A 603 Decline means the destination machine was contacted successfully and the user explicitly does not wish to or cannot participate and is returned only when the client knows no other endpoint will answer.

fact · verified 2026-09-15

Vendor
IETF
Product
Session Initiation Protocol
Subsystem
response codes
Deployment
not restricted
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-15
Status
fact
Confidence
0.90
Verified
2026-09-15

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 15). SIP response codes and failure interpretation: claim sip-603-decline. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-603-decline

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-603-decline,
  title  = {SIP response codes and failure interpretation: claim sip-603-decline},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-603-decline},
  note   = {Claim sip-603-decline, verified 2026-09-15}
}

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