SIP 491 Request Pending
AsteriskRFC 3261 §14.1A re-INVITE collided with a pending request. RFC 3261 prescribes a backoff retry; usually transient.
Common causes on Asterisk
- Glare from simultaneous re-INVITEs (hold/unhold, codec change)
- Some SIP-T/SIP-I gateways re-INVITE aggressively
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