When a user creates a new article using the Article Guidance workflow, Suggestion Mode should not be active. Suggestion mode is supposed to appear when content already exists, not when creating a new article.

Potential causes to investigate

Pre-loaded content triggering Suggestion Mode: Article Guidance pre-loads structural content into the Visual Editor for the user to replace. This pre-loaded content may be triggering Suggestion Mode checks, which is misleading since the structural content is guidance to be replaced by actual written content by the user. Suggestion Mode should not start on pre-loaded Article Guidance content.

Expected behaviour

Suggestion Mode should not be active when a user is creating a new article through the Article Guidance workflow. Any checks on user-provided content happening in a new article via Article Guidance should be handled by the regular EditChecks, not Suggestion Mode.

Next steps

Confirm whether this is addressable through experiment configuration settings for the Suggestion Mode experiment. Related tasks:
T418297 - Introduce ways to disable suggestions
T396029 - Article Guidance epic
If not, identify what code changes are needed to prevent Suggestion Mode from firing on pre-loaded Article Guidance content
Coordinate with the Editing team on the right approach