A merge gate on the coverage of lines the pull request touched, which is a different and better question.
$ ./bin/coverage-diff --base=origin/main --report=coverage.json
changed lines: 188
covered: 171
uncovered: 17
coverage of changes: 90.9%
uncovered lines:
src/Billing/Refund.php:41-48 an error branch
src/Http/OrderController.php:88 a guard clause
A global coverage threshold is satisfiable by testing the easy parts and says nothing about the change in front of you. Ninety per cent of changed lines is a question a reviewer can act on, and the seventeen uncovered lines are listed rather than aggregated — which is what makes the gate a prompt rather than an obstacle.