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SIP response codes

SIP 180 Ringing

The called phone is ringing. The caller hears a locally generated ringback tone.

180
Name
Ringing
Class
1xx · Provisional
Defined in
RFC 3261

When it happens

  • The callee’s device received the call and is alerting the user.

What to check

  • If the caller hears silence instead of ringback, the phone expects early media (183) and gets none, or local ringback is disabled.

What the response looks like

SIP/2.0 180 Ringing
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