A Replaces header field that matches no dialog, that matches more than one dialog, or that matches a dialog not created with an INVITE is answered with 481 Call/Transaction Does Not Exist, and in the multiple-match case the user agent must act as if no match was found.

Checked 2026-09-16

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

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 16). Call transfer semantics REFER and Replaces: source note xfersem-replaces-481-cases. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/xfersem-replaces-481-cases

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-xfersem-replaces-481-cases,
  title  = {Call transfer semantics REFER and Replaces: source note xfersem-replaces-481-cases},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/xfersem-replaces-481-cases},
  note   = {Source note xfersem-replaces-481-cases, checked 2026-09-16}
}

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