An Expressway-E log of TCP Connection Closed with Reason 'Idle countdown expired' on 5061 indicates firewall SIP inspection or ALG interfering; disable SIP inspection for MRA traffic.

Checked 2026-10-01

Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco Expressway
Subsystem
firewall
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
technote updated 2024-09-03
Checked
2026-10-01

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 1). Troubleshooting Expressway Mobile and Remote Access: source note expressway-mra-troubleshooting-sip-alg-idle-countdown. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/expressway-mra-troubleshooting-sip-alg-idle-countdown

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-expressway-mra-troubleshooting-sip-alg-idle-countdown,
  title  = {Troubleshooting Expressway Mobile and Remote Access: source note expressway-mra-troubleshooting-sip-alg-idle-countdown},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/expressway-mra-troubleshooting-sip-alg-idle-countdown},
  note   = {Source note expressway-mra-troubleshooting-sip-alg-idle-countdown, checked 2026-10-01}
}

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