Everytime I close firefox, sync forgets that I used it

I have used sync on two different computers. It works perfectly while the browser is open, but as soon as I close it and reopen the browser, Firefox asks me to setup Sync all over again.
I do use pretty secure settings, and Firefox is set to delete all of my personal data everytime I close the browser, but this shouldn't affect sync. I want to use sync primarily for open tabs on other computers and for bookmark transfers.
Hope someone can help. This is pretty frustrating, considering I've setup sync on these same two computers about 10 times.

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