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+# Prod-Like AWS Sandbox Collect 001 Checkpoint
+
+## Purpose
+
+Document the sanitized result from one controlled prod-like IAM sandbox run
+where Terraform created the sandbox, IAMScope collected it into local artifacts,
+and Terraform destroyed the sandbox.
+
+This checkpoint records lifecycle, collection, artifact-shape, and cleanup facts
+only. 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.
+- IAMScope collection emitted sanitized scenario, binding metadata, and findings
+  artifacts.
+- Sanitized checkpoint 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 artifact scan after the run was clean.
+- The repository working tree was clean after the run.
+
+## Sanitized Observed Result
+
+Terraform lifecycle:
+
+    Apply complete! Resources: 39 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
+    Destroy complete! Resources: 39 destroyed.
+
+IAMScope collection:
+
+    collect succeeded
+    scenario.json emitted, 153,578 bytes
+    binding_metadata.json emitted
+    findings.json emitted, 173,733 bytes
+
+Collected artifact summary:
+
+- scenario: 44 nodes, 103 edges, 14 constraints, 26 edge_constraints;
+- findings: 20;
+- verdicts: 3 validated, 5 blocked, 12 inconclusive;
+- patterns: 16 passrole_lambda, 4 passrole_ecs;
+- findings_with_prodlike_prefix: 20;
+- nodes_with_prodlike_prefix: 18;
+- edges_with_prodlike_prefix: 41;
+- dangling_nodes: 0.
+
+Sanitized collection summary:
+
+    {
+      "terraform_apply_result": "39_added_0_changed_0_destroyed",
+      "collect_succeeded": true,
+      "scenario_json_bytes": 153578,
+      "binding_metadata_json_emitted": true,
+      "findings_json_bytes": 173733,
+      "scenario": {
+        "nodes": 44,
+        "edges": 103,
+        "constraints": 14,
+        "edge_constraints": 26
+      },
+      "findings": {
+        "total": 20,
+        "verdicts": {
+          "validated": 3,
+          "blocked": 5,
+          "inconclusive": 12
+        },
+        "patterns": {
+          "passrole_lambda": 16,
+          "passrole_ecs": 4
+        }
+      },
+      "prodlike_prefix_counts": {
+        "findings_with_prodlike_prefix": 20,
+        "nodes_with_prodlike_prefix": 18,
+        "edges_with_prodlike_prefix": 41
+      },
+      "dangling_nodes": 0,
+      "terraform_destroy_result": "39_destroyed"
+    }
+
+## Cleanup Verification
+
+Prefix cleanup checks for iamscope-prodlike-v1- returned empty output for IAM
+users, IAM roles, and local IAM 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 collect logs;
+- raw destroy logs;
+- Terraform state;
+- Terraform lock file;
+- Terraform plan file;
+- Terraform output JSON;
+- raw AWS outputs;
+- raw scenario, binding metadata, and findings artifacts.
+
+Post-run repository artifact scan was clean, git status --short was clean after
+the run, and repo hygiene was clean.
+
+## Supported Claim
+
+For one controlled prod-like IAM sandbox run, Terraform created 39 IAM-only resources, IAMScope collected the live sandbox into scenario, binding, and findings artifacts, emitted 20 findings over prod-like-prefixed resources, and Terraform destroyed 39 resources with cleanup checks returning no remaining sandbox users, roles, or local policies.
+
+## Non-Claims
+
+- not oracle comparison
+- not IAMScope accuracy
+- not broad IAMScope correctness
+- not production readiness
+- not exploitability proof
+- not downstream authorization proof
+- not Lambda invocation behavior
+- not generic Deny correctness
+- no composite benchmark score
+- no pass/fail benchmark label