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Guide for running acceptance tests for a Terraform provider. Use this when asked to run an acceptance test or to run a test with the prefix `TestAcc`, when a test fails with missing environment variables, or when diagnosing a failing or suspiciously passing acceptance test.

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An acceptance test is a Go test function with the prefix `TestAcc`.

Before running: acceptance tests create **real infrastructure** against the
provider's live API, which may incur cost. Confirm the configured
credentials point at a test account before proceeding.

To run a focused acceptance test named `TestAccFeatureHappyPath`:

1. Run `go test -run=TestAccFeatureHappyPath -timeout 60m` with the
   following environment variables:
   - `TF_ACC=1`

   Default to non-verbose test output. Always pass an explicit `-timeout`:
   `go test` kills any test run after 10 minutes by default, and acceptance
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