Tabs Don't Always Restore on Restart in Firefox 4

I have restart Firefox 4.0 on a regular basis due to memory leaks. Sometimes my tabs come back. Other times I get a bunch of windows with a single empty tab and others with a tab of a window I had opened and closed before the restart. If I close all the windows and restart Firefox several times I get my tabs back. Today, I couldn't even do that. I got a window of a site I don't even remember going to.
I asked this question once before, but I can't find it with a search and it doesn't appear you can see your posts in your profile. I'm guessing it didn't get posted or has been archived. It was less than a month ago.

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