RFC 6337 says a UA may initiate hold by offering inactive instead of sendonly if it does not intend to transmit any media while on hold.

Checked 2026-09-24

A UA may, if desired, initiate hold by offering "a=inactive" attribute if it does not intend to transmit any media while in hold status.
Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
hold
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 6337 as published
Checked
2026-09-24

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Hold resume and conference signaling: source note hold-resume-conference-6337-inactive-hold. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/hold-resume-conference-6337-inactive-hold

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-hold-resume-conference-6337-inactive-hold,
  title  = {Hold resume and conference signaling: source note hold-resume-conference-6337-inactive-hold},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/hold-resume-conference-6337-inactive-hold},
  note   = {Source note hold-resume-conference-6337-inactive-hold, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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