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SIP response codes

SIP responses are the codes used by Session Initiation Protocol for communication.

1xx = Informational SIP responses

100 Trying
Extended search is being performed so a forking proxy must send a 100 Trying response.
180 Ringing
The Destination User Agent has received the INVITE message and is alerting the user of call.
181 Call Is Being Forwarded
Optional, send by Server to indicate a call is being forwarded.
182 Queued
Destination was temporarily unavailable, the server has queued the call until the destination is available.
183 Session Progress
This response may be used to send extra information for a call which is still being set up.
199 Early Dialog Terminated
Send by the User Agent Server to indicate that an early dialogue has been terminated.

2xx = Success responses

200 OK
Shows that the request was successful.
202 Accepted
Indicates that the request has been accepted for processing, mainly used for referrals.
204 No Notification
Indicates that the request was successful but no response will be received.

3xx = Redirection responses

300 Multiple Choices
The address resolved to one of several options for the user or client to choose between.
301 Moved Permanently
The original Request URI is no longer valid, the new address is given in the Contact header.
302 Moved Temporarily
The client should try at the address in the Contact field.
305 Use Proxy
The Contact field details a proxy that must be used to access the requested destination.
380 Alternative Service
The call failed, but alternatives are detailed in the message body.

4xx = Request failures

400 Bad Request
The request could not be understood due to malformed syntax.
401 Unauthorized
The request requires user authentication. This response is issued by UASs and registrars.
402 Payment Required
(Reserved for future use).
403 Forbidden
The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfil it.
404 Not Found
The server has definitive information that the user does not exist at the (User not found).
405 Method Not Allowed
The method specified in the Request-Line is understood, but not allowed.
406 Not Acceptable
The resource is only capable of generating responses with unacceptable content.
407 Proxy Authentication Required
The request requires user authentication.
408 Request Timeout
Couldn’t find the user in time.
409 Conflict
User already registered (deprecated).
410 Gone
The user existed once but is not available here any more.
411 Length Required
The server will not accept the request without a valid content length (deprecated).
412 Conditional Request Failed
The given precondition has not been met.
413 Request Entity Too Large
Request body too large.
414 Request URI Too Long
Server refuses to service the request, the Req-URI is longer than the server can interpret.
415 Unsupported Media Type
Request body is in a non-supported format.
416 Unsupported URI Scheme
Request-URI is unknown to the server.
417 Uknown Resource-Priority
There was a resource-priority option tag, but no Resource-Priority header.
420 Bad Extension
Bad SIP Protocol Extension used, not understood by the server.
421 Extension Required
The server needs a specific extension not listed in the Supported header.
422 Session Interval Too Small
The request contains a Session-Expires header field with a duration below the minimum.
423 Interval Too Brief
Expiration time of the resource is too short.
424 Bad Location Information
The request’s location content was malformed or otherwise unsatisfactory.
428 Use Identity Header
The server policy requires an Identity header, and one has not been provided.
429 Provide Referrer Identity
The server did not receive a valid Referred-By token on the request.
430 Flow Failed
A specific flow to a user agent has failed, although other flows may succeed.
433 Anonymity Disallowed
The request has been rejected because it was anonymous.
436 Bad Identity Info
The request has an Identity-Info header and the URI scheme contained cannot be de-referenced.
437 Unsupported Certificate
The server was unable to validate a certificate for the domain that signed the request.
438 Invalid Identity Header
Server obtained a valid certificate used to sign a request, was unable to verify the signature.
439 First Hop Lacks Outbound Support
The first outbound proxy doesn’t support the “outbound” feature.
440 Max-Breadth Exceeded
If a SIP proxy determined a response context had insufficient Incoming Max-Breadth to carry out a desired parallel fork, and the proxy is unwilling/unable to compensate by forking serially or sending a redirect, that proxy MUST return a 440 response. A client receiving a 440 response can infer that its request did not reach all possible destinations.
469 Bad Info Package
If a SIP UA receives an INFO request associated with an Info Package that the UA has not indicated willingness to receive, the UA MUST send a 469 response, which contains a Recv-Info header field with Info Packages for which UA is willing to receive INFO requests.
470 Consent Needed
The source of the request did not have the permission of the recipient to make such a request.
480 Temporarily Unavailable
Callee currently unavailable.
481 Call/Transaction Does Not Exist
Server received a request that does not match any dialogue or transaction.
482 Loop Detected
Server has detected a loop.
483 Too Many Hops
Max-Forwards header has reached the value ‘0’.
484 Address Incomplete
Request-URI incomplete.
485 Ambiguous
Request-URI is ambiguous.
486 Busy Here
Callee is busy.
487 Request Terminated
Request has terminated by bye or cancel.
488 Not Acceptable Here
Some aspects of the session description of the Request-URI are not acceptable.
489 Bad Event
The server did not understand an event package specified in an Event header field.
491 Request Pending
Server has some pending request from the same dialogue.
493 Undecipherable
UndecipherableRequest contains an encrypted MIME body, which recipient can not decrypt.
494 Security Agreement Required
The server has received a request that requires a negotiated security mechanism.

5xx = Server errors

500 Server Internal Error
The server could not fulfill the request due to some unexpected condition.
501 Not Implemented
The SIP request method is not implemented here.
502 Bad Gateway
The server, received an invalid response from a downstream server while trying to fulfill a request.
503 Service Unavailable
The server is in maintenance or is temporarily overloaded and cannot process the request.
504 Server Time-out
The server tried to access another server while trying to process a request, no timely response.
505 Version Not Supported
The SIP protocol version in the request is not supported by the server.
513 Message Too Large
The request message length is longer than the server can process.
555 Push Notification Service Not Supported
The server does not support the push notification serviced specified in the pn-provider SIP URI parameter.
580 Precondition Failure
The server is unable or unwilling to meet some constraints specified in the offer.

6xx = Global failures

600 Busy Everywhere
All possible destinations are busy.
603 Decline
Destination cannot/doen’t wish to participate in the call, no alternative destinations.
604 Does Not Exist Anywhere
The server has authoritative information that the requested user does not exist anywhere.
606 Not Acceptable
The user’s agent was contacted successfully but some aspects of the session description were not acceptable.
607 Unwanted
The called party did not want his call from the calling party. Future attempts from the calling party are also likely to be rejected.
608 Rejected
An intermediary rejected the call attempt. The response may include 'who' blocked the call in the Call-Info header.