On such a failure the client SHOULD send an otherwise identical request with a new Via branch (a new transaction) to the next element in the DNS SRV-ordered list.

Checked 2026-09-25

That request is sent to the next element in the list as specified by RFC 2782.
Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
DNS server location
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
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-rfc3263-next-server. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc3263-next-server

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc3263-next-server,
  title  = {SIP 503 and trunk out-of-service failures: source note sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc3263-next-server},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc3263-next-server},
  note   = {Source note sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc3263-next-server, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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