chan_sip: NOTIFYs for BLF start queuing up and fail to be sent out after retries...

RFC6665 4.2.2: ... after a failed State NOTIFY transaction remove the subscription

The problem is that the State Notify requests rely on the 200OK reponse for pacing control
and to not confuse the notify susbsystem.
The issue is, the pendinginvite isn't cleared if a response isn't received,
thus further notify's are never sent.

The solution, follow RFC 6665 4.2.2's 'SHOULD' and remove the subscription after failure.

(closes issue ASTERISK-21677)

Reported by: Dan Martens
Tested by: alecdavis
alecdavis (license 585)

Review https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/2475/
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diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index 24cd95b..8cd739e 100644 (file)
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -14805,7 +14805,20 @@ static int transmit_state_notify(struct sip_pvt *p, struct state_notify_data *da
 
        p->pendinginvite = p->ocseq;    /* Remember that we have a pending NOTIFY in order not to confuse the NOTIFY subsystem */
 
-       return send_request(p, &req, XMIT_RELIABLE, p->ocseq);
+       /* Send as XMIT_CRITICAL as we may never receive a 200 OK Response which clears p->pendinginvite.
+        *
+        * extensionstate_update() uses p->pendinginvite for queuing control.
+        * Updates stall if pendinginvite <> 0.
+        *
+        * The most appropriate solution is to remove the subscription when the NOTIFY transaction fails.
+        * The client will re-subscribe after restarting or maxexpiry timeout.
+        */
+
+       /* RFC6665 4.2.2.  Sending State Information to Subscribers
+        * If the NOTIFY request fails due to expiration of SIP Timer F (transaction timeout),
+        * the notifier SHOULD remove the subscription.
+        */
+       return send_request(p, &req, XMIT_CRITICAL, p->ocseq);
 }
 
 /*! \brief Notify user of messages waiting in voicemail (RFC3842)