Under RFC 3261 a non-INVITE client transaction such as REGISTER over UDP retransmits on Timer E, which starts at T1 (500 ms default) and doubles up to T2 (4 s), and gives up when Timer F fires at 64*T1 (32 s by default).

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
not restricted
Product
SIP
Subsystem
transactions
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 3261 as updated by RFC 4320
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). SIP registration failures: source note sip-registration-failures-timer-f-32s. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-registration-failures-timer-f-32s

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-registration-failures-timer-f-32s,
  title  = {SIP registration failures: source note sip-registration-failures-timer-f-32s},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-registration-failures-timer-f-32s},
  note   = {Source note sip-registration-failures-timer-f-32s, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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