[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBPORTAL-2265) Timeout of session causes ugly error message

[Roy van Rijn (JIRA)]

Timeout of session causes ugly error message
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                 Key: JBPORTAL-2265
                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBPORTAL-2265
             Project: JBoss Portal
          Issue Type: Feature Request
      Security Level: Public (Everyone can see)
          Components: Portal Core
    Affects Versions: 2.6.6 Final
            Reporter: Roy van Rijn
            Priority: Minor


When somebody browses to a portal webpage and lands on the login page, then waits a long time (the session expires) then tries to logon you'll get the following message:
HTTPS Status 400 - Invalid direct reference to form login page

This means the user directly accesed the login-page, not being redirected. (Which is according to the JEE specs). 
But I'd rather see the portal giving a more user friendly message, or implement a workaround.

A possible workaround is to put the following in the web.xml:
<error-page>
    <error-code>400</error-code>
    <location>some index page (not login.jsp)</location>
</error-page>

But other workaround should also be possible.

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