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Coverage-Driven Verification: Pitfalls and Red Flags

Pitfalls and Red Flags for Coverage-Driven Verification.

Pitfalls and red flags

Pitfalls and Red Flags for Coverage-Driven Verification is anchored on Risk-weighted closure across functional coverage, assertion coverage, code coverage, and bug escape trend.. Convert observations into mechanism-backed decisions with explicit ownership.

  • Tuning knobs without proving first failing mechanism.

  • Ignoring privilege, trap, and memory-protection side effects.

  • Mixing extension profiles across benchmark runs.

  • Shipping on one benchmark uplift without stress replay.