6/6/2019 A list of the most known SIP Responses

Can You List All Known SIP Responses?

SIP responses are the codes used by Session Initiation Protocol for communication. We have put together a
list of all the SIP responses known.

1xx = Informational SIP Responses

100 Trying – Extended search is being perform 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 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 dialog 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301 Moved Permanently – The original Request URI is no longer valid, the new address is given in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.
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402 Payment Required – (Reserved for future use) .

403 Forbidden – The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill 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).
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 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 “outbound”
feature.
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480 Temporarily Unavailable – Callee currently unavailable.

481 Call/Transaction Does Not Exist – Server received a request that does not match any dialog 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 dialog.
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.
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.
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