A controller action which returns a partial view inserts the logon page when authorization fails

Question

I have a view that loads a partial view from a controller action using jQuery. The controller action is decorated with the Authorize attribute and if the user has timed out

Answer 1

For Simen Echholt second solution you can use

$.ajaxSetup({ global: true,
    statusCode: {
        401: function () {
            alert("unauthorized");
        }
    }
});

to bind some your function on status code 401