sky-lattice/docs/decisions/D005-post-apply-edit-not-teardown.md

D005 — Post-apply edit, not teardown

• Status: active
• Date: 2026-07-15

Decision

After apply, the default recourse for late/changed requirements is edit intent/decisions → plan → apply. Teardown is scoped (destroy --env) and rare.

Why

Intake is never complete on day one; wiping accounts to fix naming or add a domain is unsafe and slow.

Alternatives rejected

• Re-running greenfield init on an existing customer
• Ad-hoc DROP scripts outside the intent loop