diff -r 92a061761a7b -r 97c9f46387be browserui/browser/BrowserAppSrc/BrowserAppUi.cpp
--- a/browserui/browser/BrowserAppSrc/BrowserAppUi.cpp	Thu Jan 07 12:48:02 2010 +0200
+++ b/browserui/browser/BrowserAppSrc/BrowserAppUi.cpp	Mon Jan 18 20:22:00 2010 +0200
@@ -2387,7 +2387,8 @@
     //Close the uploading dialog.
     iDialogsProvider->UploadProgressNoteL(
 	                0, 0, ETrue, (MBrowserDialogsProviderObserver *)this );
-
+    //connection has been lost, so cancel the authentication dialog.
+    iDialogsProvider->CancelAll();
     // SendDisconnectEventL();
     // not needed as by that point HTTPSession was already shutdown by executing disconnect menu option
     // will cause a crash when user tries to quickly reconnect right after disconnecting, as HTTP session