Abstract: According to one aspect of the teachings herein, one or more messages are sent within or from an IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, network, to indicate the communication failure of an IMS node supporting a given IMS call session. Advantageously, the one or more messages includes a detection time of the communication failure—e.g., a timestamp—that provides a precision or resolution suitable for adapting a Charging Data Record, CDR, for the affected IMS call session. For example, charges for a portion of the IMS call session are adapted according to the detection time. More broadly, messages indicating the communication failure indication and the corresponding detection time may be exchanged between IMS nodes, e.g., to prompt session termination(s) and/or may be sent to online or offline charging or billing systems, to prevent over-charging.