RFC 3263 also lets a server fail over when sending responses, by looking up SRV records for the sent-by domain in the Via header and trying the next entry if the first fails.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
server location
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 3263 (June 2002), 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-rfc3263-response-failover. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-trunk-redundancy-design-rfc3263-response-failover

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-trunk-redundancy-design-rfc3263-response-failover,
  title  = {SIP trunk redundancy and failover design: source note sip-trunk-redundancy-design-rfc3263-response-failover},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-trunk-redundancy-design-rfc3263-response-failover},
  note   = {Source note sip-trunk-redundancy-design-rfc3263-response-failover, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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