RFC 3261 states that the 484 status code allows overlapped dialling, in which a client that does not know the dial string length sends strings of increasing length until it no longer receives 484.

Checked 2026-10-02

Vendor
not restricted
Product
not restricted
Subsystem
SIP response codes
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 3261 as published
Checked
2026-10-02

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). Troubleshooting SIP 404 Not Found and 484 Address Incomplete call failures: source note sip-404-484-troubleshooting-484-overlap-dialling. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-404-484-troubleshooting-484-overlap-dialling

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-404-484-troubleshooting-484-overlap-dialling,
  title  = {Troubleshooting SIP 404 Not Found and 484 Address Incomplete call failures: source note sip-404-484-troubleshooting-484-overlap-dialling},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-404-484-troubleshooting-484-overlap-dialling},
  note   = {Source note sip-404-484-troubleshooting-484-overlap-dialling, checked 2026-10-02}
}

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