I am using 22H2. Yes, I also notices the autohide desktop Icon mess. I am using Desktop Restore by Jamie O'Connell for that, which works like a charm. You just need to save your icons once with autohide desktop disabled and once with enabled. It will remember the position and immediately restore...
I stumbled over a new bug relating this feature: The first time I switched to tablet mode and back, the taskbar enlarged as advertised, but it would no longer shrink properly when switching back to desktop mode. The symbols are small again, but the taskbar itself keeps the larger height. This is...