PS Beta messes up LRC settings--is this a bug?

Running up-to-date PS and LRC on a windows laptop.. 

I have downloaded PS beta and have the following issue(s).   The External Editing wtab in LR Classic preferences shows nothing labeled PS beta, only PS 2023 and PS 2024.  PS 2023 is the current production version, so I assume that PS 2024 is the Beta?  (This is going to be confusing when production 2024 update comes along.)

Opening PS from the original icon in taskbar opens the current production version, as it should, regardless of which version is checked in the LRC preferences.  Using Ctr-E in LRC when 2024 is selected in preferences results in all the choices  (Edit a Copy, etc.) opening in Beta, as one would expect.

If 2023 is selected in preferences, Edit a Copy with LR Adjustments opens in 2023, as it should. However, both Edit a Copy and Edit Original open in Beta, which they should NOT. 

This is illogical and certainly a nuisance.  It means having to remember and use a workaround to avoid opening the beta when it isn't wanted. The production version should be the default version, and the beta shouldn't take over unless the user tells it to do so.  One should be able to choose a version in preferences and rely on that version being used when using the normal LRC edit-in shortcut.  (And the choices of what to edit should all open into the same version.)

I suspect I'm missing something here, but I surely don't know what.  I'd love to know how to fix this.

Gail