From eabd23a55164c9a75044573584d24a8505666fa1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: neil <gitsrc@neilpang.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 19:38:42 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/issues/6963

---
 dnsapi/dns_namecheap.sh | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_namecheap.sh b/dnsapi/dns_namecheap.sh
index 5527b357..cca59735 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_namecheap.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_namecheap.sh
@@ -264,8 +264,16 @@ _set_namecheap_TXT() {
   _debug hosts "$hosts"
 
   if [ -z "$hosts" ]; then
-    _err "Hosts not found"
-    return 1
+    # An empty host list is only acceptable when the API positively confirms
+    # a successful getHosts reply: setHosts below REPLACES all records, so
+    # proceeding on a malformed/unparsed response would wipe the whole zone.
+    # https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/issues/6963
+    if _contains "$response" "Status=\"OK\"" && _contains "$response" "DomainDNSGetHostsResult"; then
+      _debug "No existing host records, adding the TXT record as the first one"
+    else
+      _err "Hosts not found"
+      return 1
+    fi
   fi
 
   _namecheap_reset_hostList