Comment 1 for bug 1592236

Hi Ghada,

I haven't been able to replicate this issue locally using a clean install of 16.04.1. I did essentially what you described above:

1. Update my config.php with "cfg->session_timeout=10;" so that sessions will time out in 10 seconds, to make testing easier.
2. Clean install of Mahara
3. Log in to Mahara as an admin
4. Go to "Administration -> Users" (admin/users/search.php)
5. Wait for 15 seconds for the session to time out
6. Click the "Administration -> Users" search tab again
7. I get logged out due to my expired session, and I see the transient login form.
8. I log in at this form.
9. I again see the "Administration -> Users" screen
10. I click on "Administration -> Configure Site"
11. I click on "Administration -> Users" and "Administration -> Groups"

Expected error result: I expected that clicking on "Administration -> Users" or "Administration -> Groups" would take me back to the transient login screen again

Actual result: No matter which link I clicked on, I saw the correct screen. (So long as I was not waiting longer than my 10-second timeout to do the click.)

I also tried running the "auth_remove_old_session_files" Mahara cron task in between steps #10 and #11 above, to see if that was a necessary step for the error, but that didn't result in replicating the error either.