Safari 5.1.2 private browsing logs you out of current site

Like it says, I log into a site, switch on private browsing, I'm suddenly 'not logged in'
Switch it off, & i'm miraculously logged back in.
So in short not only has safari 5.1.2 completely broken Chrome, Firefox & Unison, it's not screwed up private browsing.
I think the update should have said "introduces new bugs"
not happy & I can't fix it

oops -
I had a 'special' moment.
I logged in before I switched to private - not vice versa.
silly me.
The update still broke everything else though

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