Your top screenshot indicates that your headlights are illuminated. This is confirmed by the Green headlight icon on the top left as well as the white “glow” in the front of the car rendering.
You are correct Shateam and so is Tam. The first 2 attached pics show the headlights, Signatures and taillights on for those first 4 minutes. Then the head and taillights go out and just the Signature lights remain on with no icon indication. I admit to being quite surprised to see the Signatures remain on at this stage so my overall concern with the DRL issue is reduced. This is starting to look to me like some programmer's interpretation of what AUTO is supposed to do.
My optimum lighting plan would be PARTIAL headlights and taillights for daytime and of course full for night time. Since those LEDs are individually programmed that would be so simple to execute, but who am I other than a lowly customer. Some things have to be saved for our Easter Eggs.
Since we have the option of selecting manual ON that will accomplish most of what I want with the added annoyance of the Park Nag to select OFF or Auto. That is probably what I am going to try next.
So thanks for your help in getting my mind this far around it all. Now I'm starting to wonder if I was imagining the lights staying on all the time in AUTO?
AUTO LIGHTS In first 4 minutes:
AUTO LIGHTS After 4 minutes: