Update pages/02_Workflow_UI.py

pages/02_Workflow_UI.py

@@ -421,40 +421,48 @@ with tab_spec:
 
     stale = is_stale(assess_new, assess_hash0) or is_stale(plan_new, plan_hash0)
 
-    # Guard: only show guideline rationale if we have SOAP content
-    if not _soap_is_empty(soap):
-        if not stale and (normalize_text(assess_new + plan_new)):
-            # Use stored bullets if available; else compute once and store
-            stored_points = (exp.get("guideline_rationale") or [])
-            if stored_points:
-                _render_guideline_bullets(stored_points)
-            else:
-                g = generate_guideline_rationale(assessment_text=assess_new, plan_text=plan_new)
-                warn = (g.get("warning") or "").strip()
-                if warn:
-                    st.info(warn)
-                    try:
-                        st.page_link("pages/01_RAG_Corpus_Prep.py", label="Open RAG Prep")
-                    except Exception:
-                        pass
-                points = g.get("rationale", []) or []
-                _render_guideline_bullets(points)
-                if points:
-                    store.update_case(selected, {"explainability": {"guideline_rationale": points}})
-        else:
-            if (not read_only) and (status == "submitted"):
-                if st.button("↻ Re-run Guidelines", key=f"rerun_{selected}"):
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------
+    # HARD GUARD: NEVER run guideline rationale before SOAP exists
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------
+    if _soap_is_empty(soap):
+        # Do nothing; skip guideline logic entirely
+        # (Prevents early 200-token LLM call)
+        pass
+    else:    
+        # Guard: only show guideline rationale if we have SOAP content
+        if not _soap_is_empty(soap):
+            if not stale and (normalize_text(assess_new + plan_new)):
+                # Use stored bullets if available; else compute once and store
+                stored_points = (exp.get("guideline_rationale") or [])
+                if stored_points:
+                    _render_guideline_bullets(stored_points)
+                else:
                     g = generate_guideline_rationale(assessment_text=assess_new, plan_text=plan_new)
+                    warn = (g.get("warning") or "").strip()
+                    if warn:
+                        st.info(warn)
+                        try:
+                            st.page_link("pages/01_RAG_Corpus_Prep.py", label="Open RAG Prep")
+                        except Exception:
+                            pass
                     points = g.get("rationale", []) or []
-                    store.update_case(selected, {
-                        "explainability": {
-                            "baseline": {"assessment_hash": text_hash(assess_new), "plan_hash": text_hash(plan_new)},
-                            "guideline_rationale": points,
-                        }
-                    })
-                    st.rerun()
-                else:
-                    st.caption("Guideline rationale hidden after edits. Click **Re-run Guidelines** to refresh.")
+                    _render_guideline_bullets(points)
+                    if points:
+                        store.update_case(selected, {"explainability": {"guideline_rationale": points}})
+            else:
+                if (not read_only) and (status == "submitted"):
+                    if st.button("↻ Re-run Guidelines", key=f"rerun_{selected}"):
+                        g = generate_guideline_rationale(assessment_text=assess_new, plan_text=plan_new)
+                        points = g.get("rationale", []) or []
+                        store.update_case(selected, {
+                            "explainability": {
+                                "baseline": {"assessment_hash": text_hash(assess_new), "plan_hash": text_hash(plan_new)},
+                                "guideline_rationale": points,
+                            }
+                        })
+                        st.rerun()
+                    else:
+                        st.caption("Guideline rationale hidden after edits. Click **Re-run Guidelines** to refresh.")
 
     st.divider()