Whether a 503 in reply to an OPTIONS keepalive takes a trunk down depends on the platform: Unified CM documents it as out of service, AudioCodes makes it configurable, and Teams Direct Routing health depends on whether the SBC keeps sending OPTIONS rather than on the response code.

inferred · Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
multi-vendor
Product
SIP trunk keepalive
Subsystem
OPTIONS keepalive
Deployment
on-premises, multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-25
Status
inferred
Checked
2026-09-25

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). SIP 503 and trunk out-of-service failures: source note sip-503-trunk-failures-inf-options-503-varies. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-503-trunk-failures-inf-options-503-varies

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-503-trunk-failures-inf-options-503-varies,
  title  = {SIP 503 and trunk out-of-service failures: source note sip-503-trunk-failures-inf-options-503-varies},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-503-trunk-failures-inf-options-503-varies},
  note   = {Source note sip-503-trunk-failures-inf-options-503-varies, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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