diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/README.md b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/README.md
index 6b10e0602bd0..0f1f26e55e77 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/README.md
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/README.md
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ This part is very complicated and hard to navigate. Sidebars are loaded through
 2. **Normalization**. The shorthands are expanded. This step is very lenient about the sidebars' shapes. Returns `NormalizedSidebars`.
 3. **Validation**. The normalized sidebars are validated. This step happens after normalization, because the normalized sidebars are easier to validate, and allows us to repeatedly validate & generate in the future.
 4. **Generation**. This step is done through the "processor" (naming is hard). The `autogenerated` items are unwrapped. In the future, steps 3 and 4 may be repeatedly done until all autogenerated items are unwrapped. Returns `ProcessedSidebars`.
+   - **Important**: this step should only care about unwrapping autogenerated items, not filtering them, writing additional metadata, applying defaults, etc.—everything will be handled in the post-processor. Important because the generator is exposed to the end-user and we want it to be easy to be reasoned about.
 5. **Post-processing**. Defaults are applied (collapsed states), category links are resolved, empty categories are flattened. Returns `Sidebars`.
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/__fixtures__/sidebars/sidebars-category-index.json b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/__fixtures__/sidebars/sidebars-category-index.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e54b3d19e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/__fixtures__/sidebars/sidebars-category-index.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "docs": [
+    {
+      "label": "Tutorials",
+      "type": "category",
+      "items": [
+        {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "tutorials"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "index-only",
+      "type": "category",
+      "link": {
+        "type": "doc",
+        "id": "tutorials/tutorial-basics"
+      },
+      "items": []
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/__fixtures__/sidebars/sidebars-drafts.json b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/__fixtures__/sidebars/sidebars-drafts.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52aedd8fd62b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/__fixtures__/sidebars/sidebars-drafts.json
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{
+  "sidebar": [
+    "draft1",
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "all drafts",
+      "items": [
+        "draft2",
+        "draft3"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "all drafts",
+      "link": {
+        "type": "generated-index"
+      },
+      "items": [
+        "draft2",
+        "draft3"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "all drafts",
+      "link": {
+        "type": "doc",
+        "id": "draft1"
+      },
+      "items": [
+        "draft2",
+        "draft3"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "index not draft",
+      "link": {
+        "type": "doc",
+        "id": "not-draft"
+      },
+      "items": [
+        "draft2",
+        "draft3"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "subitem not draft",
+      "link": {
+        "type": "doc",
+        "id": "draft1"
+      },
+      "items": [
+        "not-draft",
+        "draft3"
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
index f5b2acdd5190..608ffc753814 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,56 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
+exports[`loadSidebars loads sidebars with index-only categories 1`] = `
+{
+  "docs": [
+    {
+      "collapsed": true,
+      "collapsible": true,
+      "items": [
+        {
+          "id": "tutorials/tutorial-basics",
+          "label": "tutorial-basics",
+          "type": "doc",
+        },
+      ],
+      "label": "Tutorials",
+      "link": undefined,
+      "type": "category",
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "tutorials/tutorial-basics",
+      "label": "index-only",
+      "type": "doc",
+    },
+  ],
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`loadSidebars loads sidebars with interspersed draft items 1`] = `
+{
+  "sidebar": [
+    {
+      "id": "not-draft",
+      "label": "index not draft",
+      "type": "doc",
+    },
+    {
+      "collapsed": true,
+      "collapsible": true,
+      "items": [
+        {
+          "id": "not-draft",
+          "type": "doc",
+        },
+      ],
+      "label": "subitem not draft",
+      "link": undefined,
+      "type": "category",
+    },
+  ],
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`loadSidebars sidebars link 1`] = `
 {
   "docs": [
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/__snapshots__/postProcessor.test.ts.snap b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/__snapshots__/postProcessor.test.ts.snap
index cb42628261f3..3284571628ec 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/__snapshots__/postProcessor.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/__snapshots__/postProcessor.test.ts.snap
@@ -60,14 +60,21 @@ exports[`postProcess corrects collapsed state inconsistencies 3`] = `
 }
 `;
 
-exports[`postProcess transforms category without subitems 1`] = `
+exports[`postProcess filters draft items 1`] = `
 {
   "sidebar": [
     {
-      "href": "version/generated/permalink",
+      "id": "another",
       "label": "Category",
-      "type": "link",
+      "type": "doc",
     },
+  ],
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`postProcess transforms category without subitems 1`] = `
+{
+  "sidebar": [
     {
       "id": "doc ID",
       "label": "Category 2",
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/index.test.ts
index 3a92144ffd8a..aedcfe0db332 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import {jest} from '@jest/globals';
 import path from 'path';
+import {createSlugger} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {loadSidebars, DisabledSidebars} from '../index';
 import type {SidebarProcessorParams} from '../types';
 import {DefaultSidebarItemsGenerator} from '../generator';
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ describe('loadSidebars', () => {
     ],
     drafts: [],
     version: {
+      path: 'version',
       contentPath: path.join(fixtureDir, 'docs'),
       contentPathLocalized: path.join(fixtureDir, 'docs'),
     },
@@ -124,6 +126,32 @@ describe('loadSidebars', () => {
     expect(result).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
+  it('loads sidebars with index-only categories', async () => {
+    const sidebarPath = path.join(fixtureDir, 'sidebars-category-index.json');
+    const result = await loadSidebars(sidebarPath, {
+      ...params,
+      docs: [
+        {
+          id: 'tutorials/tutorial-basics',
+          source: '@site/docs/tutorials/tutorial-basics/index.md',
+          sourceDirName: 'tutorials/tutorial-basics',
+          frontMatter: {},
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(result).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  it('loads sidebars with interspersed draft items', async () => {
+    const sidebarPath = path.join(fixtureDir, 'sidebars-drafts.json');
+    const result = await loadSidebars(sidebarPath, {
+      ...params,
+      drafts: [{id: 'draft1'}, {id: 'draft2'}, {id: 'draft3'}],
+      categoryLabelSlugger: createSlugger(),
+    });
+    expect(result).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
   it('duplicate category metadata files', async () => {
     const sidebarPath = path.join(
       fixtureDir,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/postProcessor.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/postProcessor.test.ts
index a1a8e56d8fd1..16196c7c3de8 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/postProcessor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/postProcessor.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ describe('postProcess', () => {
       {
         sidebarOptions: {sidebarCollapsed: true, sidebarCollapsible: true},
         version: {path: 'version'},
+        drafts: [],
       },
     );
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ describe('postProcess', () => {
         {
           sidebarOptions: {sidebarCollapsed: true, sidebarCollapsible: true},
           version: {path: 'version'},
+          drafts: [],
         },
       );
     }).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ describe('postProcess', () => {
         {
           sidebarOptions: {sidebarCollapsed: true, sidebarCollapsible: true},
           version: {path: 'version'},
+          drafts: [],
         },
       ),
     ).toMatchSnapshot();
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ describe('postProcess', () => {
         {
           sidebarOptions: {sidebarCollapsed: false, sidebarCollapsible: false},
           version: {path: 'version'},
+          drafts: [],
         },
       ),
     ).toMatchSnapshot();
@@ -118,6 +122,37 @@ describe('postProcess', () => {
         {
           sidebarOptions: {sidebarCollapsed: true, sidebarCollapsible: false},
           version: {path: 'version'},
+          drafts: [],
+        },
+      ),
+    ).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  it('filters draft items', () => {
+    expect(
+      postProcessSidebars(
+        {
+          sidebar: [
+            {
+              type: 'category',
+              label: 'Category',
+              items: [{type: 'doc', id: 'foo'}],
+            },
+            {
+              type: 'category',
+              label: 'Category',
+              link: {
+                type: 'doc',
+                id: 'another',
+              },
+              items: [{type: 'doc', id: 'foo'}],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          sidebarOptions: {sidebarCollapsed: true, sidebarCollapsible: true},
+          version: {path: 'version'},
+          drafts: [{id: 'foo', unversionedId: 'foo'}],
         },
       ),
     ).toMatchSnapshot();
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/postProcessor.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/postProcessor.ts
index ac662291d343..717db0860583 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/postProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/postProcessor.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,20 @@ import type {
   ProcessedSidebars,
   SidebarItemCategoryLink,
 } from './types';
+import {getDocIds} from '../docs';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 
+type SidebarPostProcessorParams = SidebarProcessorParams & {
+  draftIds: Set<string>;
+};
+
 function normalizeCategoryLink(
   category: ProcessedSidebarItemCategory,
-  params: SidebarProcessorParams,
+  params: SidebarPostProcessorParams,
 ): SidebarItemCategoryLink | undefined {
+  if (category.link?.type === 'doc' && params.draftIds.has(category.link.id)) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
   if (category.link?.type === 'generated-index') {
     // Default slug logic can be improved
     const getDefaultSlug = () =>
@@ -38,37 +46,42 @@ function normalizeCategoryLink(
 
 function postProcessSidebarItem(
   item: ProcessedSidebarItem,
-  params: SidebarProcessorParams,
-): SidebarItem {
+  params: SidebarPostProcessorParams,
+): SidebarItem | null {
   if (item.type === 'category') {
+    // Fail-fast if there's actually no subitems, no because all subitems are
+    // drafts. This is likely a configuration mistake.
+    if (item.items.length === 0 && !item.link) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Sidebar category ${item.label} has neither any subitem nor a link. This makes this item not able to link to anything.`,
+      );
+    }
     const category = {
       ...item,
       collapsed: item.collapsed ?? params.sidebarOptions.sidebarCollapsed,
       collapsible: item.collapsible ?? params.sidebarOptions.sidebarCollapsible,
       link: normalizeCategoryLink(item, params),
-      items: item.items.map((subItem) =>
-        postProcessSidebarItem(subItem, params),
-      ),
+      items: item.items
+        .map((subItem) => postProcessSidebarItem(subItem, params))
+        .filter((v): v is SidebarItem => Boolean(v)),
     };
     // If the current category doesn't have subitems, we render a normal link
     // instead.
     if (category.items.length === 0) {
-      if (!category.link) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Sidebar category ${item.label} has neither any subitem nor a link. This makes this item not able to link to anything.`,
-        );
+      // Doesn't make sense to render an empty generated index page, so we
+      // filter the entire category out as well.
+      if (
+        !category.link ||
+        category.link.type === 'generated-index' ||
+        params.draftIds.has(category.link.id)
+      ) {
+        return null;
       }
-      return category.link.type === 'doc'
-        ? {
-            type: 'doc',
-            label: category.label,
-            id: category.link.id,
-          }
-        : {
-            type: 'link',
-            label: category.label,
-            href: category.link.permalink,
-          };
+      return {
+        type: 'doc',
+        label: category.label,
+        id: category.link.id,
+      };
     }
     // A non-collapsible category can't be collapsed!
     if (category.collapsible === false) {
@@ -76,6 +89,12 @@ function postProcessSidebarItem(
     }
     return category;
   }
+  if (
+    (item.type === 'doc' || item.type === 'ref') &&
+    params.draftIds.has(item.id)
+  ) {
+    return null;
+  }
   return item;
 }
 
@@ -83,7 +102,11 @@ export function postProcessSidebars(
   sidebars: ProcessedSidebars,
   params: SidebarProcessorParams,
 ): Sidebars {
+  const draftIds = new Set(params.drafts.flatMap(getDocIds));
+
   return _.mapValues(sidebars, (sidebar) =>
-    sidebar.map((item) => postProcessSidebarItem(item, params)),
+    sidebar
+      .map((item) => postProcessSidebarItem(item, {...params, draftIds}))
+      .filter((v): v is SidebarItem => Boolean(v)),
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/processor.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/processor.ts
index b0153e9dcbbc..7e83dd08a921 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/processor.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/processor.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {DefaultSidebarItemsGenerator} from './generator';
 import {validateSidebars} from './validation';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import combinePromises from 'combine-promises';
-import {getDocIds, isCategoryIndex} from '../docs';
+import {isCategoryIndex} from '../docs';
 
 function toSidebarItemsGeneratorDoc(
   doc: DocMetadataBase,
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ async function processSidebar(
   categoriesMetadata: {[filePath: string]: CategoryMetadataFile},
   params: SidebarProcessorParams,
 ): Promise<ProcessedSidebar> {
-  const {sidebarItemsGenerator, numberPrefixParser, docs, drafts, version} =
-    params;
+  const {sidebarItemsGenerator, numberPrefixParser, docs, version} = params;
 
   // Just a minor lazy transformation optimization
   const getSidebarItemsGeneratorDocsAndVersion = _.memoize(() => ({
@@ -82,19 +81,6 @@ async function processSidebar(
     return processItems(generatedItems);
   }
 
-  const draftIds = new Set(drafts.flatMap(getDocIds));
-
-  const isDraftItem = (item: NormalizedSidebarItem): boolean => {
-    if (item.type === 'doc' || item.type === 'ref') {
-      return draftIds.has(item.id);
-    }
-    // If a category only contains draft items, it should be filtered entirely.
-    if (item.type === 'category') {
-      return item.items.every(isDraftItem);
-    }
-    return false;
-  };
-
   async function processItem(
     item: NormalizedSidebarItem,
   ): Promise<ProcessedSidebarItem[]> {
@@ -102,7 +88,7 @@ async function processSidebar(
       return [
         {
           ...item,
-          items: await processItems(item.items),
+          items: (await Promise.all(item.items.map(processItem))).flat(),
         },
       ];
     }
@@ -115,9 +101,7 @@ async function processSidebar(
   async function processItems(
     items: NormalizedSidebarItem[],
   ): Promise<ProcessedSidebarItem[]> {
-    return (
-      await Promise.all(items.filter((i) => !isDraftItem(i)).map(processItem))
-    ).flat();
+    return (await Promise.all(items.map(processItem))).flat();
   }
 
   const processedSidebar = await processItems(unprocessedSidebar);
diff --git a/website/community/Versions.tsx b/website/community/4-canary/Versions.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from website/community/Versions.tsx
rename to website/community/4-canary/Versions.tsx
diff --git a/website/community/4-canary.md b/website/community/4-canary/index.md
similarity index 100%
rename from website/community/4-canary.md
rename to website/community/4-canary/index.md
diff --git a/website/docs/api/misc/img/logger-demo.png b/website/docs/api/misc/logger/demo.png
similarity index 100%
rename from website/docs/api/misc/img/logger-demo.png
rename to website/docs/api/misc/logger/demo.png
diff --git a/website/docs/api/misc/logger.md b/website/docs/api/misc/logger/logger.md
similarity index 99%
rename from website/docs/api/misc/logger.md
rename to website/docs/api/misc/logger/logger.md
index 986c4d2880da..fb291473dd5f 100644
--- a/website/docs/api/misc/logger.md
+++ b/website/docs/api/misc/logger/logger.md
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ An embedded expression is optionally preceded by a flag in the form `[a-z]+=` (a
 
 If the expression is an array, it's formatted by `` `\n- ${array.join('\n- ')}\n` `` (note it automatically gets a leading line end). Each member is formatted by itself and the bullet is not formatted. So you would see the above message printed as:
 
-![demo](./img/logger-demo.png)
+![demo](./demo.png)