diff --git a/tests/pytest.ini b/tests/pytest.ini
index b032a9d4..8541bd8f 100644
--- a/tests/pytest.ini
+++ b/tests/pytest.ini
@@ -4,14 +4,11 @@ python_paths = .
 python_files = test_*.py
 python_classes = Test*
 python_functions = test_*
-addopts = 
+addopts =
     -v
     --tb=short
     --strict-markers
     --disable-warnings
-    --cov=trustgraph
-    --cov-report=html
-    --cov-report=term-missing
 #    --cov-fail-under=80
 asyncio_mode = auto
 markers =
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_base/test_metrics.py b/tests/unit/test_base/test_metrics.py
index b5a792a1..0496db20 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_base/test_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_base/test_metrics.py
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ from trustgraph.base import metrics
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def reset_metric_singletons():
+    """Temporarily remove metric singletons so each test can inject mocks.
+
+    Saves any existing class-level metrics and restores them after the test
+    so that later tests in the same process still find the hasattr() guard
+    intact — deleting without restoring causes every subsequent Processor()
+    construction to re-register the same Prometheus metric name, which raises
+    ValueError: Duplicated timeseries.
+    """
     classes_and_attrs = {
         metrics.ConsumerMetrics: [
             "state_metric",
@@ -23,18 +31,24 @@ def reset_metric_singletons():
         ],
     }
 
+    saved = {}
     for cls, attrs in classes_and_attrs.items():
         for attr in attrs:
             if hasattr(cls, attr):
+                saved[(cls, attr)] = getattr(cls, attr)
                 delattr(cls, attr)
 
     yield
 
+    # Remove anything the test may have set, then restore originals
     for cls, attrs in classes_and_attrs.items():
         for attr in attrs:
             if hasattr(cls, attr):
                 delattr(cls, attr)
 
+    for (cls, attr), value in saved.items():
+        setattr(cls, attr, value)
+
 
 def test_consumer_metrics_reuses_singletons_and_records_events(monkeypatch):
     enum_factory = MagicMock()
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_base/test_subscriber_graceful_shutdown.py b/tests/unit/test_base/test_subscriber_graceful_shutdown.py
index 1a59f970..cbd4d535 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_base/test_subscriber_graceful_shutdown.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_base/test_subscriber_graceful_shutdown.py
@@ -412,4 +412,4 @@ async def test_subscriber_multiple_subscribers():
     msg1 = await queue1.get()
     msg_all = await queue_all.get()
     assert msg1 == {"data": "broadcast"}
-    assert msg_all == {"data": "broadcast"}
\ No newline at end of file
+    assert msg_all == {"data": "broadcast"}