I'm running into this same issue. I'm not sure how to resolve it or if it's just a bug. Apple's production iOS 14 apps that use sidebar navigation don't have this issue, but their Fruta sample app does. The same "forgetting" of selection state happens in portrait mode on iPad as well.
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Still trying to figure this one out...