# 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 a9ad67595..7ae0d84e2 100644
--- a/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
+++ b/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
@@ -669,8 +669,8 @@ fn step6(
         // (jwp-receipts §2.6.4), with a verified delivery receipt for an object of its span:
         // the first passed one within it, else the first, whose check reports why not.
         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)?;
             if let ClaimBody::SoftBindingSpan(s) = &d.body {