513 5xx Server error RFC 3261

SIP 513 Message Too Large

The message was too long for the server to process.

Typical Q.850 / ISDN cause: 127 (Interworking, unspecified)

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Common causes

  • Oversized INVITE because of large SDP or many headers, especially over UDP.

How to fix it

  1. Use TCP, or reduce SDP size and the number of codecs offered.
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About 5xx responses

The server failed to handle an apparently valid request.

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