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SIP response codes

SIP 100 Trying

The next hop received the request and is working on it. It only stops retransmissions; it says nothing about the call yet.

100
Name
Trying
Class
1xx · Provisional
Defined in
RFC 3261

When it happens

  • Sent by every proxy or PBX within milliseconds of the INVITE.

What to check

  • If 100 Trying is the last thing you see, the call is stuck further along the route: look at the next hop.

What the response looks like

SIP/2.0 100 Trying
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 203.0.113.10:5060;branch=z9hG4bK776asdhds
From: <sip:101@pbx.example>;tag=1928301774
To: <sip:+15551234567@pbx.example>
Call-ID: a84b4c76e66710@203.0.113.10
CSeq: 2 INVITE
Content-Length: 0