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Signaling drill with the cited answer
Each signaling answer is written here, with the RFC, before the quiz asks it.
Learn in 5 minutes
- Match a dialog with Call-ID, CSeq, branch, and To tag
- Place both kinds of ACK
- Say what 487 follows
Visual
The quiz repeats these rows. It does not introduce a new fact.
Worked example
Say the ACK kind The last hop follows 200 OK. What kind of ACK is it?
- Press Play.
- Step until the hop named in the question.
- Inspect that message and answer the check.
Fault
The ladder shows 487 and the ticket looks for an end-to-end ACK with a new branch. The hop-by-hop ACK on z9hG4bK7766as01 is present and was ignored.
The lesson states both ACK rules. This final is non-2xx.
Quiz
Ecosystem
Glossary, sister systems, and the integration seam for this room.
Workforce management WFM forecasts volume and builds schedules. It consumes contact-center events. It does not parse Via headers. When a forecast is wrong, the SIP symptom is usually queue delay and 480 or carrier congestion, not a broken dialog ID.
Sources and go deeper
- RFC 3261 §8 — last checked 2026-10
- RFC 3261 §12 — last checked 2026-10
- RFC 3261 §17 — last checked 2026-10
- RFC 3261 — last checked 2026-10
- RFC 3261 §13 — last checked 2026-10
- RFC 6026 — last checked 2026-10
- RFC 3261 §21 — last checked 2026-10