[SR-Users] DB accounting missing if t_newtran() is called explicitly

[Daniel-Constantin Mierla]

Hello,

you can try after you set the flag you wanted to be in transaction, to 
be sure it gets there.

Cheers,
Daniel

On 9/26/12 7:43 PM, Andrew Pogrebennyk wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> No, I don't. Thanks for the tip. Could you advice where t_flush_flags()
> should be placed? I tried in branch_route and immediately before
> t_relay(), it didn't help..
>
> On 09/26/2012 05:53 PM, Daniel-Constantin Mierla wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> do you use t_flush_flags()?
>>
>> http://kamailio.org/docs/modules/3.3.x/modules_k/tmx.html#id2543767
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Daniel
>>
>> On 9/26/12 3:30 PM, Andrew Pogrebennyk wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have found recently that in order to detect retransmits I have to
>>> create a transaction explicitly when the request comes in:
>>>           force_rport();
>>>           if(!t_check_trans())
>>>                   t_newtran();
>>>           sl_send_reply("100", "Trying");
>>>           xlog("L_INFO", "New request - $ci\n");
>>>
>>> it appears like there are carriers or UAs that do not honor the T1
>>> retransmission interval retransmit the INVITE sooner than proxy creates
>>> a transaction in t_relay(). And since we are counting concurrent calls,
>>> we count the same call multiple times, which is not good.
>>>
>>> But with this patch we've faced another sporadic problem - if the
>>> transaction is created beforehand the accounting record is lost.. we use
>>> acc_db mode and set flag to account the transaction. And there are no
>>> errors in kamailio log but no insert into acc in mysql binlog either. I
>>> wasn't successful reproducing it in the lab systems with identical setup.
>>>
>>> Is anybody here perhaps aware of some limitation in acc module or
>>> callbacks which makes a transaction created beforehand not accountable?
>>>
>>> On a related note, it could make sense to create a transaction
>>> implicitly if dlg_manage() is called to avoid counting same call many
>>> times, I just don't know yet how common this issue is in real life.
>>>
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