For every 2xx response the UAC receives to an INVITE, the UAC core generates a separate ACK sent directly by the transport layer rather than the transaction layer, reusing the INVITE's CSeq number but with the method changed to ACK.

fact · verified 2026-09-04

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sip
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Status
fact
Confidence
0.95
Verified
2026-09-04

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 4). SIP transactions dialogs and call setup: claim sip-invite-ack-2xx. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-invite-ack-2xx

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-invite-ack-2xx,
  title  = {SIP transactions dialogs and call setup: claim sip-invite-ack-2xx},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-invite-ack-2xx},
  note   = {Claim sip-invite-ack-2xx, verified 2026-09-04}
}

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