this is duplicate

app/helpers/authentication_helper.rb

@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ module AuthenticationHelper
   end
 
   # Determine whether the user is logged in, and if so, disable the Session, then flush session cookies.
-  def log_out
-    if is_logged_in? and @user_session
+  def log_out(session_broken = false)
+    if !session_broken && is_logged_in? && @user_session
       get_user_session
 
       @user_session.update!(active: false)
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ module AuthenticationHelper
 
     # Edge case if a session no longer exists in the database
     if not @user_session
-      log_out
-      redirect_to login_path # FIXME!
+      log_out(session_broken = true)
     end
   end