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ProtocolCodes
470
SIP

470 Consent Needed

The request cannot be fulfilled because the source has not been granted consent by the recipient. Used in consent-based communications (RFC 5360).

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When You See This Code

When attempting to communicate with a user who has not granted permission for the calling party to reach them.

How to Fix

Request consent through a separate mechanism. The recipient must explicitly grant permission for future communications.

Specification

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Compare With

100 Trying 180 Ringing 181 Call Is Being Forwarded 182 Queued 183 Session Progress 199 Early Dialog Terminated 200 OK 202 Accepted 204 No Notification 300 Multiple Choices 301 Moved Permanently 302 Moved Temporarily

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Glossary

Status Code Request Method (HTTP Verb) TLS Handshake Authentication TCP/IP Port Number NAT (Network Address Translation) Socket Request-Response Model RFC (Request for Comments) Connection-Oriented Full-Duplex SRV Record SIP Dialog Signaling SIP Registrar STUN (Session Traversal Utilities for NAT) TURN (Traversal Using Relays around NAT) SDP (Session Description Protocol) SIP INVITE SIP Proxy Server SIP Redirect Server SIP Transaction SIP User Agent SIP Trunk RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) SRTP (Secure Real-time Transport Protocol) SIP ACK SIP BYE SIP CANCEL SIP OPTIONS SIP SUBSCRIBE/NOTIFY B2BUA (Back-to-Back User Agent) SBC (Session Border Controller) Codec Negotiation SIP Response Classes VoIP (Voice over IP) Presence (SIP) PBX (Private Branch Exchange) MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) TLS Versions

Frequently Asked Questions

What is SIP 470 Consent Needed?

The request cannot be fulfilled because the source has not been granted consent by the recipient. Used in consent-based communications (RFC 5360).

When do you see SIP 470 Consent Needed?

When attempting to communicate with a user who has not granted permission for the calling party to reach them.

How to fix SIP 470 Consent Needed?

Request consent through a separate mechanism. The recipient must explicitly grant permission for future communications.