diff --git a/.github/workflows/argos.yml b/.github/workflows/argos.yml
index 06b142dfbbcd..a1111122f5e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/argos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/argos.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         run: npx playwright install --with-deps chromium
 
       - name: Build website fast
-        run: yarn build:website:fast --dev
+        run: yarn build:website:fast:argos --dev
 
       - name: Take Argos screenshots
         run: yarn argos:screenshot
diff --git a/argos/tests/screenshot.spec.ts b/argos/tests/screenshot.spec.ts
index a3a816f6f835..424e06ef3375 100644
--- a/argos/tests/screenshot.spec.ts
+++ b/argos/tests/screenshot.spec.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ function isBlacklisted(pathname: string) {
     pathname.startsWith('/changelog') ||
     // versioned docs
     pathname.match(/^\/docs\/((\d\.\d\.\d)|(next))\//) ||
+    // verbose useless dogfooding pages
+    pathname.startsWith('/tests/docs/toc/') ||
+    pathname.startsWith('/tests/docs/tags/') ||
+    pathname.startsWith('/tests/blog/page/') ||
+    pathname.startsWith('/tests/blog/tags/') ||
     // manually excluded urls
     BlacklistedPathnames.includes(pathname)
   );
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8876ca0adeeb..4ed45339ee69 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "build:website:deployPreview:build": "cross-env NETLIFY=true CONTEXT='deploy-preview' yarn workspace website build",
     "build:website:deployPreview": "yarn build:website:deployPreview:testWrap && yarn build:website:deployPreview:build",
     "build:website:fast": "yarn workspace website build:fast",
+    "build:website:fast:argos": "cross-env DOCUSAURUS_ARGOS_BUILD=true yarn workspace website build:fast",
     "build:website:fast:rsdoctor": "yarn workspace website build:fast:rsdoctor",
     "build:website:fast:profile": "yarn workspace website build:fast:profile",
     "build:website:en": "yarn workspace website build --locale en",
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/dogfooding.config.ts b/website/_dogfooding/dogfooding.config.ts
index 94b142cae275..192cb4a8c20b 100644
--- a/website/_dogfooding/dogfooding.config.ts
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/dogfooding.config.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ import type {Options as DocsOptions} from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs';
 import type {Options as BlogOptions} from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog';
 import type {Options as PageOptions} from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages';
 
+export const isArgosBuild = process.env.DOCUSAURUS_ARGOS_BUILD === 'true';
+
+if (isArgosBuild) {
+  console.warn(
+    'Building site for Argos CI - additional dogfooding pages will be preserved in sitemap',
+  );
+}
+
 export function dogfoodingTransformFrontMatter(frontMatter: {
   [key: string]: unknown;
 }): {[key: string]: unknown} {
@@ -39,7 +47,7 @@ export const dogfoodingPluginInstances: PluginConfig[] = [
       sidebarPath: '_dogfooding/docs-tests-sidebars.js',
       versions: {
         current: {
-          noIndex: true,
+          noIndex: !isArgosBuild,
         },
       },
       onInlineTags: 'warn',
diff --git a/website/docusaurus.config.ts b/website/docusaurus.config.ts
index 7ae2a4c9b7a2..b52e5c859a7a 100644
--- a/website/docusaurus.config.ts
+++ b/website/docusaurus.config.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   dogfoodingThemeInstances,
   dogfoodingRedirects,
   dogfoodingTransformFrontMatter,
+  isArgosBuild,
 } from './_dogfooding/dogfooding.config';
 
 import ConfigLocalized from './docusaurus.config.localized.json';
@@ -538,8 +539,10 @@ export default async function createConfigAsync() {
               }
             : undefined,
           sitemap: {
-            // Note: /tests/docs already has noIndex: true
-            ignorePatterns: ['/tests/{blog,pages}/**'],
+            ignorePatterns: isArgosBuild
+              ? undefined
+              : // Note: /tests/docs already has noIndex: true
+                ['/tests/{blog,pages}/**'],
             lastmod: 'date',
             priority: null,
             changefreq: null,