Thanks for looking into this @SilencePlease & @hbar1st - this is certainly a problem we need to try and fix, and this will help. I only glanced over everything here, I will try to take a closer look when I get a chance.
To clarify one thing a little - the progress within a course is different than the progress on the freeCodeCamp site. While you are in the course, CodeRoad keeps track of what step you are on. It’s only after you finish the last step that your progress gets saved to your freeCodeCamp account. So if you make it to, and pass, that last step in any way, it should save to your fCC account. More info and image here. After you pass the last step, you get the “Tutorial Complete” popup in that image, and then when you click “continue”, it sends a request to freeCodeCamp basically saying “I finished this course” - and then you get the checkmark on your account.