RFC 3261 says that if a re-INVITE fails (for example with 488) the existing call does not fail and the session continues with the previously negotiated characteristics.

Checked 2026-09-24

Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
re-INVITE
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-failed-reinvite. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/hold-resume-conference-3261-failed-reinvite

BibTeX

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

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