Audio mixer sticks on "Write," causes mix problems

Always in the past, if doing a mix with the audio track mixer, when stopping after a write, it would switch back to Touch.  Now it sticks on Write, and if I go back on the timeline, it starts writing nodes where I last set the fader.

So, this is a church service.  I keep the air mic off while the pastor is speaking.  When singing starts, I hit Write and fade up the fader as the organ begins.  Then I skip to the end of the song and fade the organ out and stop.

Now I want to hear that fade out and skip back mid-song and start to play.  No sound.  Then I discover it's still in Write and it has zeroed out the level when I restarted playback.

What happened to the automatic switch back to Touch when stopping???
 
System info
    Application: Premiere Pro (Beta) v25.0.0.14
    OS: Windows v10.0.22631, RAM: 63.83 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 16