fix: publish coverage on a failed test run and make coveralls optional

Author: onerandomusername

.github/workflows/lint_test.yml

@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ jobs:
       # This step will publish the coverage reports to coveralls.io and
       # print a "job" link in the output of the GitHub Action
       - name: Publish coverage report to coveralls.io
+        if: always() && (steps.run_tests.outcome == 'success' || steps.run_tests.outcome == 'failure')
+        continue-on-error: true
         env:
           COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           COVERALLS_FLAG_NAME: coverage-${{ runner.os }}-python-${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
@@ -177,16 +179,20 @@ jobs:
 
   coveralls:
     name: Indicate completion to coveralls.io
-    needs: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: test
+    continue-on-error: true
+    # we always want to ensure we attempt to send a finish to coveralls
+    if: always()
     container: python:3-slim
     steps:
     - name: Coveralls Finished
+      continue-on-error: true
       env:
         COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         COVERALLS_SERVICE_NAME: github
       run: |
-        python3 -m pip install --upgrade coveralls
+        python3 -m pip install --upgrade coveralls -qqq
         python3 -m coveralls --finish
 
   artifact: