Source note · SIP session timers

RFC 4028 recommends 1800 seconds (30 minutes) as the Session-Expires value.

Checked 2026-09-25

1800 seconds (30 minutes) is RECOMMENDED as the value for the Session-Expires header field.
Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
Session-Expires header
Deployment
on-premises, multi-tenant, hybrid
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 4028
Checked
2026-09-25

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). SIP session timers: source note sip-session-timers-se-recommended-1800. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-session-timers-se-recommended-1800

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-session-timers-se-recommended-1800,
  title  = {SIP session timers: source note sip-session-timers-se-recommended-1800},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-session-timers-se-recommended-1800},
  note   = {Source note sip-session-timers-se-recommended-1800, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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