AMI Redirect From In A WaitExten

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Hi,

I have and AMI application that tries to redirect a channel if a certain condition exists. It seemed to work when using Asterisk version
11.14, but now I am trying it with 11.19 and it is not.

Here is the scenario:

1. A channel connects to the dialplan and is put into a WaitExten ()
2. The channel gets some DTMF codes (the AMI app also captures the DTMF
string as it is typed)
3. The AMI app recognizes the DTMF string as a command for it to
redirect the channel to a special exten which handles some special
functions (the DTMF string is put in a channel variable with a
Setvar action before the Redirect action)

The problem seems to be that when the AMI Redirect action is sent the WaitExten is redirecting to whatever DTMF string has already been entered, not the Exten that the Redirect action specified. Even thought the Exten does not exist it the dialplan.

If I stop the AMI app the WaitExten app does not redirect to the dialed DTMF (it should not since it does not match any Exten in the dialplan).

If I replace the WaitExten with a simple wait it will work properly, but this will not allow for regular extension to be dialed.

Example:

1. User dials 00#
2. AMI attempts to Redirect to ##
3. Asterisk log show executing 00# even though 00# does not exist
anywhere in the dialplan

Is there anyway to change the behaviour of the WaitExten application to let the AMI app Redirect a channel from it?

Is this something that changed (intentionally or accidentally) from
11.14 to 11.19 or I am missing something?

Thanks in advance,
Neil Cherry