diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
index 46dd4db4..63f7edeb 100644
--- a/codecov.yml
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 codecov:
-  require_ci_to_pass: false
+  # Only report a passing coverage status when the CI build/tests actually pass,
+  # so a green Codecov check can't green-light a merge whose tests never ran.
+  require_ci_to_pass: true
 
 coverage:
   status:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 94e412c2..330a20ec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,8 +76,10 @@
     <sonar.java.binaries>${project.basedir}/core/target/classes,${project.basedir}/processor/target/classes</sonar.java.binaries>
     <sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>${project.basedir}/core/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,${project.basedir}/processor/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml</sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>
     <sonar.exclusions>**/example/**</sonar.exclusions>
-    <!-- Coverage exclusion needs to match jacoco configuration in processor module -->
-    <sonar.coverage.exclusions>**/*Mapper*.java,**/processor/model/**,**/processor/exceptions/**,**/generated/**</sonar.coverage.exclusions>
+    <!-- Coverage exclusion needs to match jacoco configuration in processor module.
+         Only genuine boilerplate is excluded (DTO model, exception classes, generated
+         sources); mapper logic is intentionally measured. -->
+    <sonar.coverage.exclusions>**/processor/model/**,**/exceptions/**,**/generated/**</sonar.coverage.exclusions>
     
     <!-- Plugin Versions -->
     <plugin.maven.compiler.version>3.13.0</plugin.maven.compiler.version>
diff --git a/processor/pom.xml b/processor/pom.xml
index 6e87c1e9..5a230554 100644
--- a/processor/pom.xml
+++ b/processor/pom.xml
@@ -327,12 +327,10 @@
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
                   <excludes>
-                    <!-- Exclude mapper utilities from coverage -->
-                    <exclude>**/*Mapper*.class</exclude>
                     <!-- Exclude DTOs (model package) from coverage -->
                     <exclude>**/processor/model/**</exclude>
                     <!-- Exclude exception classes from coverage (simple constructors) -->
-                    <exclude>**/processor/exceptions/**</exclude>
+                    <exclude>**/exceptions/**</exclude>
                   </excludes>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>