Hi @Paul_Murtaugh,
Thank you for reaching out to us about this. We’re happy to explain what you’re experiencing.
As @AE67 touched upon, this change was in response to customer feedback.
Now when using the Play Now or Play from here actions in Roon, shuffle mode will be deactivated if it was toggled on. You’ll find note of this change mentioned in the Release Notes for Build 880 here
To expand on that:
If you have music queued up in shuffle mode and you press either Play now on any album or playlist page, it will turn off shuffle. The same goes if you press the Play from here purple play button on an album page or playlist.
Roon will interpret either of those actions as you saying ‘hey Roon, I want to listen to this instead now.’ So shuffle mode gets turned off.
If you have a bunch of music queued up in shuffle mode, and you wish to retain shuffle mode when choosing more music to play, simply click the down arrow next to the Play now button on any page and use the Queue option as seen in the screenshot below. This will add your selections to the queue AND keep shuffle mode in place.
I hope this helps explain how you can keep shuffling along on your merry way if that’s what you prefer! 
