[asterisk-users] regcontext, NoOp extension vanishes when extension reload and doesn't come back

[Watkins, Bradley]

Let me guess:  The context in which you have the 2 thru n priorities is
the same one as you're using for regcontext right?

Don't do that, bad things will happen (as you've noticed).

I'd have to review the code again, but I think what you're seeing is as
a result of this.

Regards,
- Brad 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> JR Richardson
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:50 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [asterisk-users] regcontext,NoOp extension vanishes 
> when extension reload and doesn't come back
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I just noticed something interesting.  When a sip device 
> registers and regcontext is setup in sip.conf, a NoOp 
> priority 1 extension is dynamically created in the dialplan 
> within the specified regcontext.
> Works great.  If for some reason, modification is made to the 
> extension.conf and a >reload extension is performed, those 
> dynamically created extensions in the regcontext vanish.  Now 
> this is ok, I understand why they vanish, but the strange 
> thing is they don't come back when the sip device 
> registration time expires.
> 
> If I set the max regiter time of the device to be 60 seconds, 
> after 60 seconds the phone sends another registration to the 
> server, but since the user is already cached in, the NoOp 
> priority 1 extension does not get re-created in the 
> regcontext.  I must perform a >reload chan_sip.so, wait till 
> the new registration hits and then the NoOp priority 1 
> extension is created again in the regcontext.
> 
> This is a problem, if anything happens to the dialplan and it 
> has to be reloaded, we loose active registered sip devices in 
> the regcontext, then all hell breaks loose.
> 
> Has anyone else come across this and has a work around?  
> Ultimately, I'd like to see the regcontext function ensure 
> the NoOp priority 1 extension is re-newed each registration 
> cycle, whatever the time parameter is set on.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> JR
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> JR Richardson
> Engineering for the Masses
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