In a basic transfer the signalling relationship between the Transferor and the Transferee is not terminated, so the call is recoverable if the Transfer Target cannot be reached, and RFC 5589's flows keep that dialog connected on hold throughout the REFER process.

Checked 2026-09-16

Vendor
IETF
Product
Session Initiation Protocol
Subsystem
Basic transfer
Deployment
not restricted
Region
not restricted
Release range
BCP 149
Checked
2026-09-16

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 16). Call transfer semantics REFER and Replaces: source note xfersem-basic-transfer-is-recoverable. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/xfersem-basic-transfer-is-recoverable

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-xfersem-basic-transfer-is-recoverable,
  title  = {Call transfer semantics REFER and Replaces: source note xfersem-basic-transfer-is-recoverable},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/xfersem-basic-transfer-is-recoverable},
  note   = {Source note xfersem-basic-transfer-is-recoverable, checked 2026-09-16}
}

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