The 2015 Cisco technote gives the CallManager (Unified CM) default SIP Session Expires Timer as 1800 seconds, which puts refreshes at about 900 seconds (15 minutes).

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
Cisco
Product
Unified Communications Manager
Subsystem
SIP profile / session timer
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
as documented 2015-07-23; current releases unverified
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-cucm-session-expires-default. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-calls-drop-30-seconds-cucm-session-expires-default

BibTeX

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

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