
+- whether LSP diagnostics and code actions are correct,
+- whether false-positive baselines or trend history are correct,
+- whether mutation adequacy is strong,
+- whether fuzzing is sufficient,
+- whether release readiness is proven.
+
+Those are separate proof lanes:
+- **Test**: unit, integration, golden, mutation, fuzz
+- **Conformance**: parser correctness, rule semantics, rendering completeness
+- **Golden**: expected input/output pairs for parser, rules, and renderers
+- **Mutation**: algorithmic adequacy under perturbation
+- **Fuzz**: robustness under random input
+
+## Execution surface
+
+The Coverage workflow runs on:
+- push to `main`,
+- `workflow_dispatch` (manual trigger),
+- PRs labeled `coverage`, `full-ci`, or `ci:full`.
+
+## Configuration
+
+Coverage is configured in `codecov.yml` with:
+- Project coverage target: auto with 5% threshold (informational only)
+- Patch coverage target: 70% with 20% threshold (informational only)
+- Codecov comments disabled
+- Codecov GitHub check annotations disabled
+
+## Artifacts
+
+Durable receipts are produced:
+- `coverage.json` — LLVM coverage report (JSON)
+- `coverage.txt` — LLVM coverage report (text)
+- `lcov.info` — LCOV coverage data
+- `target/coverage/coverage-receipt.json` — claim boundary receipt
+- GitHub Actions coverage artifact (stored for 14 days)
+- Codecov dashboard (if CODECOV_TOKEN is set)
+
+## Tool
+
+Coverage is collected by `cargo-llvm-cov`, which instruments tests with LLVM profiling and generates LCOV reports.