diff --git a/.github/workflows/v2-build-size-report.yml b/.github/workflows/v2-build-size-report.yml
index ba972a000e..d24d65f1bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/v2-build-size-report.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/v2-build-size-report.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repo-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
           build-script: 'build:v2:en'
-          pattern: '{website/build/assets/js/main*js,website/build/assets/css/styles*css,website/build/index.html,website/build/blog/**/introducing-docusaurus/*,website/build/docs/introduction/index.html,website/.docusaurus/globalData.json}'
+          pattern: '{website/build/assets/js/main*js,website/build/assets/css/styles*css,website/.docusaurus/globalData.json,website/build/index.html,website/build/blog/**/introducing-docusaurus/*,website/build/docs/index.html,website/build/docs/introduction/index.html,website/build/docs-tests/index.html,website/build/docs-tests/standalone/index.html}'
           strip-hash: '\.([^;]\w{7})\.'
           minimum-change-threshold: 30
           compression: 'none'
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebar/index.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebar/index.tsx
index ae96ae86b5..01c893bca7 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebar/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebar/index.tsx
@@ -58,9 +58,13 @@ const DocSidebarItems = memo(function DocSidebarItems({
   ));
 });
 
-function DocSidebarItem(props): JSX.Element {
+function DocSidebarItem(props): JSX.Element | null {
   switch (props.item.type) {
     case 'category':
+      // Never render empty categories
+      if (props.item.items.length === 0) {
+        return null;
+      }
       return <DocSidebarItemCategory {...props} />;
     case 'link':
     default:
@@ -104,10 +108,6 @@ function DocSidebarItemCategory({
     }
   }, [isActive, wasActive, collapsed]);
 
-  if (items.length === 0) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
   return (
     <li
       className={clsx('menu__list-item', {
diff --git a/website/docusaurus.config.js b/website/docusaurus.config.js
index ec37bab54e..a335176e7e 100644
--- a/website/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/website/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ const isVersioningDisabled = !!process.env.DISABLE_VERSIONING || isI18nStaging;
         // Using a symlinked folder as source, test against https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/3272
         path: 'dogfooding/docs-tests-symlink',
         routeBasePath: 'docs-tests',
+        sidebarPath: 'dogfooding/docs-tests-sidebars.js',
       },
     ],
 
diff --git a/website/dogfooding/docs-tests-sidebars.js b/website/dogfooding/docs-tests-sidebars.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48d321c078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/dogfooding/docs-tests-sidebars.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+  sidebar: [
+    {
+      type: 'doc',
+      id: 'index',
+      label: 'Index',
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'category',
+      label: 'Huge sidebar category',
+      items: generateHugeSidebarItems(4),
+    },
+  ],
+};
+
+function generateHugeSidebarItems() {
+  const maxLevel = 4;
+  const linksCount = 5;
+  const categoriesCount = 5;
+
+  function generateRecursive(maxLevel, currentLevel = 0) {
+    if (currentLevel === maxLevel) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    const linkItems = [...Array(linksCount).keys()].map((index) => ({
+      type: 'link',
+      href: '/',
+      label: `Link ${index} (level ${currentLevel + 1})`,
+    }));
+
+    const categoryItems = [...Array(categoriesCount).keys()].map((index) => ({
+      type: 'category',
+      label: `Category ${index} (level ${currentLevel + 1})`,
+      items: generateRecursive(maxLevel, currentLevel + 1),
+    }));
+
+    return [...linkItems, ...categoryItems];
+  }
+
+  return generateRecursive(maxLevel);
+}
diff --git a/website/dogfooding/docs-tests/standalone.md b/website/dogfooding/docs-tests/standalone.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5103ded42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/dogfooding/docs-tests/standalone.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Standalone doc
+
+This doc is not in any sidebar, on purpose, to measure the build size impact of the huge sidebar