# must fail: receipts_binding_recovery_object_not_held
# a recovery record's matchers dropped when the object is not held (receipts::check_index)
diff --git a/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs b/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
index 83cd7ccb..fab80364 100644
--- a/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
+++ b/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ pub fn check_index(
     // A recovery through a soft binding runs only for an object the client holds (the
     // value it compares is computed from it): check_claim gates it on `held`. The
     // matchers serve step 6 of a recovery record whether or not the object is held.
+    let recovery = recovery.filter(|_| matches!(held, ObjectHeld::Object(_)));
     let claims = ix
         .claims
         .iter()