The game is Out! And with it came a bug that I thought was fixed.
AND NOW IT IS
Autosell would persist between ascensions and make the game literally unbeatable. When you mix the new elite enemies with the lack of item and good weapons, its just almost impossible to progress. This should be fixed now. I apologize for the inconvenience, there is no need to restart your save or anything, but I would recommend starting a new game (you will still have access to the previous run items like you did the first time you got to ascension 1) but now without your items being autosold!
Go smash some monsters!