RFC 8866 says that if no media direction attribute is present at session or media level sendrecv SHOULD be assumed.

Checked 2026-09-24

If none of the media direction attributes is present at either session level or media level, "a=sendrecv" SHOULD be assumed as the default.
Vendor
IETF
Product
SDP
Subsystem
direction attributes
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 8866 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-8866-default-sendrecv. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/hold-resume-conference-8866-default-sendrecv

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-hold-resume-conference-8866-default-sendrecv,
  title  = {Hold resume and conference signaling: source note hold-resume-conference-8866-default-sendrecv},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/hold-resume-conference-8866-default-sendrecv},
  note   = {Source note hold-resume-conference-8866-default-sendrecv, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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