diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-to-test.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-to-test.yml
index d37d364..133ea4a 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-to-test.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-to-test.yml
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ jobs:
           # --- JWT Secret for Passport authentication in tests ---
           JWT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.JWT_SECRET }}
 
+          # --- V8 Coverage for Server Process ---
+          # This variable tells the Node.js process (our server, started by globalSetup)
+          # where to output its raw V8 coverage data.
+          NODE_V8_COVERAGE: '.coverage/tmp/integration-server'
+
           # --- Increase Node.js memory limit to prevent heap out of memory errors ---
           # This is crucial for memory-intensive tasks like running tests and coverage.
           NODE_OPTIONS: '--max-old-space-size=8192'
@@ -137,15 +142,15 @@ jobs:
           # The `|| true` ensures the workflow continues even if tests fail, allowing coverage to run.
           echo "--- Running Unit Tests ---"
           # npm run test:unit -- --coverage --reporter=verbose --includeTaskLocation --testTimeout=10000 --silent=passed-only || true
-          npm run test:unit -- --coverage --reporter=verbose --includeTaskLocation --testTimeout=10000 --silent=passed-only  --no-file-parallelism || true
+          npm run test:unit -- --coverage --coverage.exclude='**/*.test.ts' --coverage.exclude='**/tests/**' --coverage.exclude='**/mocks/**' --reporter=verbose --includeTaskLocation --testTimeout=10000 --silent=passed-only  --no-file-parallelism || true
 
           echo "--- Running Integration Tests ---"
-          npm run test:integration -- --coverage --reporter=verbose --includeTaskLocation --testTimeout=10000 --silent=passed-only || true
+          npm run test:integration -- --coverage --coverage.exclude='**/*.test.ts' --coverage.exclude='**/tests/**' --coverage.exclude='**/mocks/**' --reporter=verbose --includeTaskLocation --testTimeout=10000 --silent=passed-only || true
 
           echo "--- Running E2E Tests ---"
           # Run E2E tests using the dedicated E2E config which inherits from integration config.
           # We still pass --coverage to enable it, but directory and timeout are now in the config.
-          npx vitest run --config vitest.config.e2e.ts --coverage --reporter=verbose --no-file-parallelism || true
+          npx vitest run --config vitest.config.e2e.ts --coverage --coverage.exclude='**/*.test.ts' --coverage.exclude='**/tests/**' --coverage.exclude='**/mocks/**' --reporter=verbose --no-file-parallelism || true
 
           # Re-enable secret masking for subsequent steps.
           echo "::secret-masking::"
@@ -174,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
           # Run c8: read raw files from the temp dir, and output an Istanbul JSON report.
           # We only generate the 'json' report here because it's all nyc needs for merging.
           echo "Server coverage report about to be generated..."
-          npx c8 report --reporter=json --temp-directory .coverage/tmp/integration-server --reports-dir .coverage/integration-server
+          npx c8 report --exclude='**/*.test.ts' --exclude='**/tests/**' --exclude='**/mocks/**' --reporter=json --temp-directory .coverage/tmp/integration-server --reports-dir .coverage/integration-server
           echo "Server coverage report generated. Verifying existence:"
           ls -l .coverage/integration-server/coverage-final.json
 
@@ -213,7 +218,10 @@ jobs:
             --reporter=text \
             --reporter=html \
             --report-dir .coverage/ \
-            --temp-dir "$NYC_SOURCE_DIR"
+            --temp-dir "$NYC_SOURCE_DIR" \
+            --exclude "**/*.test.ts" \
+            --exclude "**/tests/**" \
+            --exclude "**/mocks/**"
 
           # Re-enable secret masking for subsequent steps.
           echo "::secret-masking::"