angular-http-auth

The problem is that angular-http-auth module intercepts the responses with status 401 or 403:

The $http interceptor does the following: the configuration object (this is the requested URL, payload and parameters) of every HTTP 401 response is buffered and everytime it happens, the event:auth-loginRequired message is broadcasted from $rootScope.

To disable the 401 interceptor set ignoreAuthModule: true:

Sometimes you might not want the interceptor to intercept a request even if one returns 401 or 403. In a case like this you can add ignoreAuthModule: true to the request config.

The module creates a new promise in pending state for 401 status. The response is buffered and you have a chance to call authService.loginConfirmed() or authService.loginCancelled() functions. The first one retries all the requests previously failed due to HTTP 401 response. When the second one cancels all pending requests previously failed and buffered due to HTTP 401 response.

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