RFC 3261 defines OPTIONS as a request for querying capabilities that may be sent outside a dialog, and it is the method platforms reuse as a trunk keepalive.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
OPTIONS method
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 3261, current as of 2026-09-25
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). SIP trunk redundancy and failover design: source note sip-trunk-redundancy-design-rfc3261-options-ood. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-trunk-redundancy-design-rfc3261-options-ood

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-trunk-redundancy-design-rfc3261-options-ood,
  title  = {SIP trunk redundancy and failover design: source note sip-trunk-redundancy-design-rfc3261-options-ood},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-trunk-redundancy-design-rfc3261-options-ood},
  note   = {Source note sip-trunk-redundancy-design-rfc3261-options-ood, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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