After a 503, the client SHOULD NOT forward any other requests to that server for the duration given in the Retry-After header field, if one is present.

Checked 2026-09-25

It SHOULD NOT forward any other requests to that server for the duration specified in the Retry-After header field, if present.
Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
Retry-After
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 3261 as quoted in RFC 5390; current as of 2026-09-25
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

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

BibTeX

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

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