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+# Prod-Like AWS Sandbox Lifecycle 001 Checkpoint
+
+## Purpose
+
+Document the sanitized lifecycle result from one controlled prod-like IAM
+sandbox Terraform apply/destroy run in a dedicated IAMScope sandbox account.
+
+This checkpoint records only the Terraform lifecycle and cleanup result. It
+does not claim IAMScope accuracy or oracle comparison.
+
+## Scope
+
+- Prod-like IAM sandbox Terraform source under
+  tests/live/aws/prod_like_accuracy_sandbox/terraform/.
+- Controlled live run executed from /tmp, not from the repository tree.
+- IAM-only sandbox resources created by Terraform.
+- Sanitized lifecycle summary only.
+
+No raw logs, Terraform state, lock files, plan files, output JSON, raw AWS
+outputs, raw account IDs, or raw IAM ARNs are committed.
+
+## Preconditions
+
+- Run was performed in an explicitly authorized dedicated IAMScope sandbox
+  account.
+- Terraform source had account/profile/prefix acknowledgement guards.
+- Terraform plan previously showed IAM-only resources.
+- Raw run artifacts stayed under /tmp.
+- The repository working tree was clean after the run.
+
+## Sanitized Observed Result
+
+    Terraform plan: IAM-only sandbox resources.
+    Apply complete! Resources: 39 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
+    Destroy complete! Resources: 39 destroyed.
+
+Sanitized lifecycle result:
+
+    {
+      "terraform_plan_scope": "iam_only_sandbox_resources",
+      "terraform_apply_result": "39_added_0_changed_0_destroyed",
+      "terraform_destroy_result": "39_destroyed",
+      "raw_account_id_committed": false,
+      "raw_iam_arn_committed": false,
+      "raw_terraform_artifacts_committed": false,
+      "raw_aws_outputs_committed": false
+    }
+
+## Cleanup Verification
+
+Prefix cleanup checks for iamscope-prodlike-v1- returned no remaining IAM users, no remaining IAM roles, and no remaining local policies.
+
+The cleanup verification covered:
+
+- no remaining IAM users with the sandbox prefix;
+- no remaining IAM roles with the sandbox prefix;
+- no remaining local policies with the sandbox prefix.
+
+The observed Terraform destroy summary was:
+
+    Destroy complete. Resources: 39 destroyed.
+
+## Artifact Hygiene
+
+Raw artifacts remained under /tmp and were not committed:
+
+- raw apply logs;
+- raw destroy logs;
+- Terraform state;
+- Terraform lock file;
+- Terraform plan file;
+- Terraform output JSON;
+- raw AWS outputs.
+
+Post-run repository artifact scan was clean, and git status --short was clean
+after the run.
+
+## Supported Claim
+
+For one controlled prod-like IAM sandbox lifecycle run, Terraform created 39 IAM-only sandbox resources and Terraform destroy removed 39 resources, with prefix cleanup checks returning no remaining IAM users, roles, or local policies.
+
+## Non-Claims
+
+- not IAMScope accuracy
+- not oracle comparison
+- not broad IAMScope correctness
+- not production readiness
+- not real production AWS
+- not exploitability proof
+- not downstream authorization proof
+- not Lambda invocation behavior
+- not generic Deny correctness
+- not resource-policy Deny support except unsupported/static-only row labeling
+- not SCP Deny support beyond selected benchmark behavior
+- no composite benchmark score
+- no pass/fail benchmark label
+
+## Exact Next Slice
+
+Recommended next slice: collect sanitized IAMScope findings from a freshly applied prod-like sandbox.