Applying Drop Shadow different in Beta than in Release

In prior releases of Illustrator, when selecting an object with a unique drop shadow, then selecting appearance, the next application of drop shadow mimics the unique drop shadow of the originally selected item. In beta, this doesn’t occur. Instead it fills in the default values. Prior release(s) process of putting in the custom values is very useful, else one has to re-enter all four data, opacity, X offset, Y offset, and blur which is inconvenient.