Microsoft says media bypass and Local Media Optimization require several reinvites by design, and that a reinvite from the SBC arriving at the SIP proxy in the wrong order or at the wrong time creates a race condition that lengthens negotiation and delays audio.

Checked 2026-09-30

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Teams Phone Direct Routing
Subsystem
sip-dialog
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-30
Checked
2026-09-30

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 30). Troubleshooting calls that drop on hold or transfer: source note sip-reinvite-call-drops-dr-reinvite-race. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-reinvite-call-drops-dr-reinvite-race

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-reinvite-call-drops-dr-reinvite-race,
  title  = {Troubleshooting calls that drop on hold or transfer: source note sip-reinvite-call-drops-dr-reinvite-race},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-reinvite-call-drops-dr-reinvite-race},
  note   = {Source note sip-reinvite-call-drops-dr-reinvite-race, checked 2026-09-30}
}

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