It's actually not that hard in most non-embedded software testing to get code coverage for any test stage. Even up to manual testing. The tooling exists for all

It's actually not that hard in most non-embedded software testing to get code coverage for any test stage. Even up to manual testing. The tooling exists for all major languages. I recently wrote an article on the subject which links to tutorials for Java and C#: https://docs.teamscale.com/howto/recording-coverage-for-manual-tests/#the-principles-behind-manual-test-coverage https://docs.teamscale.com/howto/recording-coverage-for-manu... Maybe that'll help you convince your managers to invest in the kinds of tests that make sense for your product.