diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage-refresh.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage-refresh.yml
index 19000c23f6..88deff5a76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage-refresh.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage-refresh.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ jobs:
             git config user.name  "mfc-bot"
             git config user.email "mfc-bot@users.noreply.github.com"
             git add tests/coverage_map.json.gz
-            git commit -m "test: refresh coverage map [skip ci]"
+            # --no-verify: this bot commit stages only the binary coverage map; it
+            # must not run the repo pre-commit hook (./mfc.sh precheck/spelling),
+            # which is for source changes and aborts the commit on the runner.
+            git commit --no-verify -m "test: refresh coverage map [skip ci]"
             # Push to protected master via CACHE_PUSH_TOKEN (a PAT/App token with
             # contents:write + branch-protection bypass), mirroring deploy-tap.yml's
             # x-access-token push. The default GITHUB_TOKEN is rejected by protection.
diff --git a/toolchain/mfc/test/test.py b/toolchain/mfc/test/test.py
index 7d9dfbbb3a..f312a7cf49 100644
--- a/toolchain/mfc/test/test.py
+++ b/toolchain/mfc/test/test.py
@@ -230,7 +230,18 @@ def test():
     if ARG("build_coverage_map"):
         from .coverage_build import build_coverage_map
 
-        all_cases = [b.to_case() for b in cases]
+        # Convergence tests are order-of-accuracy checks driven by convergence.py,
+        # which fills in grid resolution and patch geometry per refinement level at
+        # runtime. Their base params are skeletons (m=n=p=0, no geometry) that cannot
+        # run standalone, so the direct-invocation collector cannot map them. Exclude
+        # them: absent from the map, select_tests conservatively always-runs them
+        # (rung 5), which is the desired behavior for convergence checks anyway.
+        convergence = [b for b in cases if getattr(b, "kind", "golden") == "convergence"]
+        coverage_cases = [b for b in cases if getattr(b, "kind", "golden") != "convergence"]
+        if convergence:
+            cons.print(f"[yellow]Excluding {len(convergence)} convergence tests from the coverage map (always-run by design).[/yellow]")
+
+        all_cases = [b.to_case() for b in coverage_cases]
         unique = set()
         for case, code in itertools.product(all_cases, [PRE_PROCESS, SIMULATION, POST_PROCESS]):
             slug = code.get_slug(case.to_input_file())