# Limitation on number of Context?

**URL:** <https://community.asterisk.org/t/limitation-on-number-of-context/44868>\
**Category:** Asterisk General\
**Created:** [January 3, 2014, 7:43am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/limitation-on-number-of-context/44868 "2014-01-03T07:43:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kamrul.khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@kamrul.khan](https://community.asterisk.org/u/kamrul.khan)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:43am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/limitation-on-number-of-context/44868/1 "2014-01-03T07:43:15Z")

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Hi,

Is there any maximum number of context that extension.conf supports? In our server we are using Asterisk 1.8 and if we have more than 5 contexts in our extension.conf we get something like “context not found in default”

Please let me know. Thanks in advanced.

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**Author:** ![david55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@david55](https://community.asterisk.org/u/david55)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 9:45am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/limitation-on-number-of-context/44868/2 "2014-01-03T09:45:26Z")

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There is no formal limit and 5 is much less than any conceivable practical limit.

This should have been asked on Asterisk Support.