diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2d9bc4c3..63126844 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -104,13 +104,6 @@ jobs:
         # instead so tests run once per PR, not twice.
         run: npm run test -- --run --coverage
 
-      - name: Upload coverage
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
-        with:
-          files: ./Client.React/coverage/coverage-final.json
-          flags: frontend
-          fail_ci_if_error: false
-
       - name: Build
         run: npm run build
         env:
diff --git a/Client.React/vite.config.ts b/Client.React/vite.config.ts
index 6f47ec22..8ef34a43 100644
--- a/Client.React/vite.config.ts
+++ b/Client.React/vite.config.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
     coverage: {
       provider: 'v8',
       reporter: ['text', 'json', 'html', 'lcov'],
+      // CI gate (npm run test -- --run --coverage): fails the build if frontend coverage drops.
+      // Set a few points under the 2026-10-04 baseline (79.8/80.5/73.9/82.3) — raise as it grows.
+      thresholds: { statements: 75, branches: 75, functions: 70, lines: 78 },
       exclude: [
         'node_modules/',
         'src/setupTests.ts',