# Filter chain halted

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/filter-chain-halted/179959>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 8, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/filter-chain-halted/179959 "2009-12-08T20:25:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![carter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@carter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/carter)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/filter-chain-halted/179959/1 "2009-12-08T20:25:40Z")

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Hello,my application stops responding sometimes and I see this in the  
development log. What could be the problem?

Redirected to [http://localhost:3000/session/new](http://localhost:3000/session/new)  
Filter chain halted as  
[#\<ActionController::Filters::ClassMethods::SymbolFilter:0xc901440  
@filter=:login\_required\>] rendered\_or\_redirected.