Selenium IDE detect when an "always present" element is visible - selenium

Question

I am using Selenium IDE 3.17.2 on Chrome 106.0.5249.62, to write test login for a Citrix page.
The first time you log into Citrix Workspace, it prompts you have to click a button/link "Detect Citrix Workspace app":
In the IDE, I can click the button just fine, but the next time the test runs, that button will no longer be presented, so I am trying to check for it. If I find it, click it (and click another link afterwards), if not assume we are logged in and look for the logoff button. After some searching, I settled on "store xpath count" to detect the button. That works great, but then I discovered that the element is always on the page, even if the button is not visible:
Now I have no idea what to do. Below is my test (with the URL, username, and password obfiscated), any ideas?
{
"id": "4ad6c3fa-d1a6-4904-8044-8c24afddcbc2",
"version": "2.0",
"name": "Login",
"url": "https://myurl.com",
"tests": [{
"id": "b4bc2240-d614-4924-bb6c-a6b6bfec2012",
"name": "Login",
"commands": [{
"id": "508e91e8-46de-44cf-9f79-18fbfe3bf6e0",
"comment": "",
"command": "open",
"target": "/index.html",
"targets": [],
"value": ""
}, {
"id": "04950822-f2ca-4bbc-8b11-93ae6370d3f6",
"comment": "",
"command": "waitForElementPresent",
"target": "id=Enter user name",
"targets": [],
"value": "30000"
}, {
"id": "38285c96-1015-437f-b0d4-b5dcaca7a7c6",
"comment": "",
"command": "type",
"target": "id=Enter user name",
"targets": [
["id=Enter user name", "id"],
["name=a2331596497617277", "name"],
["css=#Enter\\ user\\ name", "css:finder"],
["xpath=//input[#id='Enter user name']", "xpath:attributes"],
["xpath=//form[#id='vpnForm']/div[2]/div[2]/input", "xpath:idRelative"],
["xpath=//input", "xpath:position"]
],
"value": "<username>"
}, {
"id": "9d214279-4c2b-4f4f-8d0a-e543b7a2f20c",
"comment": "",
"command": "click",
"target": "id=passwd",
"targets": [
["id=passwd", "id"],
["name=a7843188983724988", "name"],
["css=#passwd", "css:finder"],
["xpath=//input[#id='passwd']", "xpath:attributes"],
["xpath=//form[#id='vpnForm']/div[3]/div[2]/input[2]", "xpath:idRelative"],
["xpath=//div[3]/div[2]/input[2]", "xpath:position"]
],
"value": ""
}, {
"id": "cab3aa5d-3135-407b-9e19-67425a6e8f23",
"comment": "",
"command": "type",
"target": "id=passwd",
"targets": [
["id=passwd", "id"],
["name=a7843188983724988", "name"],
["css=#passwd", "css:finder"],
["xpath=//input[#id='passwd']", "xpath:attributes"],
["xpath=//form[#id='vpnForm']/div[3]/div[2]/input[2]", "xpath:idRelative"],
["xpath=//div[3]/div[2]/input[2]", "xpath:position"]
],
"value": "<password>"
}, {
"id": "548fc696-d596-48b1-9e3d-7fd56c24e316",
"comment": "",
"command": "click",
"target": "id=Log_On",
"targets": [
["id=Log_On", "id"],
["css=#Log_On", "css:finder"],
["xpath=//input[#id='Log_On']", "xpath:attributes"],
["xpath=//form[#id='vpnForm']/div[5]/div[2]/input", "xpath:idRelative"],
["xpath=//div[5]/div[2]/input", "xpath:position"]
],
"value": ""
}, {
"id": "f3097827-cded-437a-ad6b-ad687620b325",
"comment": "",
"command": "storeXpathCount",
"target": "xpath=//button[#id=protocolhandler-welcome-installButton]",
"targets": [],
"value": "detectAppButton"
}, {
"id": "5cbc7df3-3849-4de2-92b4-e62c4e58ece9",
"comment": "",
"command": "echo",
"target": "\"Detect app button count: ${detectAppButton}\"",
"targets": [],
"value": ""
}, {
"id": "8327726c-2c65-48c5-a718-17a02bfda510",
"comment": "",
"command": "if",
"target": "${detectAppButton} != 0",
"targets": [],
"value": ""
}, {
"id": "abf1c098-4cfb-427d-8f8b-6d7857053580",
"comment": "",
"command": "click",
"target": "id=protocolhandler-welcome-installButton",
"targets": [
["id=protocolhandler-welcome-installButton", "id"],
["linkText=Detect Citrix Workspace app", "linkText"],
["css=#protocolhandler-welcome-installButton", "css:finder"],
["xpath=//a[contains(text(),'Detect Citrix Workspace app')]", "xpath:link"],
["xpath=//a[#id='protocolhandler-welcome-installButton']", "xpath:attributes"],
["xpath=//section[#id='protocolhandler-welcome']/div/div/div/div/a", "xpath:idRelative"],
["xpath=(//a[contains(#href, '#')])[75]", "xpath:href"],
["xpath=//section[15]/div/div/div/div/a", "xpath:position"],
["xpath=//a[contains(.,'Detect Citrix Workspace app')]", "xpath:innerText"]
],
"value": ""
}, {
"id": "69099a3c-f063-4e1c-a0b4-c7738fd1b7b7",
"comment": "",
"command": "click",
"target": "id=protocolhandler-detect-alreadyInstalledLink",
"targets": [
["id=protocolhandler-detect-alreadyInstalledLink", "id"],
["linkText=Already installed", "linkText"],
["css=#protocolhandler-detect-alreadyInstalledLink", "css:finder"],
["xpath=//a[contains(text(),'Already installed')]", "xpath:link"],
["xpath=//a[#id='protocolhandler-detect-alreadyInstalledLink']", "xpath:attributes"],
["xpath=//section[#id='protocolhandler-detect']/div/div/div/div/div/a[3]", "xpath:idRelative"],
["xpath=(//a[contains(#href, '#')])[80]", "xpath:href"],
["xpath=//div/div/div/div/a[3]", "xpath:position"],
["xpath=//a[contains(.,'Already installed')]", "xpath:innerText"]
],
"value": ""
}, {
"id": "ca01a29c-c81e-41e7-b5a1-f2353e41f2eb",
"comment": "",
"command": "end",
"target": "",
"targets": [],
"value": ""
}, {
"id": "0e38face-2b4e-4e0b-8d33-f51d1135f66e",
"comment": "",
"command": "waitForElementPresent",
"target": "css=.embedded-settings-icon-svg",
"targets": [],
"value": "30000"
}, {
"id": "40c7f091-d764-4cdc-afbb-dcd33fb63a2b",
"comment": "",
"command": "click",
"target": "css=.embedded-settings-icon-svg",
"targets": [
["css=.embedded-settings-icon-svg", "css:finder"],
["xpath=//a[#id='userMenuBtn']/div", "xpath:idRelative"],
["xpath=//div[3]/div[2]/a/div", "xpath:position"]
],
"value": ""
}, {
"id": "ca625f05-8e4c-4e89-b86c-7a7bc34eb8d0",
"comment": "",
"command": "click",
"target": "id=dropdownLogOffBtn",
"targets": [
["id=dropdownLogOffBtn", "id"],
["linkText=Log off", "linkText"],
["css=#dropdownLogOffBtn", "css:finder"],
["xpath=//a[contains(text(),'Log off')]", "xpath:link"],
["xpath=//a[#id='dropdownLogOffBtn']", "xpath:attributes"],
["xpath=//section[#id='home-screen']/div[2]/header/div[3]/div[2]/div/div[2]/a[3]", "xpath:idRelative"],
["xpath=(//a[contains(#href, '#')])[27]", "xpath:href"],
["xpath=//div[2]/div/div[2]/a[3]", "xpath:position"]
],
"value": ""
}, {
"id": "217d8cec-6440-4640-9abd-c384295220ea",
"comment": "",
"command": "close",
"target": "",
"targets": [],
"value": ""
}]
}],
"suites": [{
"id": "36dd9aa5-f61d-408d-98c8-2773d1e7a4e2",
"name": "Default Suite",
"persistSession": false,
"parallel": false,
"timeout": 300,
"tests": ["b4bc2240-d614-4924-bb6c-a6b6bfec2012"]
}],
"urls": ["https://apps.successwareasp.com/"],
"plugins": []
}