In DNS SRV a client must attempt the reachable target with the lowest-numbered priority first; a lower number means more preferred.

Checked 2026-09-25

A client MUST attempt to contact the target host with the lowest-numbered priority it can reach
Vendor
IETF
Product
DNS
Subsystem
SRV record
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 2782 (February 2000), 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-srv-priority. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-trunk-redundancy-design-srv-priority

BibTeX

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

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