With CFA Destination Override enabled, Unified CM ignores the CFA destination when it matches the calling party number, so the forwarding target calling the initiator rings the initiator instead of forwarding back.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
Cisco
Product
Unified Communications Manager
Subsystem
call forwarding
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
Release 15 and SUs
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). SIP call forwarding and routing loops: source note sip-forwarding-loops-cucm-cfa-dest-override. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-forwarding-loops-cucm-cfa-dest-override

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-forwarding-loops-cucm-cfa-dest-override,
  title  = {SIP call forwarding and routing loops: source note sip-forwarding-loops-cucm-cfa-dest-override},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-forwarding-loops-cucm-cfa-dest-override},
  note   = {Source note sip-forwarding-loops-cucm-cfa-dest-override, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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