An implementation that uses RFC 3261 default timers for an OPTIONS transaction with no response would give up after about 32 seconds (64 x 500 ms). Vendors can and do shorten this with their own retry and timeout settings.

inferred · Checked 2026-09-24

Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
transaction layer
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 3261 (June 2002)
Status
inferred
Checked
2026-09-24

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). SIP OPTIONS pings and trunk keepalives: source note sip-options-keepalive-options-timeout-32s. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-options-keepalive-options-timeout-32s

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-options-keepalive-options-timeout-32s,
  title  = {SIP OPTIONS pings and trunk keepalives: source note sip-options-keepalive-options-timeout-32s},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-options-keepalive-options-timeout-32s},
  note   = {Source note sip-options-keepalive-options-timeout-32s, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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