RFC 6337 warns that unless a UA offers a=sendrecv when it has no hold of its own to maintain, calls can become stuck on hold, especially when a third-party call controller is involved.

Checked 2026-09-30

Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
sdp-offer-answer
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC as published
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-stuck-on-hold-3pcc. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-reinvite-call-drops-stuck-on-hold-3pcc

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-reinvite-call-drops-stuck-on-hold-3pcc,
  title  = {Troubleshooting calls that drop on hold or transfer: source note sip-reinvite-call-drops-stuck-on-hold-3pcc},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-reinvite-call-drops-stuck-on-hold-3pcc},
  note   = {Source note sip-reinvite-call-drops-stuck-on-hold-3pcc, checked 2026-09-30}
}

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