diff --git a/packages/loopover-engine/README.md b/packages/loopover-engine/README.md
index da979fa756..5d37e3f051 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-engine/README.md
+++ b/packages/loopover-engine/README.md
@@ -567,6 +567,11 @@ dashboard progress summaries:
 `computeOpportunityFreshness` and `computeOpportunityCompetition` mirror the hosted reward-risk helpers with pure,
 injected-clock semantics for local miners.
 
+`computeLaneFit` (in `goal-model.ts`, composed here through `computeMetadataLaneFit`) has a Codecov-visible root
+mirror at `test/unit/goal-model.test.ts` (#8344) — `codecov/patch` only reads the root vitest suite (see
+[Test](#test)), so its lane-fit precedence and glob-matcher branches are gradeable there as well as by the
+package's own `node:test` suite.
+
 ## AI Policy Map
 
 `scanAiPolicyText` and `resolveAiPolicyVerdict` provide the deterministic policy gate used by miner discovery.
diff --git a/test/unit/goal-model.test.ts b/test/unit/goal-model.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..567d009bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/goal-model.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+// Root-level vitest coverage twin for `packages/loopover-engine/src/goal-model.ts` (#8344).
+//
+// `computeLaneFit` (and its hand-rolled `compileGlobMatcher`) is live, load-bearing logic consumed by
+// `miner-goal-lane-fit.ts` and `opportunity-metadata.ts`, fully exercised by the engine package's own
+// `node --test` suite at `packages/loopover-engine/test/goal-model.test.ts`. But that runner is not part of
+// the root vitest run Codecov reads `codecov/patch` from, so the module reports as ~0% covered despite being
+// genuinely tested (same blind spot as #6250). This twin imports `computeLaneFit` via the engine barrel and
+// re-exercises every precedence rule and glob-matcher branch so vitest — and therefore Codecov — sees it too,
+// matching the sibling pattern in `test/unit/calibration-dashboard.test.ts`.
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { computeLaneFit, DEFAULT_MINER_GOAL_SPEC } from "../../packages/loopover-engine/src/index";
+import type { GoalModelInput, MinerGoalSpec } from "../../packages/loopover-engine/src/index";
+
+function baseSpec(overrides: Partial<MinerGoalSpec> = {}): MinerGoalSpec {
+  return { ...DEFAULT_MINER_GOAL_SPEC, ...overrides };
+}
+
+function input(overrides: Partial<GoalModelInput> = {}): GoalModelInput {
+  return {
+    candidatePaths: ["src/app.ts"],
+    candidateLabels: ["bug"],
+    goalSpec: baseSpec(),
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("barrel: computeLaneFit is re-exported from the engine entrypoint", () => {
+  it("exposes computeLaneFit as a function", () => {
+    expect(typeof computeLaneFit).toBe("function");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("computeLaneFit precedence rules", () => {
+  it("rule 1: hard veto on a blocked path returns 0 even when a wanted/preferred match is also present", () => {
+    const result = computeLaneFit(
+      input({
+        candidatePaths: ["secrets/api-keys.ts"],
+        candidateLabels: ["bug"],
+        goalSpec: baseSpec({ blockedPaths: ["secrets/**"], wantedPaths: ["secrets/**"], preferredLabels: ["bug"] }),
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(result).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("rule 1: hard veto on a blocked label returns 0 even when a wanted/preferred match is also present", () => {
+    const result = computeLaneFit(
+      input({
+        candidatePaths: ["src/app.ts"],
+        candidateLabels: ["do-not-pick"],
+        goalSpec: baseSpec({ blockedLabels: ["do-not-pick"], wantedPaths: ["src/**"], preferredLabels: ["do-not-pick"] }),
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(result).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("rule 2: neutral 0.5 when neither wantedPaths nor preferredLabels is configured", () => {
+    const result = computeLaneFit(input());
+    expect(result).toBe(0.5);
+  });
+
+  it("rule 3: 0 when at least one preference dimension is configured but none match", () => {
+    const result = computeLaneFit(
+      input({
+        candidatePaths: ["docs/readme.md"],
+        candidateLabels: [],
+        goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["src/**"], preferredLabels: ["bug"] }),
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(result).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("rule 4: one active dimension (paths only) that matches scores 1", () => {
+    const result = computeLaneFit(
+      input({
+        candidatePaths: ["src/app.ts"],
+        candidateLabels: [],
+        goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["src/**"] }),
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(result).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("rule 4: one active dimension (labels only) that matches scores 1", () => {
+    const result = computeLaneFit(
+      input({
+        candidatePaths: [],
+        candidateLabels: ["bug"],
+        goalSpec: baseSpec({ preferredLabels: ["bug"] }),
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(result).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("rule 4: two active dimensions with only the path matching scores 0.5", () => {
+    const result = computeLaneFit(
+      input({
+        candidatePaths: ["src/app.ts"],
+        candidateLabels: ["unrelated"],
+        goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["src/**"], preferredLabels: ["bug"] }),
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(result).toBe(0.5);
+  });
+
+  it("rule 4: two active dimensions with only the label matching scores 0.5", () => {
+    const result = computeLaneFit(
+      input({
+        candidatePaths: ["docs/readme.md"],
+        candidateLabels: ["bug"],
+        goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["src/**"], preferredLabels: ["bug"] }),
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(result).toBe(0.5);
+  });
+
+  it("rule 4: two active dimensions both matching scores 1", () => {
+    const result = computeLaneFit(
+      input({
+        candidatePaths: ["src/app.ts"],
+        candidateLabels: ["bug"],
+        goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["src/**"], preferredLabels: ["bug"] }),
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(result).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("computeLaneFit glob matcher (compileGlobMatcher, reached through path matching)", () => {
+  it("plain `*` is a single-segment wildcard that must NOT cross `/`", () => {
+    // Matches within a segment...
+    expect(
+      computeLaneFit(
+        input({ candidatePaths: ["src/app.ts"], candidateLabels: [], goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["src/*.ts"] }) }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+    // ...but does not cross a slash.
+    expect(
+      computeLaneFit(
+        input({
+          candidatePaths: ["src/nested/app.ts"],
+          candidateLabels: [],
+          goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["src/*.ts"] }),
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("bare `**` crosses `/` (matches any run of chars including slashes)", () => {
+    expect(
+      computeLaneFit(
+        input({
+          candidatePaths: ["src/deeply/nested/app.ts"],
+          candidateLabels: [],
+          goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["src/**"] }),
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("`**/` is an optional directory prefix (zero leading segments)", () => {
+    // Zero leading segments: `**/*.ts` still matches a top-level file.
+    expect(
+      computeLaneFit(
+        input({ candidatePaths: ["app.ts"], candidateLabels: [], goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["**/*.ts"] }) }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+    // One or more leading segments also match.
+    expect(
+      computeLaneFit(
+        input({
+          candidatePaths: ["src/nested/app.ts"],
+          candidateLabels: [],
+          goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["**/*.ts"] }),
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("`?` matches exactly one non-`/` character", () => {
+    expect(
+      computeLaneFit(
+        input({ candidatePaths: ["src/a.ts"], candidateLabels: [], goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["src/?.ts"] }) }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+    // `?` does not match a slash, so a two-char segment fails a single `?`.
+    expect(
+      computeLaneFit(
+        input({ candidatePaths: ["src/ab.ts"], candidateLabels: [], goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["src/?.ts"] }) }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("regex metacharacters in a pattern (e.g. `.`) are matched literally, not as regex", () => {
+    // The literal `.` must match a literal dot...
+    expect(
+      computeLaneFit(
+        input({
+          candidatePaths: ["src/app.ts"],
+          candidateLabels: [],
+          goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["src/app.ts"] }),
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+    // ...and NOT act as regex "any char" (so `axts` must not match `a.ts`).
+    expect(
+      computeLaneFit(
+        input({
+          candidatePaths: ["src/appXts"],
+          candidateLabels: [],
+          goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["src/app.ts"] }),
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("Windows-style backslash paths are normalized to `/` before matching", () => {
+    expect(
+      computeLaneFit(
+        input({
+          candidatePaths: ["src\\nested\\app.ts"],
+          candidateLabels: [],
+          goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["src/**"] }),
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("path matching is case-insensitive", () => {
+    expect(
+      computeLaneFit(
+        input({
+          candidatePaths: ["SRC/App.TS"],
+          candidateLabels: [],
+          goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["src/**"] }),
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("label matching is case-insensitive", () => {
+    expect(
+      computeLaneFit(
+        input({ candidateLabels: ["BUG"], goalSpec: baseSpec({ preferredLabels: ["bug"] }) }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("an empty-string pattern compiles to a matcher that never matches", () => {
+    // `wantedPaths: [""]` is a configured (non-empty) preference whose single pattern normalizes to empty,
+    // so compileGlobMatcher returns the always-false matcher and no path matches -> rule 3 -> 0.
+    const result = computeLaneFit(
+      input({
+        candidatePaths: ["src/app.ts"],
+        candidateLabels: [],
+        goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: [""] }),
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(result).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("an empty-string candidate path is skipped by the matcher (does not match a `**` pattern)", () => {
+    // The empty candidate path is evaluated first and rejected by the matcher's own empty-path guard; the
+    // real path that follows still matches, so the dimension scores.
+    const result = computeLaneFit(
+      input({
+        candidatePaths: ["", "src/app.ts"],
+        candidateLabels: [],
+        goalSpec: baseSpec({ wantedPaths: ["src/**"] }),
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(result).toBe(1);
+  });
+});