diff --git a/internal/delivery/export_test.go b/internal/delivery/export_test.go
index b3974c8..9dd2531 100644
--- a/internal/delivery/export_test.go
+++ b/internal/delivery/export_test.go
@@ -352,6 +352,21 @@ func (e *Engine) ExportFailMissingTarget(
 	e.failMissingTarget(webhookDB, webhookID, d)
 }
 
+// ExportSendRecoveredDeliveries exposes sendRecoveredDeliveries, so a
+// test can hand it a target map that lacks a delivery's target.
+func (e *Engine) ExportSendRecoveredDeliveries(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	webhookDB *gorm.DB,
+	deliveries []database.Delivery,
+	webhookID string,
+	targetMap map[string]database.Target,
+	settled map[string]struct{},
+) {
+	e.sendRecoveredDeliveries(
+		ctx, webhookDB, deliveries, webhookID, targetMap, settled,
+	)
+}
+
 // ExportDeliveryCh returns the delivery channel.
 func (e *Engine) ExportDeliveryCh() chan Task {
 	return e.deliveryCh
diff --git a/internal/delivery/terminal_state_test.go b/internal/delivery/terminal_state_test.go
index d448271..8eda81a 100644
--- a/internal/delivery/terminal_state_test.go
+++ b/internal/delivery/terminal_state_test.go
@@ -696,6 +696,53 @@ func TestSweepPending_TargetDeleted(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, last.Error, "was deleted")
 }
 
+// TestSendRecoveredDeliveries_TargetMissingFromMap: the batch's target
+// map is empty when its query failed, so every delivery in the batch is
+// looked up on its own. A healthy one is sent to the target that lookup
+// finds.
+func TestSendRecoveredDeliveries_TargetMissingFromMap(
+	t *testing.T,
+) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newISetup(t)
+
+	targetID := uuid.New().String()
+
+	iCreateTarget(
+		t, s.MainDB, targetID, s.WebhookID, "found-on-lookup",
+		database.TargetTypeLog, "", 0,
+	)
+
+	event := iSeedEvent(
+		t, s.WebhookDB, s.WebhookID, `{"map":"empty"}`,
+	)
+
+	d := iSeedDelivery(
+		t, s.WebhookDB, event.ID, targetID,
+		database.DeliveryStatusPending,
+	)
+
+	s.Engine.ExportSendRecoveredDeliveries(
+		context.Background(), s.WebhookDB,
+		[]database.Delivery{d}, s.WebhookID,
+		map[string]database.Target{}, nil,
+	)
+
+	tasks := fDrain(s.Engine)
+	require.Len(t, tasks, 1,
+		"the healthy delivery was not queued exactly once",
+	)
+	assert.Equal(t, d.ID, tasks[0].DeliveryID)
+	assert.Equal(t, targetID, tasks[0].TargetID)
+	assert.Equal(t, database.TargetTypeLog, tasks[0].TargetType)
+
+	iAssertStatus(
+		t, s.WebhookDB, d.ID,
+		database.DeliveryStatusPending,
+	)
+}
+
 // TestRecoverPending_TargetUnreadable_LeavesDeliveryAlone: a failed
 // read of the main database is not a deleted target. Restart recovery
 // holds every pending delivery of the webhook in one batch, so failing