SIP 480 Temporarily Unavailable

FreeSWITCHRFC 3261 §21.4.18

Callee is registered but not in a state to accept the call (DND, forwarded, no endpoint listening, etc.).

Common causes on FreeSWITCH

  • User is on Do-Not-Disturb
  • No SIP endpoint registered for the AOR
  • Forwarded to voicemail and voicemail is offline
  • Endpoint has stale registration (NAT keepalive failed)

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