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UE registration succeeds but PDU session establishment fails #779

Description

@Kaneduong

Hi @aligungr @acetcom

Environment

UERANSIM v3.2.7

Open5GS v2.7.6

Topology and config:

VM1: Core (AMF/SMF/NRF/UDM/PCF) – 10.10.33.54

VM3: UPF in Kubernetes – 10.10.33.60

VM4: UE/gNB – 10.10.33.40

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Steps to reproduce

Start gNB with my-gnb.yaml pointing to AMF at 10.10.33.54:38412, slice sst=1 sd=000001.

Start UE with my-ue.yaml (IMSI=999700000000001, DNN=internet).

UE performs initial registration.

UE sends PDU Session Establishment Request.

Expected behavior UE should receive PDU Session Accept and obtain an IP address from the UPF subnet (10.45.0.0/16).

Actual behavior

UE logs show repeated errors:
[nas] [error] SM forwarding failure for message type[193] with cause[PAYLOAD_NOT_FORWARDED]
[nas] [error] Initial Registration failed [?]
[nas] [error] MM Cause with invalid SM message type in DL NAS Transport, ignoring received message
[nas] [error] Initial Registration failed [PAYLOAD_NOT_FORWARDED]
AMF logs: create_sm_context failed [504], gNB-N2 connection refused.

SMF logs: Cannot receive SBI message, SBI transaction has already been removed.

Pcap traces show PFCP association and heartbeats between SMF and UPF are OK, but NGAP SCTP connection with gNB is shut down during the PDU session procedure.

Additional info

Attached logs and pcap files for reference

pcap.txt

The issue seems to be that UE registration completes, but PDU session establishment fails due to AMF–SMF SBI transaction errors and NGAP shutdown.

Thank for your help.

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