diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5cfc516..ecb204b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -94,13 +94,8 @@ select = ["E", "F", "I"]
 ignore = ["E501"]
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
-omit = [
-    "omnibioai_model_registry/package/manifest.py",
-    "omnibioai_model_registry/package/validate.py",
-    "omnibioai_model_registry/storage/localfs.py",
-    "omnibioai_model_registry/storage/base.py",
-]
+branch = true
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = ["tests"]
-addopts = "-q --cov=omnibioai_model_registry --cov-report=term-missing --cov-fail-under=95"
\ No newline at end of file
+addopts = "-q --cov=omnibioai_model_registry --cov-report=term-missing --cov-fail-under=95"
diff --git a/tests/test_hf_routes_unit.py b/tests/test_hf_routes_unit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94c9dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_hf_routes_unit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+"""Focused unit coverage for the Hugging Face integration boundary.
+
+These tests call the route functions directly so the asynchronous push worker,
+token fallback, and job ownership checks are tested without requiring a live
+FastAPI server or the Hugging Face service.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi import HTTPException
+from iam_client.models import UserContext
+
+
+def _user(org_id: str | None = "org-a") -> UserContext:
+    return UserContext(
+        user_id="user-1",
+        email="user@example.test",
+        roles=[],
+        permissions=["model.use"],
+        valid=True,
+        org_id=org_id,
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def hf_module(tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("OMNIBIOAI_MODEL_REGISTRY_ROOT", str(tmp_path / "registry"))
+    monkeypatch.delenv("HF_TOKEN", raising=False)
+    import omnibioai_model_registry.hf_routes as module
+
+    module._JOBS.clear()
+    return module
+
+
+def test_run_push_success_uploads_immutable_version_and_card(hf_module, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    vdir = tmp_path / "v1"
+    vdir.mkdir()
+    (vdir / "model.pt").write_bytes(b"weights")
+    fake_api = MagicMock()
+    fake_hf = SimpleNamespace(HfApi=MagicMock(return_value=fake_api))
+    monkeypatch.setitem(__import__("sys").modules, "huggingface_hub", fake_hf)
+
+    hf_module._run_push(
+        "job-1", vdir, "org/model", True, "secret", "test card", "mit",
+    )
+
+    assert hf_module._get_job("job-1") == {
+        "status": "success",
+        "url": "https://huggingface.co/org/model",
+    }
+    fake_api.create_repo.assert_called_once_with(
+        repo_id="org/model", repo_type="model", private=True, exist_ok=True,
+    )
+    fake_api.upload_folder.assert_called_once_with(
+        folder_path=str(vdir), repo_id="org/model", repo_type="model", token="secret",
+    )
+    card = fake_api.upload_file.call_args.kwargs["path_or_fileobj"].decode()
+    assert "license: mit" in card
+    assert "test card" in card
+    assert not (vdir / "README.md").exists()
+
+
+def test_run_push_records_downstream_failure(hf_module, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    fake_api = MagicMock()
+    fake_api.create_repo.side_effect = RuntimeError("HF unavailable")
+    monkeypatch.setitem(
+        __import__("sys").modules,
+        "huggingface_hub",
+        SimpleNamespace(HfApi=MagicMock(return_value=fake_api)),
+    )
+
+    hf_module._run_push("job-2", tmp_path, "org/model", False, "secret", "", "apache-2.0")
+
+    job = hf_module._get_job("job-2")
+    assert job["status"] == "error"
+    assert job["error"] == "HF unavailable"
+
+
+def test_hf_push_requires_request_or_server_token(hf_module, monkeypatch):
+    request = hf_module.HFPushRequest(
+        task="t", model_name="m", version="v1", repo_id="org/m",
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc_info:
+        hf_module.hf_push(request, _user())
+
+    assert exc_info.value.status_code == 400
+    assert "HF_TOKEN" in exc_info.value.detail
+
+
+def test_hf_push_uses_server_token_and_records_org_scoped_job(hf_module, monkeypatch):
+    request = hf_module.HFPushRequest(
+        task="t", model_name="m", version="v1", repo_id="org/m",
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HF_TOKEN", "server-secret")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(hf_module._registry, "resolve_model", lambda **kwargs: Path("/vdir"))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(hf_module.uuid, "uuid4", lambda: "job-fixed")
+    audit = MagicMock()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(hf_module, "_audit", audit)
+
+    captured = {}
+
+    class ImmediateThread:
+        def __init__(self, *, target, args, daemon):
+            captured.update(target=target, args=args, daemon=daemon)
+
+        def start(self):
+            captured["started"] = True
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(hf_module.threading, "Thread", ImmediateThread)
+
+    response = hf_module.hf_push(request, _user("org-a"))
+
+    assert response.ok is True
+    assert response.job_id == "job-fixed"
+    assert hf_module._get_job("job-fixed")["organization_id"] == "org-a"
+    assert captured["started"] is True
+    assert captured["args"][4] == "server-secret"
+    audit.log_event.assert_called_once()
+
+
+def test_hf_status_hides_jobs_from_other_organizations(hf_module):
+    hf_module._set_job("job-a", status="success", organization_id="org-a", url="safe")
+
+    with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc_info:
+        hf_module.hf_push_status("job-a", _user("org-b"))
+
+    assert exc_info.value.status_code == 404
+    assert exc_info.value.detail == "Unknown job_id"
+
+    result = hf_module.hf_push_status("job-a", _user("org-a"))
+    assert result.ok is True
+    assert result.status == "success"
+    assert result.url == "safe"
+
+
+def test_hf_status_unknown_job_is_non_enumerating(hf_module):
+    with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc_info:
+        hf_module.hf_push_status("does-not-exist", _user())
+
+    assert exc_info.value.status_code == 404
+    assert exc_info.value.detail == "Unknown job_id"