Safari keeps asking me to confirm application change

I updated recently to the beta version of Safari and keep getting asked to confirm the application change (sometimes twice in 3 seconds!) before it will continue to load the page. The exact message is as follows: "Safari has been updated. Do you want to allow the new version to access the same keychain items (such as passwords) as the previous version? This change is permanent and affects all keychain items used by Safari." It then gives me the options of 'Don't Change' or 'Change All'. Since I don't want to change them, I hit 'Don't Change' obviously.
I've looked in Preferences to see if there's something there that's been changed and can't see anything that might be it. It's getting a bit head-wrecking, almost to the point where I'm considering switching browsers!
Many thanks in advance for any solutions!!!
Regards,
Catherine

You're welcome Catherine.
No you won't have to reenter password information by selecting "change all". However, it is a very good idea to have a backup of your Keychain files. Do you have an external backup of some or all of your computer files?

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