Signalling hold by setting the SDP connection address to 0.0.0.0 is the RFC 2543 method and is no longer recommended, because it prevents RTCP on held streams, does not work with IPv6 and breaks connection-oriented media.

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-zero-address-hold. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-reinvite-call-drops-zero-address-hold

BibTeX

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

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