diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/coverage.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/coverage.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2632051f48b899996d61ac4fbafe10b012404b42..b982c61f98d1f0b5bafc6106d9734d30d5793fa4 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/coverage.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/coverage.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,14 +23,27 @@ test-coverage:export-rspec-and-e2e:
   stage: post-qa
   needs:
     - job: e2e:test-on-gdk
+      optional: true
     - job: rspec:coverage
+      optional: true
     - job: update-tests-metadata
+      optional: true
   script:
-    - ruby scripts/coverage/download_e2e_coverage_from_child_pipeline.rb
+    - ruby scripts/coverage/download_e2e_artifacts_from_child_pipeline.rb
     - ruby scripts/coverage/merge_backend_coverage.rb
     - echo "Merging E2E test mappings with Crystalball mappings..."
     - ruby scripts/coverage/merge_e2e_backend_test_mapping.rb
     - |
+      if [ ! -f "coverage-backend/coverage.lcov" ]; then
+        echo "Backend coverage report not found. Skipping export to ClickHouse..."
+        exit 0
+      fi
+
+      if ! ls rspec/rspec-*.json e2e-test-reports/rspec-*.json 2>/dev/null | head -1 | grep -q .; then
+        echo "No test reports found. Skipping export to ClickHouse..."
+        exit 0
+      fi
+
       if [ ! -f "crystalball/merged-mapping.json.gz" ]; then
         echo "Merged test mapping not found. Skipping export to ClickHouse..."
         exit 0
@@ -54,10 +67,7 @@ test-coverage:export-rspec-and-e2e:
       - e2e-test-reports/
     expire_in: 7d
 
-# Job is temporary disabled as it relies on `process-frontend-coverage` job that
-# was causing master pipeline failures.
-# Example https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/jobs/12319670339
-.test-coverage:export-jest-and-e2e:
+test-coverage:export-jest-and-e2e:
   extends:
     - .coverage-export-base
     - .with-ci-node-image
@@ -66,15 +76,27 @@ test-coverage:export-rspec-and-e2e:
   stage: post-qa
   needs:
     - job: e2e:test-on-gdk
+      optional: true
     - job: coverage-frontend
+      optional: true
   before_script:
     - !reference [.default-utils-before_script, before_script]
     - eval "bundle install ${BUNDLE_INSTALL_FLAGS}"
     - source scripts/utils.sh
     - yarn_install_script
   script:
-    - ruby scripts/coverage/download_e2e_frontend_coverage_from_child_pipeline.rb
+    - ruby scripts/coverage/download_e2e_artifacts_from_child_pipeline.rb
     - |
+      if [ ! -f "coverage-frontend/lcov.info" ]; then
+        echo "Frontend coverage report not found. Skipping export to ClickHouse..."
+        exit 0
+      fi
+
+      if ! ls jest-reports/**/*.json e2e-test-reports/rspec-*.json 2>/dev/null | head -1 | grep -q .; then
+        echo "No test reports found. Skipping export to ClickHouse..."
+        exit 0
+      fi
+
       echo "Merging Jest + E2E coverage..."
       node scripts/frontend/merge_coverage_frontend.js
     - |
@@ -109,7 +131,23 @@ test-coverage:export-workhorse:
     - .workhorse:rules:workhorse-coverage
   needs:
     - job: workhorse-coverage
+      optional: true
   script:
+    - |
+      if [ ! -f "workhorse/coverage.lcov" ]; then
+        echo "Workhorse coverage report not found. Skipping export to ClickHouse..."
+        exit 0
+      fi
+
+      if [ ! -f "workhorse-test-reports/workhorse-tests.json" ]; then
+        echo "Workhorse test report not found. Skipping export to ClickHouse..."
+        exit 0
+      fi
+
+      if [ ! -f "workhorse-test-mapping/workhorse-source-to-test.json" ]; then
+        echo "Workhorse test mapping not found. Skipping export to ClickHouse..."
+        exit 0
+      fi
     - echo "Exporting Workhorse Go coverage to ClickHouse..."
     - bundle exec test-coverage
         --test-reports 'workhorse-test-reports/workhorse-tests.json'
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa-common/main.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa-common/main.gitlab-ci.yml
index a83922c0c1a9b9077f82366930106747af273604..e8fcbb0b69993346557afa599a08a390fc8ab370 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa-common/main.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa-common/main.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ stages:
     - .qa-install
   stage: report
   when: always
+  allow_failure: true
   variables:
     QA_CODE_PATHS_MAPPING_FILE_PATTERN: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/qa/tmp/test-code-paths-mapping-*.json
   script:
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ stages:
     - .qa-install
   stage: report
   when: always
+  allow_failure: true
   variables:
     QA_FRONTEND_PATHS_MAPPING_FILE_PATTERN: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/qa/tmp/js-coverage-by-example-*.json
   script:
@@ -131,33 +133,12 @@ stages:
   rules:
     - if: '$BABEL_ENV == "istanbul"'
 
-.process-backend-coverage:
-  extends:
-    - .qa-install
-  stage: report
-  before_script:
-    - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR
-  script:
-    - echo "Collecting E2E Coverband coverage files..."
-    - mkdir -p coverage-e2e-backend
-    - cp qa/tmp/coverband-coverage-*.json coverage-e2e-backend/ 2>/dev/null || echo "No Coverband files found"
-    - echo "Collecting E2E test mapping files..."
-    - mkdir -p e2e-test-mapping
-    - cp qa/tmp/test-code-paths-mapping-*.json e2e-test-mapping/ 2>/dev/null || echo "No test mapping files found"
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - coverage-e2e-backend/
-      - e2e-test-mapping/
-    expire_in: 7d
-    when: always
-  rules:
-    - if: '$COVERBAND_ENABLED == "true" && $GLCI_EXPORT_COVERAGE == "true"'
-
-.process-frontend-coverage:
+.process-e2e-coverage:
   extends:
     - .with-ci-node-image
     - .yarn-cache
   stage: report
+  allow_failure: true
   variables:
     NODE_ENV: "development"  # Need devDependencies for istanbul packages
   before_script:
@@ -166,17 +147,29 @@ stages:
     - echo "Installing yarn packages with devDependencies..."
     - yarn install --frozen-lockfile --production=false
   script:
-    - echo "Processing E2E Istanbul coverage..."
-    - yarn node scripts/frontend/merge_e2e_coverage.js
+    - echo "Collecting E2E backend coverage files..."
+    - mkdir -p coverage-e2e-backend
+    - cp qa/tmp/coverband-coverage-*.json coverage-e2e-backend/ 2>/dev/null || echo "No Coverband files found"
+    - echo "Collecting E2E backend test mapping files..."
+    - mkdir -p e2e-test-mapping
+    - cp qa/tmp/test-code-paths-mapping-*.json e2e-test-mapping/ 2>/dev/null || echo "No backend test mapping files found"
+    - echo "Processing E2E frontend coverage..."
+    - NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=4096" yarn node scripts/frontend/merge_e2e_coverage.js
     - echo "Collecting E2E frontend test mappings..."
-    - find qa/tmp -name 'js-coverage-by-example-*.json' -exec cp {} coverage-e2e-frontend/ \; 2>/dev/null || echo "No E2E test mapping files found"
+    - cp qa/tmp/js-coverage-by-example-*.json coverage-e2e-frontend/ 2>/dev/null || echo "No E2E frontend test mapping files found"
+    - echo "Collecting E2E test report files..."
+    - mkdir -p e2e-test-reports
+    - cp qa/tmp/rspec-*.json e2e-test-reports/ 2>/dev/null || echo "No E2E test report files found"
   artifacts:
     paths:
+      - coverage-e2e-backend/
       - coverage-e2e-frontend/
+      - e2e-test-mapping/
+      - e2e-test-reports/
     expire_in: 7d
     when: always
   rules:
-    - if: '$BABEL_ENV == "istanbul" && $GLCI_EXPORT_COVERAGE == "true"'
+    - if: '$COVERBAND_ENABLED == "true" && $BABEL_ENV == "istanbul" && $GLCI_EXPORT_COVERAGE == "true"'
 
 .notify-slack:
   extends:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/test-on-cng/main.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/test-on-cng/main.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0d91074ac3b876086dbe99072ada7b92aae4f530..af58d384615af3e31871f0436f22db12f09fbb8b 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/test-on-cng/main.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/test-on-cng/main.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -227,10 +227,6 @@ e2e-test-report:
   variables:
     ALLURE_REPORT_RESULTS_GLOB: "qa/tmp/allure-results"
 
-process-backend-coverage:
-  extends:
-    - .process-backend-coverage
-
 notify-slack:
   extends:
     - .notify-slack
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/test-on-gdk/main.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/test-on-gdk/main.gitlab-ci.yml
index a3376b95940474099ef5eabfa2579fde22cf5390..18cf745f1d01c7da2c3111f3bdde5485f64f2ea6 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/test-on-gdk/main.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/test-on-gdk/main.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -151,18 +151,11 @@ export-frontend-code-paths-mapping:
   extends:
     - .export-frontend-code-paths-mapping
 
-process-backend-coverage:
+process-e2e-coverage:
   extends:
-    - .process-backend-coverage
-
-# Job is temporary disabled as it was causing master pipeline failures.
-# Example https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/jobs/12319670339
-#
-# process-frontend-coverage:
-#   extends:
-#     - .process-frontend-coverage
-#   needs:
-#     - job: gdk-instance
+    - .process-e2e-coverage
+  needs:
+    - job: gdk-instance
 
 notify-slack:
   extends:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/test-on-omnibus/main.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/test-on-omnibus/main.gitlab-ci.yml
index aca028a04951206d0a3c512b26dc5f66036105d6..4e4aab73880a10bc8285d16b63213566a1598e50 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/test-on-omnibus/main.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/test-on-omnibus/main.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -530,10 +530,6 @@ upload-test-runtime-data:
   variables:
     QA_JSON_REPORT_FILE_PATTERN: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/gitlab-qa-run-*/gitlab-*-qa-*/rspec-*.json
 
-process-backend-coverage:
-  extends:
-    - .process-backend-coverage
-
 notify-slack:
   extends:
     - .notify-slack
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/workhorse.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/workhorse.gitlab-ci.yml
index e23621d66f130e3c875f373efc9ca81bf8373a92..722408060dbe105efbbc0dfe6ad10fb958ec299f 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/workhorse.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/workhorse.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ workhorse:test go:
   coverage: '/\d+.\d+%/'
   artifacts:
     expire_in: 30 days
+    when: always
     paths:
       - workhorse/coverage.html
       - workhorse/cover.out
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 957461471f0062bba5a126c21484533a392075fe..9349c54c322253b92b18f4839a4005d8fba29c50 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ group :test do
   # Moved in `test` because https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/217527
   gem 'derailed_benchmarks', require: false, feature_category: :shared # rubocop:todo Gemfile/MissingFeatureCategory -- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/581839
 
-  gem 'gitlab_quality-test_tooling', '~> 3.1.0', require: false, feature_category: :tooling
+  gem 'gitlab_quality-test_tooling', '~> 3.2.1', require: false, feature_category: :tooling
 end
 
 gem 'octokit', '~> 9.0', feature_category: :importers
diff --git a/Gemfile.checksum b/Gemfile.checksum
index 4883a5d026fc526d4b3d8706f7dd73ead2da4c6f..65bfbed481fbfe68d0729e30ba7902fc3fb2ed3b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.checksum
+++ b/Gemfile.checksum
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
 {"name":"gitlab-styles","version":"13.1.0","platform":"ruby","checksum":"46c7c5729616355868b7b40a4ffcd052b36346076042abe8cafaee1688cbf2c1"},
 {"name":"gitlab_chronic_duration","version":"0.12.0","platform":"ruby","checksum":"0d766944d415b5c831f176871ee8625783fc0c5bfbef2d79a3a616f207ffc16d"},
 {"name":"gitlab_omniauth-ldap","version":"2.3.0","platform":"ruby","checksum":"167036fe37c2711f2e1d2047260766e4c9b31ac37dfc873b101bcd4ea2a3a3b4"},
-{"name":"gitlab_quality-test_tooling","version":"3.1.0","platform":"ruby","checksum":"0c0cb0f24e556eb06181a6c1b971efd963675171b52ed46025c7091263ec56f4"},
+{"name":"gitlab_quality-test_tooling","version":"3.2.1","platform":"ruby","checksum":"32ad2d7e441afc63562e103fcb8a2485e1022830fcc393704700df7daef50247"},
 {"name":"gitlab_query_language","version":"0.20.11","platform":"aarch64-linux-gnu","checksum":"c75e9944e0edceb56078bec627458a31ddbe3cb6f69cde9f1cb7c0fb1c7ffb92"},
 {"name":"gitlab_query_language","version":"0.20.11","platform":"aarch64-linux-musl","checksum":"ad09ec1f86643ead038c213e7864ae69adb50ecc47486c81d8f812929f17758a"},
 {"name":"gitlab_query_language","version":"0.20.11","platform":"arm64-darwin","checksum":"fcf08ce327f1e81df25a24b7b454cc3607f1f784d6e7325b09ccc1f80c946fee"},
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 46c2c77bbd132eeff21d971831a3fbe8800b5f90..a96679a3a8b79d840329a2c818bd3e2deedc9607 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ GEM
       omniauth (>= 1.3, < 3)
       pyu-ruby-sasl (>= 0.0.3.3, < 0.1)
       rubyntlm (~> 0.5)
-    gitlab_quality-test_tooling (3.1.0)
+    gitlab_quality-test_tooling (3.2.1)
       activesupport (>= 7.0)
       amatch (~> 0.4.1)
       fog-google (~> 1.24, >= 1.24.1)
@@ -2215,7 +2215,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   gitlab-utils!
   gitlab_chronic_duration (~> 0.12)
   gitlab_omniauth-ldap (~> 2.3.0)
-  gitlab_quality-test_tooling (~> 3.1.0)
+  gitlab_quality-test_tooling (~> 3.2.1)
   gitlab_query_language (~> 0.20.11)
   gon (~> 6.5.0)
   google-apis-androidpublisher_v3 (~> 0.86.0)
diff --git a/Gemfile.next.checksum b/Gemfile.next.checksum
index 4883a5d026fc526d4b3d8706f7dd73ead2da4c6f..65bfbed481fbfe68d0729e30ba7902fc3fb2ed3b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.next.checksum
+++ b/Gemfile.next.checksum
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
 {"name":"gitlab-styles","version":"13.1.0","platform":"ruby","checksum":"46c7c5729616355868b7b40a4ffcd052b36346076042abe8cafaee1688cbf2c1"},
 {"name":"gitlab_chronic_duration","version":"0.12.0","platform":"ruby","checksum":"0d766944d415b5c831f176871ee8625783fc0c5bfbef2d79a3a616f207ffc16d"},
 {"name":"gitlab_omniauth-ldap","version":"2.3.0","platform":"ruby","checksum":"167036fe37c2711f2e1d2047260766e4c9b31ac37dfc873b101bcd4ea2a3a3b4"},
-{"name":"gitlab_quality-test_tooling","version":"3.1.0","platform":"ruby","checksum":"0c0cb0f24e556eb06181a6c1b971efd963675171b52ed46025c7091263ec56f4"},
+{"name":"gitlab_quality-test_tooling","version":"3.2.1","platform":"ruby","checksum":"32ad2d7e441afc63562e103fcb8a2485e1022830fcc393704700df7daef50247"},
 {"name":"gitlab_query_language","version":"0.20.11","platform":"aarch64-linux-gnu","checksum":"c75e9944e0edceb56078bec627458a31ddbe3cb6f69cde9f1cb7c0fb1c7ffb92"},
 {"name":"gitlab_query_language","version":"0.20.11","platform":"aarch64-linux-musl","checksum":"ad09ec1f86643ead038c213e7864ae69adb50ecc47486c81d8f812929f17758a"},
 {"name":"gitlab_query_language","version":"0.20.11","platform":"arm64-darwin","checksum":"fcf08ce327f1e81df25a24b7b454cc3607f1f784d6e7325b09ccc1f80c946fee"},
diff --git a/Gemfile.next.lock b/Gemfile.next.lock
index 46c2c77bbd132eeff21d971831a3fbe8800b5f90..a96679a3a8b79d840329a2c818bd3e2deedc9607 100644
--- a/Gemfile.next.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.next.lock
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ GEM
       omniauth (>= 1.3, < 3)
       pyu-ruby-sasl (>= 0.0.3.3, < 0.1)
       rubyntlm (~> 0.5)
-    gitlab_quality-test_tooling (3.1.0)
+    gitlab_quality-test_tooling (3.2.1)
       activesupport (>= 7.0)
       amatch (~> 0.4.1)
       fog-google (~> 1.24, >= 1.24.1)
@@ -2215,7 +2215,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   gitlab-utils!
   gitlab_chronic_duration (~> 0.12)
   gitlab_omniauth-ldap (~> 2.3.0)
-  gitlab_quality-test_tooling (~> 3.1.0)
+  gitlab_quality-test_tooling (~> 3.2.1)
   gitlab_query_language (~> 0.20.11)
   gon (~> 6.5.0)
   google-apis-androidpublisher_v3 (~> 0.86.0)
diff --git a/scripts/coverage/download_e2e_artifacts_from_child_pipeline.rb b/scripts/coverage/download_e2e_artifacts_from_child_pipeline.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aa0c10e9ce35b2b671ea46c096ed8b5a3e27addb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/coverage/download_e2e_artifacts_from_child_pipeline.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative 'child_pipeline_artifact_downloader'
+
+# Downloads all E2E artifacts (coverage + test reports + test mappings) from a child pipeline
+# triggered by the e2e:test-on-gdk job.
+#
+# The artifacts downloaded include:
+# - coverage-e2e-backend/ (Coverband coverage files)
+# - coverage-e2e-frontend/ (Istanbul coverage + test mappings)
+# - e2e-test-reports/ (RSpec JSON reports with feature_category metadata)
+if __FILE__ == $PROGRAM_NAME
+  downloader = ChildPipelineArtifactDownloader.new(
+    bridge_name: 'e2e:test-on-gdk',
+    job_name: 'process-e2e-coverage',
+    coverage_type: 'e2e-artifacts'
+  )
+
+  begin
+    downloader.run
+  rescue StandardError => e
+    puts "Warning: #{e.message}"
+  end
+
+  # Exit 0 even if artifacts not found (graceful skip)
+  # This allows the parent job to continue without E2E artifacts
+  exit 0
+end
diff --git a/scripts/coverage/download_e2e_coverage_from_child_pipeline.rb b/scripts/coverage/download_e2e_coverage_from_child_pipeline.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index 3ae75aefd8a73e0aed7499052e45a58d63492374..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/scripts/coverage/download_e2e_coverage_from_child_pipeline.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-require_relative 'child_pipeline_artifact_downloader'
-
-# Downloads E2E backend coverage artifacts from a child pipeline
-# triggered by the e2e:test-on-gdk job.
-if __FILE__ == $PROGRAM_NAME
-  downloader = ChildPipelineArtifactDownloader.new(
-    bridge_name: 'e2e:test-on-gdk',
-    job_name: 'process-backend-coverage',
-    coverage_type: 'backend'
-  )
-
-  begin
-    downloader.run
-  rescue StandardError => e
-    puts "Warning: #{e.message}"
-  end
-
-  # Exit 0 even if artifacts not found (graceful skip)
-  # This allows the parent job to continue without E2E coverage
-  exit 0
-end
diff --git a/scripts/coverage/download_e2e_frontend_coverage_from_child_pipeline.rb b/scripts/coverage/download_e2e_frontend_coverage_from_child_pipeline.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index 2d7753661eb4bb502e501de8b4dd6d212646900c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/scripts/coverage/download_e2e_frontend_coverage_from_child_pipeline.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-require_relative 'child_pipeline_artifact_downloader'
-
-# Downloads E2E frontend coverage artifacts from a child pipeline
-# triggered by the e2e:test-on-gdk job.
-if __FILE__ == $PROGRAM_NAME
-  downloader = ChildPipelineArtifactDownloader.new(
-    bridge_name: 'e2e:test-on-gdk',
-    job_name: 'process-frontend-coverage',
-    coverage_type: 'frontend'
-  )
-
-  begin
-    downloader.run
-  rescue StandardError => e
-    puts "Warning: #{e.message}"
-  end
-
-  # Exit 0 even if artifacts not found (graceful skip)
-  # This allows the parent job to continue without E2E coverage
-  exit 0
-end