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by jzwinck 4609 days ago
The URL has "public" in it; are you sure Google requires authentication at all for this?
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Yes I have run into this issue myself. It is a public resource, if you're not logged in at all its fine or if you're recently logged in its fine.

It's the same reauth you sometimes get when visiting a public blogger site. It is an edge case, but quite unpredictable and hard to track down from client reports.