diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 13ae6f080f..ded6ef972d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
         "docusaurus": "docusaurus",
         "start": "npm run generate-icon-types && docusaurus start --no-minify",
         "start:current": "npm run generate-icon-types && cross-env DOCUSAURUS_VERSIONS='current' docusaurus start --no-minify",
-        "build": "npm run generate-icon-types && docusaurus build && tsx scripts/split-sitemap.ts && node scripts/generate-robots.js",
-        "build:current": "npm run generate-icon-types && cross-env DOCUSAURUS_VERSIONS='current' docusaurus build && tsx scripts/split-sitemap.ts && node scripts/generate-robots.js",
+        "build": "npm run generate-icon-types && node --max-old-space-size=8192 --require ./scripts/patch-fs.cjs ./node_modules/@docusaurus/core/bin/docusaurus.mjs build && tsx scripts/split-sitemap.ts && node scripts/generate-robots.js",
+        "build:current": "npm run generate-icon-types && cross-env DOCUSAURUS_VERSIONS='current' node --max-old-space-size=8192 --require ./scripts/patch-fs.cjs ./node_modules/@docusaurus/core/bin/docusaurus.mjs build && tsx scripts/split-sitemap.ts && node scripts/generate-robots.js",
         "swizzle": "docusaurus swizzle",
         "deploy": "docusaurus deploy",
         "clear": "docusaurus clear",
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.ps1 b/scripts/deploy.ps1
index 04e5f949ea..6109b72941 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy.ps1
+++ b/scripts/deploy.ps1
@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Docusaurus build failed' }
 $BuildDir = [IO.Path]::Combine($PSScriptRoot, '..', 'build')
 if (-not (Test-Path $BuildDir)) { throw "Build folder not produced ($BuildDir)" }
 
-# Warn (don't block) if the build emitted any empty (0-byte) asset.
-$empty = Get-ChildItem $BuildDir -Recurse -File | Where-Object { $_.Length -eq 0 -and $_.Name -ne '.nojekyll' }
+# Warn on empty (0-byte) assets under build/assets/ (static/ files may be 0 bytes on purpose).
+$empty = Get-ChildItem (Join-Path $BuildDir 'assets') -Recurse -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.Length -eq 0 }
 if ($empty) {
-    Write-Warning "Build produced $($empty.Count) empty file(s): $(($empty | Select-Object -First 20 -ExpandProperty Name) -join ', ')"
+    Write-Warning "Build produced $($empty.Count) empty (0-byte) asset(s) under assets/, e.g.: $(($empty | Select-Object -First 10 -ExpandProperty Name) -join ', ')"
 }
 
 if ($DryRun) {
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ if ($DryRun) {
 
     # Phase 1 — upload new hashed assets without --delete so old bundles remain
     # on S3 while CloudFront still serves the old index.html from edge cache
-    # cached aggresively 
+    # cached aggresively
     Write-Host "  [1/4] Upload: hashed assets (assets/*)" -ForegroundColor Gray
     aws s3 sync $BuildDir "s3://$S3BucketName/" --only-show-errors `
         --exclude "*" `
diff --git a/scripts/patch-fs.cjs b/scripts/patch-fs.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f344e9110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/patch-fs.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+try {
+    require("graceful-fs").gracefulify(require("fs"));
+} catch (err) {
+    console.warn(`[patch-fs] graceful-fs unavailable; EMFILE mitigation skipped: ${err.message}`);
+}