

If your authentication session has expired, or has been invalidated by another launcher you can create a new authentication session by restarting your Minecraft launcher. There may be a problem with Mojang’s authentication servers.

You are connecting to a Minecraft server of version 1.6.4 or earlier using the current official Minecraft launcher.The first launcher’s session is therefore invalid You logged into a second Minecraft launcher which started a new authentication session.Your current authentication session has expired.If the authentication data is not valid then you will get the error: Failed to Login: Bad Login The Minecraft Server then contacts Mojang’s authentication servers and asks if the authentication data is valid.

When you connect to a Minecraft Server, your Minecraft client sends data about your current authentication session to the Minecraft Server.
