Some telco switches occasionally ignore ISDN RESTART requests. The fix
for ASTERISK-19608 added an escape clause for B channels in the restarting
state if the telco ignores a RESTART request. If the telco fails to
acknowledge the RESTART then Asterisk will assume the telco acknowledged
the RESTART on the second call attempt requesting the B channel by the
telco. The escape clause is good for dealing with RESTART requests in
general but it does cause the next call for the restarting B channel to be
rejected if the telco insists the call must go on that B channel.
chan_dahdi doesn't really need to issue a RESTART request in response to
receiving a cause 44 (Requested channel not available) code. Sending the
RESTART in such a situation is not required (nor prohibited) by the
standards. I think chan_dahdi does this for historical reasons to deal
with buggy peers to get channels unstuck in a similar fashion as the
chan_dahdi.conf resetinterval option.
* Add the chan_dahdi.conf force_restart_unavailable_chans compatability
option that when disabled will prevent chan_dahdi from trying to RESTART
the channel in response to a cause 44 code.
ASTERISK-25034 #close
Reported by: Richard Mudgett
Change-Id: Ib8b17a438799920f4a2038826ff99a1884042f65
