RFC 3515 gives a minimal but complete set of 4 NOTIFY bodies: SIP/2.0 100 Trying while the subscription is pending, SIP/2.0 200 OK if the reference succeeded, SIP/2.0 503 Service Unavailable if it failed, and SIP/2.0 603 Declined where the REFER was accepted before approval could be obtained and approval was then denied.

Checked 2026-09-16

Vendor
IETF
Product
Session Initiation Protocol
Subsystem
REFER
Deployment
not restricted
Region
not restricted
Release range
Standards Track
Checked
2026-09-16

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 16). Call transfer semantics REFER and Replaces: source note xfersem-refer-minimal-notify-bodies. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/xfersem-refer-minimal-notify-bodies

BibTeX

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

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