KWin interprets struts relative to the bounding rect of all screens, should be root window geometry - NETWM is (surprisingly ;-) clear on this. Reproducible: Always
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Same situation as https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349191 - but on the window manager side, not the desktop side. It's a fringe bug, but spec violation.