The destination is temporarily unavailable (Temporarily Unavailable) -- e.g. not registered right now.
Where you see it
In the status line of a SIP response, often with Reason and Warning headers that say more.
What to check
Check whether the destination endpoint is currently registered/reachable.
Read the Warning and Reason headers of the response and the Via/Server of the node that sent it.
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