RFC 6337 describes hold as an offer with a=sendonly on each held stream answered with a=recvonly, or alternatively an offer with a=inactive when the holder will send no media.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
hold and resume
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 6337
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-hold-sendonly. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-488-codec-failures-hold-sendonly

BibTeX

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

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