RFC 3261 says a UAC receiving 491 to a re-INVITE waits a random 2.1 to 4 seconds before retrying if it owns the Call-ID and 0 to 2 seconds otherwise.

Checked 2026-09-24

Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
re-INVITE glare
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 3261 as published
Checked
2026-09-24

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Hold resume and conference signaling: source note hold-resume-conference-3261-491-retry. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/hold-resume-conference-3261-491-retry

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-hold-resume-conference-3261-491-retry,
  title  = {Hold resume and conference signaling: source note hold-resume-conference-3261-491-retry},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/hold-resume-conference-3261-491-retry},
  note   = {Source note hold-resume-conference-3261-491-retry, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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