# must fail: receipts_claim_parent_not_served
# a claim's parent not served taken as linked (receipts::check_claim)
diff --git a/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs b/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
index f2bdba57..be265488 100644
--- a/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
+++ b/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ pub fn check_claim(
             let pb = match fetch.get(&p) {
                 Ok(b) => b,
                 Err(ReceiptRefusal::TooLarge) => return Err(stop(1, "receipt_too_large")),
-                Err(r) => return Err(stop(0, r.code())),
+                Err(_) => return Ok(ClaimVerdict { claim, attests, parent: Some(p) }),
             };
             let prev = read_claim_file(&p, &pb).map_err(|r| stop(1, r.code()))?;
             prev.verify().map_err(|r| stop(1, r.reason.label()))?;