A request repeated with the same branch identifier and the same sequence number is the same transaction retransmitting rather than a new request except in the 2 cases where the protocol reuses both by design.

inference · verified 2026-09-15

Vendor
IETF
Product
Session Initiation Protocol
Subsystem
transactions
Deployment
not restricted
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-15
Status
inference
Confidence
0.60
Verified
2026-09-15

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WarmTransfer. (2026, September 15). SIP transactions dialogs and call setup: claim siptx-repeat-on-the-same-branch-is-a-retransmission. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/siptx-repeat-on-the-same-branch-is-a-retransmission

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-siptx-repeat-on-the-same-branch-is-a-retransmission,
  title  = {SIP transactions dialogs and call setup: claim siptx-repeat-on-the-same-branch-is-a-retransmission},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/siptx-repeat-on-the-same-branch-is-a-retransmission},
  note   = {Claim siptx-repeat-on-the-same-branch-is-a-retransmission, verified 2026-09-15}
}

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