diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-unit.yml b/.github/workflows/test-unit.yml
index 8358aaf7b62..16792d0b1aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-unit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-unit.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ concurrency:
 # number, so a partially-specified entry would fail the call rather than fall
 # back to the default.
 #
+# tests/unit/proxy keeps its own caller (test-unit-proxy-db.yml): it is already
+# a matrix and carries a shard-coverage guard that reads that file by name.
+# Folding it in here is a follow-up, together with generalising that guard into
+# assert_ci_coverage.py.
+#
 jobs:
   unit:
     name: ${{ matrix.shard }}
@@ -232,12 +237,22 @@ jobs:
             artifact-name: proxy-infra
             test-path: >-
               tests/unit/proxy/db
+              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/db/db_transaction_queue/test_e2e_pod_lock_manager.py
+              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/db/test_update_daily_tag_spend.py
               tests/unit/proxy/middleware
+              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/middleware/test_request_size_limit_middleware.py
               tests/unit/proxy/spend_tracking
+              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/spend_tracking/test_search_api_logging.py
               tests/unit/proxy/pass_through_endpoints
               tests/unit/proxy/_experimental
+              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server
               tests/unit/proxy/experimental
               tests/unit/proxy/common_utils
+              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_cache_aware_routing.py
+              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_check_batch_cost.py
+              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_check_responses_cost.py
+              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_proxy_encrypt_decrypt.py
+              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_realtime_cache.py
               tests/unit/proxy/enterprise_billing
               tests/unit/proxy/types_utils
               tests/unit/proxy/logging_endpoints
@@ -245,16 +260,6 @@ jobs:
               tests/unit/proxy/management
               tests/unit/proxy/management_endpoints/test_roi_calculator_endpoints.py
               tests/unit/proxy/roi_calculator
-              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/db/db_transaction_queue/test_e2e_pod_lock_manager.py
-              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/db/test_update_daily_tag_spend.py
-              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/middleware/test_request_size_limit_middleware.py
-              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/spend_tracking/test_search_api_logging.py
-              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server
-              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_cache_aware_routing.py
-              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_check_batch_cost.py
-              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_check_responses_cost.py
-              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_proxy_encrypt_decrypt.py
-              --ignore=tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_realtime_cache.py
             workers: 4
             reruns: 2
             timeout-minutes: 20