For the past few weeks, my hub node is failing. Symptoms are:
Allmon show other previously connected nodes now in a "CONNECTING" status
No new nodes can connect.
Numerous error messages appear in the messages.log file:
[2026-07-26 00:08:52.291] Asterisk 22.9.0+asl3-3.9.3-1.deb13 built by builder @ allstarlink.org on a x86_64 running Linux on 2026-05-28 18:41:49 UTC
[2026-07-26 00:08:52.792] WARNING[56266][C-00000093] channel.c: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 99 total) queuing to Announcer/IAXLink-0000125e;1
[2026-07-26 00:08:53.092] WARNING[15613][C-0000004d] channel.c: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 99 total) queuing to Announcer/IAXLink-00000351;1
[2026-07-26 00:08:54.072] WARNING[56266][C-00000093] channel.c: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 99 total) queuing to Announcer/IAXLink-0000125e;1
[2026-07-26 00:08:54.372] WARNING[15613][C-0000004d] channel.c: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 99 total) queuing to Announcer/IAXLink-00000351;1
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If I reboot the node, sometimes it will be fine for a day, other times only a few hours.
Any suggestions as to what may be causing this? I have not made any configuration changes in a long time. This seemed to start after updating to the latest version.
Current version info:
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
│ OS Kernel : 6.12.96+deb13-amd64
│
│ Asterisk : 22.9.0+asl3-3.9.3-1.deb13
│ ASL [app_rpt] : 3.9.3
│
│ Installed ASL packages :
│
│ Package Version
│ ============================== ==============================
│ allmon3 1.9.1-1.deb13
│ asl3 3.18.2-2.deb13
│ asl3-asterisk 2:22.9.0+asl3-3.9.3-1.deb13
│ asl3-asterisk-config 2:22.9.0+asl3-3.9.3-1.deb13
│ asl3-asterisk-modules 2:22.9.0+asl3-3.9.3-1.deb13
│ asl3-menu 1.18-1.deb13
│
This is a known bug caused by network conditions relating to either misbehaving peer clients or internet port scans. We're hopeful the next release will fix this.
It "should" be harmless assuming it's the same issue. When an outbound connection has failed the redial function can take a long time looking up the DNS name which causes these queue errors. Once the DNS is back and/or internet is stable it should just continue to work.
I have something "cooked up" to handle the frames in this condition but it should not be a problem.
That said, there is another bug I've been chasing where we have long queues on the repeater channels. Still hunting for that elusive one, so it happens PLEASE share logs.
I've had this issue crash a repeater at least once per day for the last few days. I've been able to fix it by blocking some nodes temporarily and also by restarting asterisk or the computer. Below are the logs from two occurrences of this issue.
[2026-08-03 15:02:59.383] WARNING[10725][C-00000008]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/IAXLink-00000023;1
[2026-08-03 15:02:59.400] WARNING[10732][C-00000009]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/IAXLink-00000024;1
[2026-08-03 15:02:59.479] WARNING[10450]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Recorder/MonChan-00000002;1
[2026-08-03 15:02:59.479] WARNING[10452]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/TXPChan-00000005;1
[2026-08-03 15:02:59.479] WARNING[10444]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Local/LocalTX@default-00000001;1
[2026-08-03 15:02:59.480] WARNING[10446]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Recorder/PChan-00000000;1
[2026-08-03 15:02:59.480] WARNING[10448]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/RXPChan-00000003;1
[2026-08-03 15:03:00.063] WARNING[10455]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Recorder/PChan-00000004;1
[2026-08-03 15:03:00.063] WARNING[10461]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/RXPChan-00000008;1
[2026-08-03 15:03:00.080] WARNING[10463]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Recorder/MonChan-00000007;1
[2026-08-03 15:03:00.080] WARNING[10453]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Local/LocalTX@default-00000006;1
[2026-08-03 15:03:00.080] WARNING[10465]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/TXPChan-0000000c;1
[2026-08-03 15:03:00.153] WARNING[36193]: chan_iax2.c:3658 __attempt_transmit: Max retries exceeded to host 198.46.235.195 on IAX2/198.46.235.195:4569-9626 (type = 6, subclass = 11, ts=64326855, seqno=178)
[2026-08-03 15:03:00.153] WARNING[39095]: chan_iax2.c:3658 __attempt_transmit: Max retries exceeded to host 198.46.235.195 on IAX2/198.46.235.195:4569-665 (type = 6, subclass = 11, ts=64356892, seqno=190)
[2026-08-04 21:59:30.057] WARNING[1022]: chan_iax2.c:3658 __attempt_transmit: Max retries exceeded to host 104.13.165.133 on IAX2/104.13.165.133:4599-3772 (type = 6, subclass = 2, ts=44959976, seqno=74)
[2026-08-04 21:59:30.264] WARNING[1055]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Recorder/MonChan-00000007;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:30.264] WARNING[1049]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Local/LocalTX@default-00000005;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:30.264] WARNING[1057]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/TXPChan-0000000c;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:30.264] WARNING[1050]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Recorder/PChan-00000004;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:30.264] WARNING[1053]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/RXPChan-00000008;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:30.264] WARNING[39948]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/Telemetry-000000fd;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:30.423] WARNING[1040]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Local/LocalTX@default-00000001;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:30.423] WARNING[1048]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/TXPChan-00000006;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:30.423] WARNING[1046]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Recorder/MonChan-00000002;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:30.423] WARNING[1043]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/RXPChan-00000003;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:30.423] WARNING[1041]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Recorder/PChan-00000000;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:30.784] WARNING[36592][C-00000008]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/IAXLink-000000ec;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:31.544] WARNING[1057]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/TXPChan-0000000c;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:31.544] WARNING[1055]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Recorder/MonChan-00000007;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:31.544] WARNING[1049]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Local/LocalTX@default-00000005;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:31.544] WARNING[1053]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/RXPChan-00000008;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:31.544] WARNING[1050]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Recorder/PChan-00000004;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:31.544] WARNING[39948]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/Telemetry-000000fd;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:31.703] WARNING[1046]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Recorder/MonChan-00000002;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:31.703] WARNING[1048]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/TXPChan-00000006;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:31.703] WARNING[1040]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Local/LocalTX@default-00000001;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:31.703] WARNING[1041]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Recorder/PChan-00000000;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:31.703] WARNING[1043]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/RXPChan-00000003;1
[2026-08-04 21:59:32.064] WARNING[36592][C-00000008]: channel.c:1118 __ast_queue_frame: Exceptionally long voice queue length (97 voice / 97 total) queuing to Announcer/IAXLink-000000ec;1
Same here. Blocking a few nodes seems to have cut down on the number of crashes. After reviewing the logs, it appeared (I say this carefully) a few particular nodes were always present when the crashes would occur, so as a test I blocked them for a few days.
It seems to always happen after a period of time where the error messages begin to accumulate in the log.
I can also report that my Allmon3 page starts to show "connecting" rather than "established" when this occurs. However, restarting Allmon3 only does not alleviate the issue.
Using the ASL "show registrations" in the Diagnostic menu shows all three nodes on the affected machine as "not registered". A simple restart of Asterisk appears to resolve the issue.
After a week of many reboots, things were very stable Friday and Saturday. I had updated to ASL 3.18.2-2 Friday evening, so I thought maybe that may have solved the issue. However, it crashed again overnight at 3am, then at around 10am, and then again this evening around 630pm.
Every time it crashes, I note a large number of the long voice queue error messages in the messages log. Is there anywhere else I can look to see what may be causing this? Or temporary changes to help minimize the occurrences for the time being?