# sip:decline

The sip:decline action is used to reject an incoming call with a specific status and, optionally, a reason and SIP headers to include on the response.  

This action must be the first and only action returned in the JSON payload for an incoming call.  

The sip:decline action is a non-blocking action and the session ends immediately after the action is executed.

```json
{
  "verb": "sip:decline",
  "status": 480,
  "reason": "Gone Fishing",
  "headers" : {
    "Retry-After": 1800
  }
}
```

You can use the following options in the `sip:decline` action:

| option        | description | required  |
| ------------- |-------------| -----|
| status | a valid SIP status code in the range 4XX - 6XX | yes |
| reason | a brief description | no (default: the well-known SIP reasons associated with the specified status code |
| headers | SIP headers to include in the response | no

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