Every time I restart my Firefox browser, my Sync information has gone and I need to re-set up Sync

When I set up Sync using my sync key (via the "Set Up Sync..." option in the Firefox 5 menu), everything works fine and all of my data is synced. However, when I close my browser and re-open it, the "Set Up Sync..." now reappears and the browser is no-longer synced.
Any ideas?

Hi wouna,
If you have configured your browser to clean up the browsing history after closing the browser, the Sync configuration is also erased. [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=553400 This is something known and will be solved in the future.]
In the meantime you can tell Firefox to remember your configuration after closing in the custom configuration of your privacy settings.
I hope it helps.

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