[asterisk-users] SIP 603 response when call is not answered

[Joris Engbers]

Hooman Fazaeli writes:

> Hi
>
> I have noticed that asterisk returns 'SIP 603' when the called party does
> not answer.
>
> My test setup is simple: two SIP phones (extensions: 100 and 111)
> registered to an Asterisk 1.8.30.0 gateway.The Dial timeout is 30 seconds.
> When 100 calls 111 and after 30 seconds, asterisk sends a CANCEL request to
> 111 (expected) and a '603 Decline' response to 100 (unexpected &
> misleading).
> It seems to me that a'480 Temporarily unavailable' response is more
> suitable in this situation.
>
> Is this a normal behavior of asterisk or a bug?
>
> Thanks.

That sounds like you are not doing a Hangup().

What is the dialplan that you are using?

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Joris Engbers