Users who bypassed the PeopleSoft signon via a public user are getting the logon page upon timeout (

It is my understanding that for users who bypassed the signon process, they are not actually timed out and should not get the login page due to inactivity. In our setup, our users currently are being directed to the login page when clicking on a link after sometime (more than the set value in the HTTP Session Inactivity Timeout field in the WebProfile - under Security tab in the Public Access section). From documentation, it is mentioned that users should only get the search page corresponding to the component they were in when the timeout setting is reached.

Checking the cookies/token, it is found out that the they are invalidated once the timeout setting is reached when they shouldn't. And this is probably the reason why they are getting the login page.