Apple Configurator Wi-Fi password bug? or just need to RTFM?

I've been playing around with the new Apple Configurator for a few days now and have run into a problem when creating profiles that I want to install on a few iPad 2s. I'm either doing something fundamentally wrong and need to RTFM more closely, or there's a bug in the software that I'm hoping someone could (a) confirm and (b) provide a workaround.
The problem is when I define a Wi-Fi payload for a network that uses WPA2 Enterprise (PEAP with user/pass RADIUS authentication) in that Apple Configurator steadfastly refuses to save the password. I've tried installing Configurator on a couple of different Macs and have been able to replicate this problem on each of them. I have also tried recreating the profile in Configurator and also importing a profile into the it from IPCU. In this scenario, Configurator *does* remember the Wi-Fi password, but does *not* remember/honor the passcode timeouts. Furthermore, *any* changes I make to the imported profile wipes the saved Wi-Fi password.
I realize that this is 1.0 software, but somehow I expected something a little bit more polished from Apple (afterall, it's not "0.9b"). So the question for the community is this: Am I doing something wrong or is this simply a bug? Is there a workaround that anyone has discovered?
TIA,
Mike

Thanks for the reply. I was in touch with a Apple engineer who also recommended that I file a bug report. The Bug ID for this is: 11054681.
In the meantime, I was able to figure out a workaround.
Create configuration profiles in IPCU for (a) Wi-Fi (b) Passcode settings and (c) Everything else
Export each of those config profiles
Using Apple Configurator, import those profiles into it using the "+" button
Prepare and Supervise the devices as usual.
So long as I don't touch the Wi-Fi or Passcode profile, Configurator honors the password and passcode settings and applies them to the iOS devices as expected. Another reason to use IPCU for the passcode settings is that IPCU allows for Autolock to be set up to 15 minutes whereas Configurator only allows for up to 5 minutes.
Another bug (feature?) that I noticed is that if you have a configuration profile that contains Web Clips, Configurator duplicates those Web Clips on the iPad when you make and apply changes to a supervised device. If the Web Clip is defined as "Not Removable", you're left with multiple copies of the same Web Clip on the iPad. The only way I was able to get around that was to either (a) not use Web Clips or (b) Erase all Settings from the iPad and allow Configurator to reapply the config everytime I made any changes to the iPad. I also filed a bug report for this behavior (Bug ID# 11054780)
Anyhow, Configurator has a lot of promise, just a lot of bugs for a 1.0 release.
Regards
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