RFC 8837 states that the network does not trust the DSCP an endpoint sets and that the DSCP may be re-marked anywhere in the network to any value, including DF.

Checked 2026-09-24

The DSCP value set by the endpoint is not trusted by the network.
Vendor
IETF
Product
WebRTC
Subsystem
trust boundary
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-24
Checked
2026-09-24

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). QoS marking and queuing for voice: source note qos-marking-webrtc-not-trusted. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/qos-marking-webrtc-not-trusted

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-qos-marking-webrtc-not-trusted,
  title  = {QoS marking and queuing for voice: source note qos-marking-webrtc-not-trusted},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/qos-marking-webrtc-not-trusted},
  note   = {Source note qos-marking-webrtc-not-trusted, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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