The answerer may reorder formats by its own preference but RFC 3264 recommends keeping the offer's relative order unless there is a specific reason not to.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
IETF
Product
SDP offer
Subsystem
codec negotiation
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 3264
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). SIP 488 and codec negotiation failures: source note sip-488-codec-failures-answer-keeps-order. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-488-codec-failures-answer-keeps-order

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-488-codec-failures-answer-keeps-order,
  title  = {SIP 488 and codec negotiation failures: source note sip-488-codec-failures-answer-keeps-order},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-488-codec-failures-answer-keeps-order},
  note   = {Source note sip-488-codec-failures-answer-keeps-order, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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