I've just installed XnView MP 0.92 on Linux Mint 19.1 and I'm working through my photo collection, mainly adding captions.
I've just gone through a folder of 20 photos, working through them in view mode (ie. full-size photo after double-clicking the thumbnail, but not full-screen), pressing Ctrl-I and filling in the Caption box before clicking Apply. I have the information panel on the screen configured to include {IPTC:Caption} and it appears shortly after clicking the Apply button, then I move onto the next photo. All well and good.
After finishing the 20 photos, I've gone back through them all, and the captions have all disappeared from all of them

After a bit of cursing and swearing, I've found that if I add the captions from thumbnail mode, doing Ctrl-I as before on each one, they stay put - I've configured the thumbnail view to include the caption beneath each one, and they've all stayed on, and they all show on the photo when opened full-screen.
Is there a setting I've missed somewhere, or have I uncovered a bug?
EDIT - the photos in question are all JPEG's