RFC 7339 (Standards Track, September 2014) carries overload feedback hop by hop in Via header parameters oc, oc-algo, oc-validity and oc-seq; a client adds oc to the topmost Via it inserts and the server returns a value in the response's topmost Via.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
overload control
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-rfc7339-via-oc. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc7339-via-oc

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc7339-via-oc,
  title  = {SIP 503 and trunk out-of-service failures: source note sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc7339-via-oc},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc7339-via-oc},
  note   = {Source note sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc7339-via-oc, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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