User is continuously redirected if cookies are disabled and redirect on expire is set

• Type: Regression Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.2.X EE, 7.0.0 DXP FP32, 7.0.X
• Fix Version/s: 6.2.X EE, 7.0.0 DXP FP34, 7.0.0 DXP SP7, 7.0.5 CE GA6, 7.0.X, 7.1.0 M1, Master
• Component/s: Frontend Infrastructure
• Labels:
  • QA-AUTOMATION
  • ee-ts
  • liferay-digital-enterprise-70-sp7
  • liferay-fixpack-de-34-7010
  • liferay-fixpack-portal-168-6210
• Branch Version/s:
  7.0.x, 6.2.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Story Points: 1.25
• Fix Priority: 5
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/53323

Steps to reproduce:
1. Set the following two in portal-ext.properties:

session.timeout.redirect.on.expire=true

2. Start the portal
3. Open incognito window, disable cookies for localhost:8080 (or all cookies)
4. Once portal is up: navigate to localhost:8080
Expected result: page loads fine and then nothing
Actual Result: page is reloaded every second or so, even if user is not logged in

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QA Notes
When testing the solution, please double-check that LPS-71319 does not come back either.