diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index cd595b31a..efeb70138 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support
 # documentation.
 
-name: Build and test
+name: Build, test, and report coverage of recent files
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ jobs:
     # Step: Check out the code.
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
 
     # Step: Define how to cache deps. Restores existing cache if present.
     - name: Cache deps
@@ -91,7 +93,21 @@ jobs:
     # the cached version.
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: mix compile
+    
+    - name: create cover folder if not exists, to cache coverage reporting results
+      run: mkdir -p ./cover/
+      
+    - name: emit hint on where to update minimum test coverage
+      run: echo "to update minimum test coverage requirements, edit coveralls.json"
+
+    - name: Run tests, failing loudly on error, emitting coverage to file for use when reporting test coverage in later proposed step
+      run: set -eo pipefail; mix test --exclude needs_attention --cover | tee ./cover/test_coverage_by_file.txt
+
+    - name: generate list of files changed in the last month
+      run: git --no-pager log --name-only --oneline --since='1 month ago' | tee ./cover/files_changed_in_last_month.txt
+
+    - name: echo coverage header to the files_changed_in_last_month file to assist in reporting
+      run: echo "LINES RELEVANT   MISSED" | tee -a ./cover/files_changed_in_last_month.txt
 
-    # Step: Execute the tests.
-    - name: Run tests
-      run: mix test --exclude needs_attention
+    - name: use grep to create test coverage report only on recently changed files, sorted by coverage percent
+      run: grep -F -f ./cover/files_changed_in_last_month.txt ./cover/test_coverage_by_file.txt | grep -A999 "LINES RELEVANT   MISSED" | sort -g
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diff --git a/coveralls.json b/coveralls.json
index 30417ea34..f9a0ab8fa 100644
--- a/coveralls.json
+++ b/coveralls.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   "coverage_options": {
     "treat_no_relevant_lines_as_covered": true,
     "output_dir": "cover/",
-    "minimum_coverage": 80
+    "minimum_coverage": 33
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/documents/guides/testing.md b/documents/guides/testing.md
index 5b675d1da..94ef337bb 100644
--- a/documents/guides/testing.md
+++ b/documents/guides/testing.md
@@ -59,4 +59,9 @@ the full launch.json should look like that:
 }
 ```
 
-Then you can press the mix (Default task) button or F5 to start debugging. **It may take a while to start**
\ No newline at end of file
+Then you can press the mix (Default task) button or F5 to start debugging. **It may take a while to start**
+
+## Review test coverage of recently changed files
+To get a quick list of recently changed files and their test coverage, run `scripts/show_test_coverage_for_files_changed_in_last_month.sh`
+
+To update minimum test coverage requirements, edit `coveralls.json`
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diff --git a/scripts/show_test_coverage_for_files_changed_in_last_month.sh b/scripts/show_test_coverage_for_files_changed_in_last_month.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..87d957ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/show_test_coverage_for_files_changed_in_last_month.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#####
+# Generates a rough report of files changed in the last month, and their test coverage
+#
+# This report could help people who like writing tests find recently changed regions of code that need tests.
+#
+# usage: From the root directory of the repository, run this script
+# e.g: $ ./scripts/show_test_coverage_for_files_changed_in_last_month.sh
+#####
+
+#make cover directory if it does not exist, so we can place output in a folder excluded by .gitignore
+mkdir -p ./cover/
+
+git diff HEAD '@{last month}' --name-only > ./cover/files_changed_in_last_month.txt
+
+# append an additional search string that aligns with the coverage header
+# so the header is also emitted and highlighted
+echo "LINES RELEVANT   MISSED" >> ./cover/files_changed_in_last_month.txt
+
+mix test --exclude needs_attention --cover > ./cover/test_coverage_by_file.txt
+
+#grep matches the two files and emits only test coverage information about recently changed files, sorted by coverage percent
+grep -F -f ./cover/files_changed_in_last_month.txt ./cover/test_coverage_by_file.txt | grep -A999 "LINES RELEVANT   MISSED" | sort -g