RFC 6026 adds an Accepted state to both INVITE client and server transactions and says an element sending or receiving a 2xx to INVITE must not destroy the matching INVITE transaction state.

Checked 2026-09-25

An element sending or receiving a 2xx to an INVITE transaction MUST NOT destroy any matching INVITE transaction state.
Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
INVITE transaction
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 6026 and later
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Calls that drop after about 30 seconds: source note sip-calls-drop-30-seconds-accepted-state. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-calls-drop-30-seconds-accepted-state

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-calls-drop-30-seconds-accepted-state,
  title  = {Calls that drop after about 30 seconds: source note sip-calls-drop-30-seconds-accepted-state},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-calls-drop-30-seconds-accepted-state},
  note   = {Source note sip-calls-drop-30-seconds-accepted-state, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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