When I parked mine this afternoon, I had the navigation map showing on the virtual cockpit. About an hour later, I started my car and drove off it was still showing the map however lots of my other settings had reverted and carplay wouldn't connect and I realised it hadn't signed me in.
Eventually I managed to sign in and got my settings back but the navigation map switched back to the time and date (as if it had saved that as my default).
I don't beleive it's normal that the it should go back to the time and date every time you start the car. Clearly something is wrong and my Mk7 Golf always remembered the what setting I had it on.