agent-skills/skills/vitest/references/features-coverage.md

name, description

name	description
code-coverage	Code coverage with V8 or Istanbul providers

Code Coverage

Setup

# Run tests with coverage
vitest run --coverage

Configuration

// vitest.config.ts
defineConfig({
  test: {
    coverage: {
      // Provider: 'v8' (default, faster) or 'istanbul' (more compatible)
      provider: 'v8',
      
      // Enable coverage
      enabled: true,
      
      // Reporters
      reporter: ['text', 'json', 'html'],
      
      // Files to include
      include: ['src/**/*.{ts,tsx}'],
      
      // Files to exclude
      exclude: [
        'node_modules/',
        'tests/',
        '**/*.d.ts',
        '**/*.test.ts',
      ],
      
      // Report uncovered files
      all: true,
      
      // Thresholds
      thresholds: {
        lines: 80,
        functions: 80,
        branches: 80,
        statements: 80,
      },
    },
  },
})

Providers

V8 (Default)

npm i -D @vitest/coverage-v8

• Faster, no pre-instrumentation
• Uses V8's native coverage
• Recommended for most projects

Istanbul

npm i -D @vitest/coverage-istanbul

• Pre-instruments code
• Works in any JS runtime
• More overhead but widely compatible

Reporters

coverage: {
  reporter: [
    'text',           // Terminal output
    'text-summary',   // Summary only
    'json',           // JSON file
    'html',           // HTML report
    'lcov',           // For CI tools
    'cobertura',      // XML format
  ],
  reportsDirectory: './coverage',
}

Thresholds

Fail tests if coverage is below threshold:

coverage: {
  thresholds: {
    // Global thresholds
    lines: 80,
    functions: 75,
    branches: 70,
    statements: 80,
    
    // Per-file thresholds
    perFile: true,
    
    // Auto-update thresholds (for gradual improvement)
    autoUpdate: true,
  },
}

Ignoring Code

V8

/* v8 ignore next -- @preserve */
function ignored() {
  return 'not covered'
}

/* v8 ignore start -- @preserve */
// All code here ignored
/* v8 ignore stop -- @preserve */

Istanbul

/* istanbul ignore next -- @preserve */
function ignored() {}

/* istanbul ignore if -- @preserve */
if (condition) {
  // ignored
}

Note: @preserve keeps comments through esbuild.

Package.json Scripts

{
  "scripts": {
    "test": "vitest",
    "test:coverage": "vitest run --coverage",
    "test:coverage:watch": "vitest --coverage"
  }
}

Vitest UI Coverage

Enable HTML coverage in Vitest UI:

coverage: {
  enabled: true,
  reporter: ['text', 'html'],
}

Run with vitest --ui to view coverage visually.

CI Integration

# GitHub Actions
- name: Run tests with coverage
  run: npm run test:coverage

- name: Upload coverage to Codecov
  uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
  with:
    files: ./coverage/lcov.info

Coverage with Sharding

Merge coverage from sharded runs:

vitest run --shard=1/3 --coverage --reporter=blob
vitest run --shard=2/3 --coverage --reporter=blob
vitest run --shard=3/3 --coverage --reporter=blob

vitest --merge-reports --coverage --reporter=json

Key Points

• V8 is faster, Istanbul is more compatible
• Use --coverage flag or coverage.enabled: true
• Include all: true to see uncovered files
• Set thresholds to enforce minimum coverage
• Use @preserve comment to keep ignore hints