You know I had to go next door to read your post Gr...
I've realised why you are having problems with hotlist entries NOT sticking... you turn your system off, I don't!
When I needed to yesterday, I too found the hotlist entries missing from the online section, yet Ok in the offline, after a reboot... So it looks like another problem to resolve in 3.11
(No why does that sound so familiar? )
WINDOWS... of course!
Snark...
Edit... Cor wonder how many saw the UNEDITED version, thats better... I can put my eyeballs back in their sockets now...