Why does iTunes occasionally ask me to sign in for automatic downloads?

This seems to happen after updates, restarts, some log ins. Etc. Is this normal behavior?
TIA

I've been having this happen as well, ever since the last update. When you download podcasts everyday, it is really annoying. Hope we can get an answer.

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