This was partly covered in this Post concerning window properties. It was also added to the bug list and confirmed. Its status is Open case.
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But to ensure that the fullness of the problem is mentioned, this post adds other properties which are not working in hopes that they all will be addressed.
- Search: does not remember the search term, method of search, etc. But when a Favorite is created, these properties are retained in that favorite.
- Biblical People: does not remember the Person when the shortcut is created. But when Favorite is created, this property is retained in the favorite.
Since properties are retained in Favorites, they should be retained in Shortcuts.