The offer answer exchange is atomic: if the answer is rejected the session reverts to the state it had before the offer, which may be the absence of a session.

Checked 2026-09-15

The offer/answer exchange is atomic; if the answer is rejected, the session reverts to the state prior to the offer (which may be absence of a session).
Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
SDP offer/answer
Deployment
not restricted
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 3264
Checked
2026-09-15

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WarmTransfer. (2026, September 15). SDP offer answer and codec negotiation: source note sdp-oa-exchange-is-atomic. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sdp-oa-exchange-is-atomic

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sdp-oa-exchange-is-atomic,
  title  = {SDP offer answer and codec negotiation: source note sdp-oa-exchange-is-atomic},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sdp-oa-exchange-is-atomic},
  note   = {Source note sdp-oa-exchange-is-atomic, checked 2026-09-15}
}

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