Under RFC 5393, a proxy that forks a request to more than one destination must ensure the request is not looping through it; Via-based loop detection is recommended, but other mechanisms are allowed.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
forking proxy loop detection
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 5393 onward
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). SIP call forwarding and routing loops: source note sip-forwarding-loops-forking-must-detect. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-forwarding-loops-forking-must-detect

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-forwarding-loops-forking-must-detect,
  title  = {SIP call forwarding and routing loops: source note sip-forwarding-loops-forking-must-detect},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-forwarding-loops-forking-must-detect},
  note   = {Source note sip-forwarding-loops-forking-must-detect, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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