# must fail: receipts_binding_recovery receipts_binding_recovery_object_not_held receipts_binding_recovery_no_matcher
# a binding-recovery record accepted without its declaration, publisher or match (receipts::step6)
diff --git a/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs b/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
index 83cd7ccb..7cebbbd5 100644
--- a/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
+++ b/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
@@ -660,8 +660,8 @@ fn step6(
         // §2.6.3: against its declaration together with the publisher key of a verified
         // delivery receipt for the declaration's subject.
         ClaimBody::BindingRecovery(r) => {
-            if passed.is_empty() {
-                return Err(ReceiptRefusal::ContextNotHeld);
+            if passed.len() < usize::MAX {
+                return Ok(());
             }
             let d = declaration_of(&r.declaration, fetch)?;
             let publisher = passed