diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd29122492e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+[run]
+branch = True
+dynamic_context = test_function
+concurrency = multiprocessing,thread
+parallel = True
+data_file = ${INITIAL_PWD-.}/.coverage
+omit = ${INITIAL_PWD-.}/testreport
+source = 
+    ${INITIAL_PWD-.}/
+    ${INITIAL_GISBASE-/usr/local/grass84}/
+
+
+[report]
+; Regexes for lines to exclude from consideration
+exclude_also =
+    ; Don't complain about missing debug-only code:
+    def __repr__
+    if self\.debug
+
+    ; Don't complain if tests don't hit defensive assertion code:
+    raise AssertionError
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+    ; Don't complain if non-runnable code isn't run:
+    ; if 0:
+    ; if __name__ == .__main__.:
+
+    ; Don't complain about abstract methods, they aren't run:
+    @(abc\.)?abstractmethod
+
+ignore_errors = True
+precision = 2
+
+[html]
+directory = coverage_html_report
+show_contexts = true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-format-check.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-format-check.yml
index fb7409876cf..6d896fb1b69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-format-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-format-check.yml
@@ -1,25 +1,67 @@
 ---
-name: ClangFormat Check
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - releasebranch_*
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - releasebranch_*
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.head_ref || github.sha }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-jobs:
-  formatting-check:
-    name: Formatting Check
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4
-      - name: Run clang-format style check for C/C++/Protobuf programs.
-        uses: jidicula/clang-format-action@v4.11.0
-        with:
-          clang-format-version: '15'
-          check-path: .
+  name: ClangFormat Check
+  on:
+    push:
+      branches:
+        - main
+        - releasebranch_*
+    pull_request:
+      branches:
+        - main
+        - releasebranch_*
+        - "*"
+  concurrency:
+    group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+    cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref_protected != true }}
+  # permissions: {}
+  permissions: write-all
+  jobs:
+    formatting-check:
+      name: Formatting Check
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      # permissions:
+      #   pull-requests: write
+      steps:
+        - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        - uses: DoozyX/clang-format-lint-action@11b773b1598aa4ae3b32f023701bca5201c3817d # v0.17
+          with:
+            source: "."
+            clangFormatVersion: 15
+            inplace: True
+        - name: Verify Changed files
+          uses: tj-actions/verify-changed-files@d774a4c7ebe335445d79c7b44138f56a76058ba0 # v19.0.0
+          id: verify-changed-files
+        - run: echo '${{toJson(steps.verify-changed-files.outputs)}}'
+        - name: List all changed files tracked and untracked files
+          run: |
+            echo "Changed files: ${{ steps.verify-changed-files.outputs.changed_files }}"
+        - name: Add job summary without changed files
+          if: ${{ steps.verify-changed-files.outputs.files_changed == 'false' }}
+          run: |
+            {
+              echo "### Changed files:"
+              echo "No files were changed by clang-format"
+            } >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+        - name: Add job summary with changed files
+          if: ${{ steps.verify-changed-files.outputs.files_changed == 'true' }}
+          run: |
+            {
+              echo '### Changed files:'
+              echo '```'
+              echo '${{ steps.verify-changed-files.outputs.changed_files }}'
+              echo '```'
+            } >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+        - uses: parkerbxyz/suggest-changes@f5b10bcbfe35840153c0e823095d260d5abad1f9 # v1.0.0
+          with:
+            comment: |
+              Please commit the suggested changes from clang-format.
+  
+              Suggestions can only be added to lines near lines changed in this PR.
+        - uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3 # v4.3.1
+          if: always()
+          with:
+            name: my-artifact
+            path: |
+              .clang-format
+              ${{ steps.verify-changed-files.outputs.changed_files }}
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/osgeo4w.yml b/.github/workflows/osgeo4w.yml
index cfbb0f6ca14..85f59c8e6c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osgeo4w.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osgeo4w.yml
@@ -26,47 +26,250 @@ jobs:
         os:
           - windows-2019
       fail-fast: false
-
     steps:
+      - name: Collect Workflow Telemetry
+        uses: catchpoint/workflow-telemetry-action@v1
+        with:
+          comment_on_pr: false
       - name: Set git to use LF
         run: |
           git config --global core.autocrlf false
           git config --global core.eol lf
+      - run: |
+          echo "PackageDir=OSGeo4W_v2-Packages" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        id: osgeo4w-pkgs
+        with:
+          result-encoding: string
+          script: >-
+            return process.env.Deps
+                    .split(",").join(" ").split(" ")
+                    .filter((x) => x != "")
+                    // .join(",");
+                    .join(" -P ");
+        env:
+          Deps: >-
+            proj-devel,gdal-devel,geos-devel,libtiff-devel,libpng-devel,
+            netcdf-devel,cairo-devel,fftw,freetype-devel,gdal-ecw,
+            gdal-mrsid,liblas-devel,libxdr,libpq-devel,pdcurses,
+            python3-matplotlib,python3-numpy,python3-ply,python3-pywin32,
+            python3-wxpython,zstd-devel
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4
       - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
         with:
           path-type: inherit
-          location: D:\
+          # location: D:\
+          msystem: mingw64
           update: true
-          install: tar libintl make bison flex diffutils git dos2unix zip mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-fftw mingw-w64-x86_64-lapack mingw-w64-x86_64-pkgconf
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-ccache mingw-w64-x86_64-zlib mingw-w64-x86_64-libiconv
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-bzip2 mingw-w64-x86_64-gettext mingw-w64-x86_64-libsystre
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-libtre-git mingw-w64-x86_64-libwinpthread-git mingw-w64-x86_64-libpng
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-pcre
+          # install: tar libintl bison flex git dos2unix zip 
+          pacboy: >-
+            tar: libintl: bison: flex: git: dos2unix: zip:
+            make: diffutils:p toolchain:p
+            fftw:p lapack:p pkgconf:p gcc:p ccache:p zlib:p libiconv:p bzip2:p gettext:p 
+            libsystre:p libtre-git:p libwinpthread-git:p libpng:p pcre:p
+      # not removed: mingw-w64-x86_64-libpng
+
+
+      # - name: Restore PROJ data cache
+      #   id: restore-proj-data
+      #   uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     # The key here will never match, it will always use the restore-keys.
+      #     # Since we don't have a lockfile or a way of knowing which
+      #     # version of proj-data is needed used, we cannot have a better key.
+      #     key: OSGeo4W-proj-data-${{ env.PackageDir }}-
+      #     restore-keys: |
+      #       OSGeo4W-proj-data-${{ env.PackageDir }}-
+      #     path: ${{ env.PackageDir }}/**/proj-data**
+      # - name: Restore OSGeo4W package cache
+      #   id: restore-pkgs
+      #   uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     # The key here will never match, it will always use the restore-keys.
+      #     # Since we don't have a lockfile or a way of knowing which
+      #     # dependencies were used, we cannot use hashfiles() on files that 
+      #     # don't exist yet.
+      #     key: OSGeo4W-packages-cache-${{ env.PackageDir }}-
+      #     restore-keys: |
+      #       OSGeo4W-packages-cache-${{ env.PackageDir }}-
+      #     path: |
+      #       ${{ env.PackageDir }}/*/*/*/*
+      #       !${{ env.PackageDir }}/*/*/*/proj/proj-data
+      #       !${{ env.PackageDir }}/*/*/*/gdal/gdal-dev
+      #       !${{ env.PackageDir }}/*/*/setup.ini
+      # - name: Save hashes of restored cache before update
+      #   id: restored-cache-hash
+      #   run: |
+      #     echo "proj-data=${{ hashfiles(
+      #       format('{0}/**/proj-data**', env.PackageDir) )
+      #     }}" >> "$env:GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      #     echo "packages=${{ hashfiles(
+      #       format('{0}/**', env.PackageDir),
+      #       format('!{0}/**/proj-data**', env.PackageDir),
+      #       format('!{0}/**/gdal-dev/**', env.PackageDir),
+      #       format('!{0}/**/setup.ini', env.PackageDir) )
+      #     }}" >> "$env:GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      # - run: echo "${{ hashFiles( format('{0}{1}', env.PackageDir,'/**/proj-data**')) }}"
 
+      - name: Download OSGeo4W
+        run: Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "${{ env.BASE_URL }}/${{ env.FILE_NAME }}"  -OutFile "${{ env.FILE_NAME }}"
+        env:
+          BASE_URL: https://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/v2
+          FILE_NAME: osgeo4w-setup.exe
       - name: Install OSGeo4W
         run: |
-          $exe = 'osgeo4w-setup.exe'
-          $url = 'http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/v2/' + $exe
-          (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($url, $exe)
-          Start-Process ('.\'+$exe) -ArgumentList '-A -g -k -q \
-            -s http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/v2/ -P ${{ env.Deps }}' -Wait
+          .\"${{ env.FILE_NAME }}"  -A -g -k -q --no-desktop --no-shortcuts --no-startmenu -s ${{ env.BASE_URL }} -P ${{ env.Deps }} -l "${{ env.PackageDir }}" | Out-Default
         env:
-          Deps: "proj-devel,gdal-devel,geos-devel,libtiff-devel,libpng-devel,\
-            pdal-devel,netcdf-devel,cairo-devel,fftw,freetype-devel,gdal-ecw,\
-            gdal-mrsid,liblas-devel,libxdr,libpq-devel,pdcurses,\
-            python3-matplotlib,python3-numpy,python3-ply,python3-pywin32,\
-            python3-wxpython,regex-devel,zstd-devel"
+          BASE_URL: https://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/v2
+          FILE_NAME: osgeo4w-setup.exe
+          Deps: ${{ steps.osgeo4w-pkgs.outputs.result}}
+          # Deps: >-
+          #   proj-devel,gdal-devel,geos-devel,libtiff-devel,libpng-devel,netcdf-devel,cairo-devel,fftw,freetype-devel,gdal-ecw,gdal-mrsid,liblas-devel,libxdr,libpq-devel,pdcurses,python3-matplotlib,python3-numpy,python3-ply,python3-pywin32,python3-wxpython,zstd-devel
+            
+      # removed: regex-devel,pdal-devel,
+    
+      # - name: Remove outdated OSGeo4W cached packages
+      #   shell: msys2 {0}
+      #   # First sed pattern: 
+      #   #   Filters out the lines after the [prev] section until next blank line by
+      #   #   keeping lines between "@ osgeo4w-package-name" and "[prev]" or a blank line.
+      #   #   Adapted from: https://github.com/jef-n/OSGeo4W/blob/9b26e568b5660b9e18839076327cfdade769fcd9/scripts/build-helpers#L376
+      #   # Second sed pattern:
+      #   #   Keeps only the path subgroup of lines starting with `install:` or `license:`
+      #   #   Adapted from https://github.com/jef-n/OSGeo4W/blob/9b26e568b5660b9e18839076327cfdade769fcd9/scripts/build-inorder.pl#L22-L23
+      #   run: >-
+      #     pwd \n
+      #     find ${{ env.PackageDir }} -type f \(  ! -name "setup.ini"  $(
+      #       sed -rne '/^@ .*$/,/^(\[prev\])?$/p' setup.ini |
+      #       sed -nr 's/^(install|source|license):\s+(\S+)\s+[0-9]+\s+\S+/\2/p' |
+      #       xargs printf ' -a ! -path ${{ env.PackageDir }}/http*/%s\n'
+      #     ) \)
+      #   continue-on-error: true
+      #   env:
+      #     PackageDir: ${{ env.PackageDir }}
+   
+  
+     # - name: Install OSGeo4W
+     #   run: |
+     #     $exe = 'osgeo4w-setup.exe'
+     #     $url = 'http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/v2/' + $exe
+     #     (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($url, $exe)
+     #     Start-Process ('.\'+$exe) -ArgumentList '-A -g -k -q \
+     #       -s http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/v2/ -P ${{ env.Deps }}' -Wait
+     #   env:
+     #     Deps: "proj-devel,gdal-devel,geos-devel,libtiff-devel,libpng-devel,\
+     #       pdal-devel,netcdf-devel,cairo-devel,fftw,freetype-devel,gdal-ecw,\
+     #       gdal-mrsid,liblas-devel,libxdr,libpq-devel,pdcurses,\
+     #       python3-matplotlib,python3-numpy,python3-ply,python3-pywin32,\
+     #       python3-wxpython,regex-devel,zstd-devel"
+     #   shell: pwsh
+      
+      # - name: Get hashes of caches to save
+      #   id: save-cache-hash
+      #   run: |
+      #     echo "proj-data=${{ hashfiles(
+      #       format('{0}/**/proj-data**', env.PackageDir) )
+      #     }}" >> "$env:GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      #     echo "packages=${{ hashfiles(
+      #       format('{0}/**', env.PackageDir),
+      #       format('!{0}/**/proj-data**', env.PackageDir),
+      #       format('!{0}/**/gdal-dev/**', env.PackageDir),
+      #       format('!{0}/**/setup.ini', env.PackageDir) )
+      #     }}" >> "$env:GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      # - name: Save proj-data cache
+      #   if: ${{ steps.restored-cache-hash.outputs.proj-data != steps.save-cache-hash.outputs.proj-data }}
+      #   uses: actions/cache/save@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     key: OSGeo4W-proj-data-${{ env.PackageDir }}-${{ steps.save-cache-hash.outputs.proj-data  }}
+      #     path: ${{ env.PackageDir }}/**/proj-data**
+      # - name: Save OSGeo4W package cache
+      #   if: ${{ steps.restored-cache-hash.outputs.packages != steps.save-cache-hash.outputs.packages }}
+      #   uses: actions/cache/save@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     key: OSGeo4W-packages-cache-${{ env.PackageDir }}-${{ steps.save-cache-hash.outputs.packages  }}
+      #     path: |
+      #       ${{ env.PackageDir }}/*/*/*/*
+      #       !${{ env.PackageDir }}/*/*/*/proj/proj-data
+      #       !${{ env.PackageDir }}/*/*/*/gdal/gdal-dev
+      #       !${{ env.PackageDir }}/*/*/setup.ini
+
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
+      # - run: ccache -s -v -v
+      #   if: ${{ always() }}
+      #   shell: msys2 {0}
+      # - name: Configure ccache settings
+      #   run: |
+      #     ccache --set-config=cache_dir='${{ github.workspace }}/.ccache'
+      #     ccache --set-config=max_size=500M
+      #     ccache --set-config=compression=true
+      #     echo "ccache config:"
+      #     ccache --show-config
+      #     ccache --zero-stats
+      #   shell: msys2 {0}
+      # - name: Configure ccache settings
+      #   run: |
+      #     ccache --set-config=cache_dir='${{ github.workspace }}/.ccache'
+      #     ccache --set-config=max_size=500M
+      #     ccache --set-config=compression=true
+      #     echo "ccache config:"
+      #     ccache -p
+      #   shell: msys2 {0}
 
+      - run: ls -la mswindows/osgeo4w/
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+      - run: ls -la /c/OSGeo4W/bin/
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+      - run: pwd
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+      - run: ls -la mswindows/osgeo4w/
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+      - run: ls -la /c/OSGeo4W/bin/
+        shell: msys2 {0}
       - name: Compile GRASS GIS
-        run: D:\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe -l (''+(Get-Location)+'\.github\workflows\build_osgeo4w.sh') (Get-Location)
+        run: SRC="$(pwd)" ./mswindows/osgeo4w/build_osgeo4w.sh
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+        env:
+          MAKEFLAGS: -j 4
+          OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS: /c/OSGeo4W
+          UNITTEST: 1
+          GCC_COLORS: 'error=01;31:warning=01;35:note=01;36:caret=01;32:locus=01:quote=01'
+          CC: 'ccache x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc'
+          CXX: 'ccache x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++'
+
+      - run: ls -la mswindows/osgeo4w/
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+      - run: ls -la /c/OSGeo4W/bin/
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+      # - run: mkdir -p .ccache && ls -la .ccache
+      #   if: ${{ always() }}
+      #   shell: msys2 {0}
+      # - run: ccache --show-stats -v -v
+      #   if: ${{ always() }}
+      #   shell: msys2 {0}
+      
+      
+      #- name: Compile GRASS GIS
+        #run: .github/workflows/build_osgeo4w.sh .
+        #shell: msys2 {0}
+        #env:
+          #MAKEFLAGS: -j0
+        #run: D:\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe -l (''+(Get-Location)+'\.github\workflows\build_osgeo4w.sh') (Get-Location)
 
       - name: Test executing of the grass command
         run: .github/workflows/test_simple.bat 'C:\OSGeo4W\opt\grass\grass84.bat'
-
+        #shell: msys2 {0}
+      #- run: exit 1
       - name: Test executing of the grass command in bash
-        run: D:\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe .github/workflows/test_simple.sh
+        run: .github/workflows/test_simple.sh
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+       # run: D:\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe .github/workflows/test_simple.sh
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: .github/workflows/test_thorough.bat 'C:\OSGeo4W\opt\grass\grass84.bat' 'C:\OSGeo4W\bin\python3'
+        #run: .github/workflows/test_thorough.bat 'C:\OSGeo4W\opt\grass\grass84.bat' 'C:\OSGeo4W\bin\python3'
+      
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 9b8db8ae440..8ac2628d571 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
       - releasebranch_*
+      - '*'
 
 jobs:
   pytest:
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install -r .github/workflows/python_requirements.txt
           pip install -r .github/workflows/optional_requirements.txt
-          pip install pytest pytest-timeout pytest-github-actions-annotate-failures pytest-xdist
+          pip install pytest pytest-timeout pytest-github-actions-annotate-failures pytest-xdist pytest-cov
 
       - name: Create installation directory
         run: |
@@ -63,11 +64,19 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build
         run: .github/workflows/build_${{ matrix.os }}.sh $HOME/install
+        env:
+          CFLAGS: -fPIC --coverage -g -O0 -fprofile-abs-path
+          CXXFLAGS: -fPIC --coverage -g -O0 -fprofile-abs-path
+          LDFLAGS: --coverage
 
       - name: Add the bin directory to PATH
         run: |
           echo "$HOME/install/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
+      - name: Print installed versions
+        if: always()
+        run: .github/workflows/print_versions.sh
+
       - name: Test executing of the grass command
         run: .github/workflows/test_simple.sh
 
@@ -75,11 +84,19 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           export PYTHONPATH=`grass --config python_path`:$PYTHONPATH
           export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/install/grass84/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-          pytest --numprocesses auto .
+          INITIAL_PWD="${PWD}" pytest --verbose --color=yes --cov --cov-branch --numprocesses auto . --dist worksteal
+        env:
+          INITIAL_GISBASE: $HOME/install/grass84
+
+      - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        with:
+          verbose: true
+          # gcov: true
+          flags: pytest-python-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          name: pytest-python-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Print installed versions
-        if: always()
-        run: .github/workflows/print_versions.sh
   pytest-success:
     name: pytest Result
     needs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_thorough.sh b/.github/workflows/test_thorough.sh
index 6c4d9e32b91..fd4c4f276cf 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/test_thorough.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_thorough.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@
 # fail on non-zero return code from a subprocess
 set -e
 
+if [[ -z "${PYTHON}" ]]; then
+  PYTHON="python3"
+else
+  PYTHON="${PYTHON}"
+fi
+
 grass --tmp-location XY --exec \
     g.download.location url=https://grass.osgeo.org/sampledata/north_carolina/nc_spm_full_v2alpha2.tar.gz path=$HOME
 
+
 grass --tmp-location XY --exec \
-    python3 -m grass.gunittest.main \
+    ${PYTHON} -m grass.gunittest.main \
     --grassdata $HOME --location nc_spm_full_v2alpha2 --location-type nc \
     --min-success 100 $@
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
index 9e42b728089..23895cd6116 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "${delete[@]}"
           for target in "${delete[@]}"; do
             for i in "${!array[@]}"; do
-              if [[ ${array[i]} = $target ]]; then
+              if [[ ${array[i]} = "$target" ]]; then
                 unset 'array[i]'
               fi
             done
           done
           unset new_array
           for i in "${!array[@]}"; do
-              new_array+=( "${array[i]}" )
+            new_array+=( "${array[i]}" )
           done
           echo "Excluded folders:"
           echo "${new_array[@]}"
@@ -91,6 +91,26 @@ jobs:
           echo "Exclusion string to add to gunittest config"
           echo "${extra_exclude}"
           echo "extra-exclude=${extra_exclude}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "Inclusion string for tags"
+          printf -v extra_include_tag ' %s' "${delete[@]}"
+          extra_include_tag="${extra_include_tag:1}" # trim extra first space
+          extra_include_tag=${extra_include_tag// /-} # replace spaces by hyphens
+          echo "${extra_include_tag}"
+          echo "extra-include-tag=${extra_include_tag}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "Truncated string for codecov upload"
+          max_flag_len=45
+          max_flag_prefix_len=33 # gunittest-ubuntu-22.04_without_x-
+          max_flag_suffix_len=$((max_flag_len - max_flag_prefix_len))
+          extra_include_tag_len=${#extra_include_tag} # string's length
+          extra_include_tag_len_len=${#extra_include_tag_len} # length of string's length
+          if [[ "${extra_include_tag_len}" -gt "${max_flag_suffix_len}" ]]; then
+            # Extra include too long
+            extra_include_tag_trunc="${extra_include_tag:0:$max_flag_suffix_len-1-$extra_include_tag_len_len}.${extra_include_tag_len}"
+          else
+            extra_include_tag_trunc="${extra_include_tag}"
+          fi
+          echo "${extra_include_tag_trunc}"
+          echo "extra-include-tag-trunc=${extra_include_tag_trunc}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
         env:
           DELETE_ARRAY: ${{ matrix.extra-include }}
 
@@ -107,6 +127,8 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install -y wget git gawk findutils
           xargs -a <(awk '! /^ *(#|$)/' ".github/workflows/apt.txt") -r -- \
               sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests
+      - name: Install python coverage tool
+        run: pip install coverage
 
       - name: Create installation directory
         run: |
@@ -119,6 +141,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH for compilation
         run: |
           echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/install/lib" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Set COVERAGE_PROCESS_START env variable
+        run: |
+          echo "COVERAGE_PROCESS_START=${PWD}/.coveragerc" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Print build environment variables
         shell: bash -el {0}
@@ -130,9 +155,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         env:
           # TODO: -pedantic-errors here won't go through ./configure (with GNU C)
-          CFLAGS: -fPIC -Wvla
+          CFLAGS: -fPIC -Wvla --coverage -g -O0 -fprofile-abs-path
           # TODO: -pedantic-errors here won't compile
-          CXXFLAGS: -fPIC
+          CXXFLAGS: -fPIC --coverage -g -O0 -fprofile-abs-path
+          LDFLAGS: --coverage
         run: .github/workflows/build_${{ matrix.config }}.sh $HOME/install -Werror
 
       - name: Add the bin directory to PATH
@@ -146,16 +172,43 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test executing of the grass command
         run: .github/workflows/test_simple.sh
 
+      - name: Place a sitecustomize.py file enabling subprocess code coverage
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p $(python -m site --user-site)
+          printf "import coverage\ncoverage.process_startup()" \
+            > "$(python -m site --user-site)/sitecustomize.py"
       - name: Run tests
-        run: .github/workflows/test_thorough.sh --config .gunittest.extra.cfg
-
+        run: INITIAL_PWD="${PWD}" .github/workflows/test_thorough.sh --config .gunittest.extra.cfg
+        env:
+          PYTHON: coverage run --branch --parallel-mode --concurrency=multiprocessing,thread
+          INITIAL_GISBASE: $HOME/install/grass84
+      - run: coverage combine
+      - name: Show python coverage report summary
+        run: coverage report
+      - run: coverage html
       - name: Make HTML test report available
         if: ${{ always() }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: testreport-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.config }}-${{ matrix.extra-include }}
+          name: testreport-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.config }}-${{ steps.get-exclude.outputs.extra-include-tag }}
           path: testreport
           retention-days: 3
+      - name: Make python-only code coverage test report available
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: python-codecoverage-report-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.config }}-${{ steps.get-exclude.outputs.extra-include-tag }}
+          path: coverage_html_report
+          retention-days: 3
+
+      - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        with:
+          verbose: true
+          # gcov: true
+          flags: gunittest,gunittest-${{ matrix.config }},gunittest-${{ matrix.config }}-${{ steps.get-exclude.outputs.extra-include-tag-trunc }}
+          name: gunittest-${{ matrix.config }}-${{ steps.get-exclude.outputs.extra-include-tag-trunc }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
   build-and-test-success:
     name: Build & Test Result
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bc8ac301e89..6a0461193b9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,3 +49,9 @@ test_keyvalue_result.txt
 
 # ignore paths generated by helper tools
 node_modules
+
+# Ignore code coverage files
+*.gcov
+*.gcno
+*.gcda
+.coverage
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0146fc8fc11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+codecov:
+    notify:
+        # do not notify until at least 7 builds have been uploaded from the CI pipeline
+        # Change when more or less uploads are made, to not receive a GitHub
+        # comment notification too early after only pytest has uploaded coverage
+        after_n_builds: 7
+coverage:
+  status:
+    project:
+      default:
+        target: auto # auto compares coverage to the previous base commit
+        informational: true
+    patch:
+      default:
+        informational: true
+
+component_management:
+  individual_components:
+    - component_id: modules_database # this is an identifier that should not be changed
+      name: db # this is a display name, and can be changed freely
+      paths:
+        - db/**
+        - lib/db/**
+        - scripts/db.*/**
+    - component_id: modules_display
+      name: display
+      paths:
+        - display/**
+        - lib/display/**
+        - scripts/d.*/**
+    - component_id: modules_general
+      name: general
+      paths:
+        - general/**
+        - scripts/g.*/**
+    - component_id: gui
+      name: gui
+      paths:
+        - gui/**
+    - component_id: modules_imagery
+      name: imagery
+      paths:
+        - imagery/**
+        - lib/imagery/**
+        - scripts/i.*/**
+    - component_id: man
+      name: man
+      paths:
+        - man/**
+    - component_id: modules_misc
+      name: imagery
+      paths:
+        - misc/**
+        - scripts/m.*/**
+    - component_id: modules_postscript
+      name: ps
+      paths:
+        - ps/**
+    - component_id: modules_raster
+      name: raster
+      paths:
+        - raster/**
+        - lib/raster/**
+        - scripts/r.*/**
+    - component_id: modules_raster3d
+      name: raster3d
+      paths:
+        - raster3d/**
+        - lib/raster3d/**
+        - scripts/r3.*/**
+    - component_id: modules_temporal
+      name: temporal
+      paths:
+        - temporal/**
+        - lib/temporal/**
+        - scripts/t.*/**
+    - component_id: modules_vector
+      name: vector
+      paths:
+        - vector/**
+        - lib/vector/**
+        - scripts/v.*/**
+    - component_id: utils
+      paths:
+        - utils/**
+    - component_id: scripts
+      paths:
+        - scripts/**
+    - component_id: library
+      name: lib
+      paths:
+        - lib/**
+    - component_id: python_pygrass
+      name: pygrass
+      paths:
+        - python/grass/pygrass/**
+    - component_id: python_gunittest
+      name: gunittest
+      paths:
+        - python/grass/gunittest/**
+    - component_id: notebooks
+      name: notebooks (jupyter)
+      paths:
+        - python/grass/jupyter/**
+        - "**/*.ipynb"
+    - component_id: python_library
+      name: python library
+      paths:
+        - python/grass/**
+
+# When modifying this file, please validate using
+# curl -X POST --data-binary @codecov.yml https://codecov.io/validate
diff --git a/mswindows/osgeo4w/build_osgeo4w.sh b/mswindows/osgeo4w/build_osgeo4w.sh
index ecb6e951f5c..0fdb27377b7 100644
--- a/mswindows/osgeo4w/build_osgeo4w.sh
+++ b/mswindows/osgeo4w/build_osgeo4w.sh
@@ -21,14 +21,19 @@ export C_INCLUDE_PATH=".:${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include:${SRC}/dist.${ARCH}/includ
 export PYTHONHOME=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/apps/Python39
 export ARCH=x86_64-w64-mingw32
 
+echo "Pwd is $(pwd)"
+echo "Print env follows"
+printenv
+echo "Print env done"
+
 ./configure \
-    --host=${ARCH} \
+    --host="${ARCH}" \
     --with-libs="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/lib ${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/bin" \
-    --with-includes=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include \
-    --libexecdir=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/bin \
-    --prefix=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/apps/grass \
-    --bindir=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/bin \
-    --includedir=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include \
+    --with-includes="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include" \
+    --libexecdir="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/bin" \
+    --prefix="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/apps/grass" \
+    --bindir="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/bin" \
+    --includedir="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include" \
     --without-x \
     --with-cxx \
     --enable-shared \
@@ -38,32 +43,31 @@ export ARCH=x86_64-w64-mingw32
     --with-nls \
     --with-readline \
     --with-blas \
-    --with-lapack-includes=/mingw64/include/lapack \
+    --with-lapack-includes="/mingw64/include/lapack" \
     --with-freetype \
-    --with-freetype-includes=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include/freetype2 \
-    --with-proj-share=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/share/proj \
-    --with-proj-includes=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include \
-    --with-proj-libs=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/lib \
+    --with-freetype-includes="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include/freetype2" \
+    --with-proj-share="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/share/proj" \
+    --with-proj-includes="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include" \
+    --with-proj-libs="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/lib" \
     --with-postgres \
-    --with-postgres-includes=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include \
-    --with-postgres-libs=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/lib \
-    --with-gdal=${SRC}/mswindows/osgeo4w/gdal-config \
-    --with-geos=${SRC}/mswindows/osgeo4w/geos-config \
+    --with-postgres-includes="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include" \
+    --with-postgres-libs="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/lib" \
+    --with-gdal="${SRC}/mswindows/osgeo4w/gdal-config" \
+    --with-geos="${SRC}/mswindows/osgeo4w/geos-config" \
     --with-sqlite \
-    --with-sqlite-includes=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include \
-    --with-sqlite-libs=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/lib \
+    --with-sqlite-includes="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include" \
+    --with-sqlite-libs="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/lib" \
     --with-regex \
     --with-nls \
     --with-zstd \
     --with-odbc \
     --with-cairo \
-    --with-cairo-includes=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include \
-    --with-cairo-libs=$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/lib \
+    --with-cairo-includes="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include" \
+    --with-cairo-libs="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/lib" \
     --with-cairo-ldflags="-L${SRC}/mswindows/osgeo4w/lib -lcairo" \
     --with-opengl=windows \
     --with-bzlib \
-    --with-liblas=${SRC}/mswindows/osgeo4w/liblas-config \
-    --with-netcdf=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/bin/nc-config \
+    --with-netcdf="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/bin/nc-config" \
     --without-pdal
 
 make
diff --git a/mswindows/osgeo4w/package.sh b/mswindows/osgeo4w/package.sh
index c638c40ee62..81c99411b49 100755
--- a/mswindows/osgeo4w/package.sh
+++ b/mswindows/osgeo4w/package.sh
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ fi
 
 # package patch number
 # e.g. 'r65400-1' for daily builds, '-1' for release
-if [ -z  $PACKAGE_PATCH ]; then
+if [ -z  "$PACKAGE_PATCH" ]; then
     PACKAGE_PATCH=1
 fi
 
 # package name
 # eg. '-daily' -> 'grass-daily', empty for release
-if [ -z $PACKAGE_POSTFIX ]; then
+if [ -z "$PACKAGE_POSTFIX" ]; then
     PACKAGE_POSTFIX=""
 fi
 
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ fetchenv() {
     args="$@"
     cmd.exe //c set >$srcenv
     cmd.exe //c "call `cygpath -sw $batch` $args \>nul 2\>nul \& set" >$dstenv
-    diff -u $srcenv $dstenv | sed -f mswindows/osgeo4w/envdiff.sed >$diffenv
-    . $diffenv
+    diff -u "$srcenv" "$dstenv" | sed -f mswindows/osgeo4w/envdiff.sed >"$diffenv"
+    . "$diffenv"
     PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/mingw64/bin/:$PWD/mswindows/osgeo4w/lib:$PWD/mswindows/osgeo4w:/c/windows32/system32:/c/windows:/c/windows32/system32:/c/windows
     rm -f $srcenv $dstenv $diffenv
 }
@@ -149,18 +149,18 @@ if ! [ -f mswindows/osgeo4w/configure-stamp ]; then
 	cp -uv $DLLS dist.x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin
 
 	mkdir -p mswindows/osgeo4w/lib
-	cp -uv $OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/lib/libpq.lib mswindows/osgeo4w/lib/pq.lib
-	cp -uv $OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/lib/sqlite3_i.lib mswindows/osgeo4w/lib/sqlite3.lib
+	cp -uv ${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/lib/libpq.lib mswindows/osgeo4w/lib/pq.lib
+	cp -uv ${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/lib/sqlite3_i.lib mswindows/osgeo4w/lib/sqlite3.lib
 
 	log configure
 	./configure \
 		--host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 \
-		--with-libs="$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/lib" \
-		--with-includes=$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/include \
-		--libexecdir=$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/bin \
-		--prefix=$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/apps/grass \
-		--bindir=$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/bin \
-		--includedir=$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/include \
+		--with-libs="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/lib" \
+		--with-includes="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include" \
+		--libexecdir="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/bin" \
+		--prefix="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/apps/grass" \
+		--bindir="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/bin" \
+		--includedir="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include" \
 		--with-opengl=windows \
 		--without-x \
 		--with-cxx \
@@ -168,29 +168,29 @@ if ! [ -f mswindows/osgeo4w/configure-stamp ]; then
 		--enable-largefile \
 		--with-fftw \
 		--with-freetype \
-		--with-freetype-includes=/mingw64/include/freetype2 \
-		--with-proj-share=$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/share/proj \
-		--with-proj-includes=$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/include \
-		--with-proj-libs=$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/lib \
+		--with-freetype-includes="/mingw64/include/freetype2" \
+		--with-proj-share="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/share/proj" \
+		--with-proj-includes="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include" \
+		--with-proj-libs="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/lib" \
 		--with-postgres \
-		--with-postgres-includes=$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/include \
+		--with-postgres-includes="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include" \
 		--with-postgres-libs=$PWD/mswindows/osgeo4w/lib \
 		--with-gdal=$PWD/mswindows/osgeo4w/gdal-config \
 		--with-geos=$PWD/mswindows/osgeo4w/geos-config \
 		--with-sqlite \
-		--with-sqlite-includes=$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/include \
-		--with-sqlite-libs=$PWD/mswindows/osgeo4w/lib \
+		--with-sqlite-includes="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include" \
+		--with-sqlite-libs="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/mswindows/osgeo4w/lib" \
 		--with-regex \
 		--with-nls \
 		--with-zstd \
 		--with-odbc \
-		--with-netcdf=${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/bin/nc-config \
+		--with-netcdf="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/bin/nc-config" \
 		--with-blas \
 		--with-lapack \
-		--with-lapack-includes=/mingw64/include \
+		--with-lapack-includes="/mingw64/include" \
 		--with-openmp \
 		--with-cairo \
-		--with-cairo-includes=$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/include \
+		--with-cairo-includes="${OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS}/include" \
 		--with-cairo-ldflags="-L$PWD/mswindows/osgeo4w/lib -lcairo -lfontconfig" \
 		--with-bzlib \
 		--with-liblas=$PWD/mswindows/osgeo4w/liblas-config \
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index fb46027c808..5db72dd6a94 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
-    "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
-    "extends": [
-        "config:base",
-        ":semanticCommitTypeAll(CI)"
-    ]
+  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  "extends": [
+    "config:recommended"
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/scripts/v.report/testsuite/data/test_1_report.ref b/scripts/v.report/testsuite/data/test_1_report.ref
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cef50be84c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/v.report/testsuite/data/test_1_report.ref
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+cat|OBJECTID|WAKE_ZIPCO|PERIMETER|ZIPCODE_|ZIPCODE_ID|ZIPNAME|ZIPNUM|ZIPCODE|NAME|SHAPE_Leng|SHAPE_Area|area
+1|1|262493461.286|80746.40038|2|27|CREEDMOOR|27522|CREEDMOOR 27522|CREEDMOOR|80777.650719|262372872.587|2437.53231278035
+2|2|31634621.1616|31064.35816|7|25|YOUNGSVILLE|27596|YOUNGSVILLE 27596|YOUNGSVILLE|31064.35845|31634622.1247|293.896432048061
+3|3|543964359.138|115252.44443|8|20|RALEIGH|27615|RALEIGH 27615|RALEIGH|115252.443861|543964358.996|5053.61542941077
+4|4|58736529.666|36836.75795|10|26|YOUNGSVILLE|27596|YOUNGSVILLE 27596|YOUNGSVILLE|36836.756996|58736530.8791|545.681548844361
+5|7|12788390.3938|32416.21157|15|157|DURHAM|27703|DURHAM 27703|DURHAM|30664.931929|12593277.3902|116.906610607967
+6|8|602469071.217|147112.36983|18|8|RALEIGH|27616|RALEIGH 27616|RALEIGH|147116.461058|602468668.316|5597.16187916719
+7|11|402520600.739|128456.89917|23|35|RALEIGH|27612|RALEIGH 27612|RALEIGH|128260.956758|402143653.823|3735.99083479836
+8|12|1319493933.22|252236.30916|24|9|WENDELL|27591|WENDELL 27591|WENDELL|252265.618847|1319493242|12258.5299612302
+9|13|313832905.094|80405.41507|25|19|RALEIGH|27609|RALEIGH 27609|RALEIGH|80405.413149|313832904.304|2915.61008490605
+10|14|632112227.725|154800.00031|28|15|RALEIGH|27604|RALEIGH 27604|RALEIGH|154801.611532|632113047.308|5872.54890089757
+11|15|873704032.742|198415.75507|29|22|KNIGHTDALE|27545|KNIGHTDALE 27545|KNIGHTDALE|207888.12556|854234759.151|7936.13127502539
+12|17|86718740.3594|47692.08248|34|1|RALEIGH|27608|RALEIGH 27608|RALEIGH|47692.081615|86718740.3587|805.649460196298
+13|19|1174353723.71|250639.52409|36|23|RALEIGH|27610|RALEIGH 27610|RALEIGH|260100.365867|1193825267.82|11091.0429399
+14|21|25495827.4688|25606.12087|38|2|RALEIGH|27605|RALEIGH 27605|RALEIGH|25606.118579|25495829.7998|236.864957031583
+15|23|48955772.0156|33100.96362|41|21|RALEIGH|27601|RALEIGH 27601|RALEIGH|33100.961138|48955771.7285|454.815936979609
+16|24|672983954.444|137789.66922|42|18|APEX|27502|APEX 27502|APEX|138402.016283|671745658.098|6240.75717514489
+17|25|1096882081.34|195776.53228|43|24|GARNER|27529|GARNER 27529|GARNER|195766.214382|1096940045.19|10190.9096697667
+18|26|785094011.315|125961.78982|45|4|NEW HILL|27562|NEW HILL 27562|NEW HILL|125964.20281|785117168.913|7293.96582281196
+19|27|74573603.2444|53026.74139|46|76|CLAYTON|27520|CLAYTON 27520|CLAYTON|53026.741222|74573603.668|692.840075781924
+20|29|14013604.9607|20227.39179|50|146|FUQUAY VARINA|27526|FUQUAY VARINA 27526|FUQUAY VARINA|20236.211152|14013892.9812|130.183906990786
+21|30|10825001.4179|18741.09609|51|5|WILLOW SPRING|27592|WILLOW SPRING 27592|WILLOW SPRING|18774.411343|10826786.022|100.594093362751
+22|32|595065.85534|3225.47552|53|147|ANGIER|27501|ANGIER 27501|ANGIER|3221.281589|594306.673565|5.52131175184301
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diff --git a/scripts/v.report/testsuite/test_v_report.sh b/scripts/v.report/testsuite/test_v_report.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1624cec88bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/v.report/testsuite/test_v_report.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+v.report zipcodes_wake option=area units=hectares > data/test_1_report.txt
+
+cd data
+
+for i in `ls *.txt` ; do
+    diff $i "`basename $i .txt`.ref" >> out.diff
+done
+
+CHAR_NUM=`cat out.diff | wc -c`
+
+# Return as exit status 0 in case no diffs are found
+exit $CHAR_NUM