ElevenLabs incident

Degraded SIP Calls – Transfer to Human Affected

Resolved after 4 hours 46 minutes, affecting Telephony, on March 31, 2026.

resolved Mar 31, 2026, 02:15 PM UTC

The root cause was an incompatibility in how ElevenLabs handled mid-dialog re-INVITEs. When SIP providers sent re-INVITEs, ElevenLabs responded with 488, which some providers treat as fatal, issue a BYE, and terminate the call. Per RFC 3261, a 488 should not necessarily result in session termination, but provider behaviour varied.

Started
Mar 31, 2026, 09:28 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 31, 2026, 02:15 PM UTC
Duration
4h 46m
Detected by Pingoru
Mar 31, 2026, 09:28 AM UTC

Affected components

Telephony

Update timeline

  1. investigating Mar 31, 2026, 09:28 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue with SIP calls that is impacting the transfer-to-human flow. We are working on a fix.

  2. monitoring Mar 31, 2026, 09:58 AM UTC

    We have pushed an update, and we are currently monitoring the situation.

  3. resolved Mar 31, 2026, 02:15 PM UTC

    The root cause was an incompatibility in how ElevenLabs handled mid-dialog re-INVITEs. When SIP providers sent re-INVITEs, ElevenLabs responded with 488, which some providers treat as fatal, issue a BYE, and terminate the call. Per RFC 3261, a 488 should not necessarily result in session termination, but provider behaviour varied.

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