this also leads to the following bug:
evince does not remember the last size it used. It always opens in default size.

(In reply to comment #0)
> 1. Resize evince to an other size than it was initially shown
> 2. press F9 (toogle side pane) 
> 3. watch window resize to default size.
> (pressing F9 again does not shrink the window further)

After following 1 and 2, nothing happens here. The window size stays the same.

(In reply to comment #1)
> this also leads to the following bug:
> evince does not remember the last size it used. It always opens in default
> size.

The window's setting is stored per document.

Created attachment 242386 [details]
debuglog of evince git master version

also checked the current git version (513d449be4c42...)
Compiled with:

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --libexecdir=/usr/lib/evince --enable-debug

executed with:  (i can reproduce with every pdf)
% EV_DEBUG_JOBS=1 shell/evince /tmp/test.pdf  

i have attached the debug log.

i can confirm that this bug poped up while upgrading from 3.6.1 -> 3.8.0

i have written some debug statements in ev-window.c
and i found out:

when i resize the window to 1135 x 818 
then close evince and open it again with the same pdf, i see the following debug output:

..
XXXXX window_configure_event_cb width 1135 height 818  <-- correct remembered size
ev-jobs.c:691 (ev_job_render_new) page: 0
ev-job-scheduler.c:233 (ev_job_scheduler_push_job) EvJobRender pirority 0
ev-job-scheduler.c:96 (ev_scheduler_job_list_add) EvJobRender
ev-job-scheduler.c:58 (ev_job_queue_push) EvJobRender priority 0
ev-job-scheduler.c:80 (ev_job_queue_get_next_unlocked) EvJobRender
ev-job-scheduler.c:177 (ev_job_thread) EvJobRender
ev-jobs.c:621 (ev_job_render_run) page: 0 (0x7fa0e80076c0)
ev-jobs.c:292 (ev_job_succeeded) job EvJobRender (0x7fa0e80076c0) succeeded
ev-jobs.c:189 (ev_job_emit_finished) EvJobRender (0x7fa0e80076c0)
ev-job-scheduler.c:131 (ev_scheduler_job_destroy) EvJobRender
ev-job-scheduler.c:109 (ev_scheduler_job_list_remove) EvJobRender
ev-job-scheduler.c:80 (ev_job_queue_get_next_unlocked) No jobs in queue
ev-jobs.c:172 (emit_finished) EvJobRender (0x7fa0e80076c0)
ev-jobs.c:224 (ev_job_cancel) job EvJobRender (0x7fa0e80076c0) cancelled
ev-jobs.c:594 (ev_job_render_dispose) page: 0 (0x7fa0e80076c0)
XXXXX window_configure_event_cb width 600 height 600  <-- reset to default size

so it looks like the correct width is remember but then the window is reset.

A similar thing happened to me after updating from 3.6 to 3.8:
every time I open a new document the window gets resized to 600x600 (I can see the correct size only for a fraction of a second).
For previously opened documents the resolution is correctly remembered.
Also, F9 doesn't cause any problems for me, so I don't know if my situation is related to this bug

Maybe it is important: The position of every document is remembered correctly, but not the size (reset to 600x600)

i guess the SidePane and Resize on open bugs are somehow related.

i also reported this here:
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/34963

ok this issue is much broader: Also evolution does not remember its last size.
For example if i select "View -> Layout -> Show toolbar" the window is also resized to 600x600.

@devs
Can you point out the component where to report this bug?

FWIW, all new documents are opened in a 600x600 window.

https://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/tree/shell/ev-window.c#n7448

I do not know evolution code base.  It could coincidence, it could be a behaviour in the window manager, or any other explanation.  Personally, I cannot reproduce it.

With respect to the component, if none of the others are clear, then general is the default component.  If the bug were specific, some developer or bug triager would fix it.

If you see the behaviour in a document that you opened before and changed its window size, then, please, you could copy and paste the output of:

$ gvfs-info path/to/document.pdf | grep evince

  metadata::evince::continuous: 1
  metadata::evince::dual-page: 0
  metadata::evince::dual-page-odd-left: 0
  metadata::evince::fullscreen: 0
  metadata::evince::inverted-colors: 0
  metadata::evince::page: 1
  metadata::evince::sidebar_page: links
  metadata::evince::sidebar_size: 170
  metadata::evince::sidebar_visibility: 0
  metadata::evince::sizing_mode: free
  metadata::evince::window_maximized: 0
  metadata::evince::zoom: 1.031797857562454
  metadata::evince::window_width: 1815
  metadata::evince::window_height: 763
  metadata::evince::window_x: 681
  metadata::evince::window_y: 289

i think i found the correct bugreport. Thanks for looking into this.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 696882 ***