Source note · Calls that drop after about 30 seconds

RFC 6026 defines Timer L as 64*T1 for all transports: the time an INVITE server transaction stays in the Accepted state, which covers how long a UAS core may retransmit the 2xx while waiting for an ACK.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor: IETF
Product: SIP
Subsystem: timers
Deployment: any
Region: not restricted
Release range: RFC 6026 and later
Checked: 2026-09-25

Sources

RFC 6026: Correct Transaction Handling for 2xx Responses to Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE Requests — IETF / RFC Editor · tier 1 standards and regulators · Change to RFC 3261 section 17.2.1; Table 4 entry for Timer L

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APA

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

BibTeX

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

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