Same issue here. After I reset the layout it's working fine. I'm using
xmobar.

Le mercredi 02 mars 2016 à 09:25:39 (-0500), Dave Macias a écrit :
> I have a similar issue but when i startup xmonad for the first time. All i
> do is reset the layout on all visible workspaces (mod-shift-space). Havent
> figured how to fix it. Using dzen as my status bars.
>
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Tuncer Ayaz <tuncer.ayaz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Does anybody else run XMonad on Arch Linux AMD64 (non-testing)? Since
> > about a week (and a half) ago something seems to have caused
> > avoidStruts to be ignored, because xmobar is covered by any window I
> > open. I've tried unsuccessfully with my full config and the recently
> > suggested new sample config here on the list[1]. Any idea what's
> > happening? It's possibly an operator issue, but I don't know how to
> > debug it.
> >
> > [1] https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2015-December/014977.html