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Since the introduction of conditional user options as the underlying mechanism for assigning an experiment variant (T376266), the existing code in GrowthExperiments that assigns a variant to newly created accounts ([[ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments/+/master/includes/HomepageHooks.php#882 | HomepageHooks.php#882 ]]) becomes redundant or "competing" with the conditionally default assignment. This task is to stop calling unconditionally setVariant/setOption when a new account is created in a wiki with GrowthExperiments **Open questions** - How to handle the geForceVariant parameter which is still present for forcing a variant during a campaign event.

Since the introduction of conditional user options as the underlying mechanism for assigning an experiment variant (T376266), the existing code in GrowthExperiments that assigns a variant to newly created accounts ([[ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments/+/master/includes/HomepageHooks.php#882 | HomepageHooks.php#882 ]]) becomes redundant or "competing" with the conditionally default assignment. This task is to stop calling unconditionally setVariant/setOption when a new account is created in a wiki with GrowthExperiments. **Open questions** - How to handle the geForceVariant parameter which is still present for forcing a variant during a campaign event.

Since the introduction of conditional user options as the underlying mechanism for assigning an experiment variant (T376266), the existing code in GrowthExperiments that assigns a variant to newly created accounts ([[ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments/+/master/includes/HomepageHooks.php#882 | HomepageHooks.php#882 ]]) becomes redundant or "competing" with the conditionally default assignment. This task is to stop calling unconditionally setVariant/setOption when a new account is created in a wiki with GrowthExperiments. **Open questions** - How to handle the geForceVariant parameter which is still present for forcing a variant during a campaign event.