line if (is_local("(a)ruri.host")) { in branch_route block that caused "Command cannot be used in the block" parse error, also caused warning: 0(4462) WARNING: tm [tm.c:503]: WARNING: on_sl_reply("stateless_reply"): empty/non existing route when i changed the above line to if (1) { both the parse error and the warning disappeared. looks like syntax checking got somehow confused and produced warning on something that was ok. -- juha