diff --git a/config/kubernetes/production/deployments/webapp.yaml b/config/kubernetes/production/deployments/webapp.yaml
index a0dac38bf5a6..49f8da5cc6b7 100644
--- a/config/kubernetes/production/deployments/webapp.yaml
+++ b/config/kubernetes/production/deployments/webapp.yaml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ spec:
           image: docs-internal
           resources:
             requests:
-              cpu: 8000m
-              memory: 10Gi
+              cpu: 4000m
+              memory: 8Gi
             limits:
-              cpu: 16000m
-              memory: 14Gi
+              cpu: 8000m
+              memory: 16Gi
           ports:
             - name: http
               containerPort: 4000
diff --git a/content/billing/using-the-new-billing-platform/charging-business-units.md b/content/billing/using-the-new-billing-platform/charging-business-units.md
index dfe65cab8924..d76162766467 100644
--- a/content/billing/using-the-new-billing-platform/charging-business-units.md
+++ b/content/billing/using-the-new-billing-platform/charging-business-units.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ To ensure your cost centers reflect spending as intended, it's important to unde
 
 ### Cost center allocation for {% data variables.product.prodname_GH_advanced_security %}
 
-* If a user belongs to a cost center, all charges associated with the user is billed to the cost center.
+* If a user belongs to a cost center, all charges associated with the user are billed to the cost center.
 * If a user does not belong to any cost center, usage is charged to the enterprise's default payment method and grouped under "Enterprise Only" spending on the usage page.
 
 ### Cost center allocation for {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 021d8bc4e7cf..bac3df34a230 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
         "remark-parse": "^11.0.0",
         "remark-rehype": "^11.1.0",
         "remark-remove-comments": "^1.0.1",
+        "remark-stringify": "^11.0.0",
         "rss-parser": "^3.13.0",
         "scroll-anchoring": "^0.1.0",
         "semver": "^7.6.2",
@@ -13485,6 +13486,7 @@
       "version": "11.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/remark-stringify/-/remark-stringify-11.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-1OSmLd3awB/t8qdoEOMazZkNsfVTeY4fTsgzcQFdXNq8ToTN4ZGwrMnlda4K6smTFKD+GRV6O48i6Z4iKgPPpw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/mdast": "^4.0.0",
         "mdast-util-to-markdown": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c01b658e94d8..91e3f1c81bfe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@
     "remark-parse": "^11.0.0",
     "remark-rehype": "^11.1.0",
     "remark-remove-comments": "^1.0.1",
+    "remark-stringify": "^11.0.0",
     "rss-parser": "^3.13.0",
     "scroll-anchoring": "^0.1.0",
     "semver": "^7.6.2",
diff --git a/src/content-render/index.js b/src/content-render/index.js
index 2127bdc1fecb..3f3d1eb85ed5 100644
--- a/src/content-render/index.js
+++ b/src/content-render/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { renderLiquid } from './liquid/index.js'
-import { renderUnified } from './unified/index.js'
+import { renderMarkdown, renderUnified } from './unified/index.js'
 import { engine } from './liquid/engine.js'
 
 const globalCache = new Map()
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ export async function renderContent(template = '', context = {}, options = {}) {
   }
   try {
     template = await renderLiquid(template, context)
+    if (context.markdownRequested) {
+      const md = await renderMarkdown(template, context, options)
+
+      return md
+    }
+
     const html = await renderUnified(template, context, options)
     if (cacheKey) {
       globalCache.set(cacheKey, html)
diff --git a/src/content-render/unified/index.js b/src/content-render/unified/index.js
index 71b959af0d8b..0895497c0492 100644
--- a/src/content-render/unified/index.js
+++ b/src/content-render/unified/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { fastTextOnly } from './text-only.js'
-import { createProcessor } from './processor.js'
+import { createProcessor, createMarkdownOnlyProcessor } from './processor.js'
 
 export async function renderUnified(template, context, options) {
   const processor = createProcessor(context)
@@ -12,3 +12,11 @@ export async function renderUnified(template, context, options) {
 
   return html.trim()
 }
+
+export async function renderMarkdown(template, context, options) {
+  const processor = createMarkdownOnlyProcessor(context)
+  const vFile = await processor.process(template)
+  let markdown = vFile.toString()
+
+  return markdown.trim()
+}
diff --git a/src/content-render/unified/processor.js b/src/content-render/unified/processor.js
index df9a1de77cba..e8fae862cd21 100644
--- a/src/content-render/unified/processor.js
+++ b/src/content-render/unified/processor.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import annotate from './annotate.js'
 import alerts from './alerts.js'
 import replaceDomain from './replace-domain.js'
 import removeHtmlComments from 'remark-remove-comments'
+import remarkStringify from 'remark-stringify'
 
 export function createProcessor(context) {
   return (
@@ -79,6 +80,10 @@ export function createProcessor(context) {
   )
 }
 
+export function createMarkdownOnlyProcessor(context) {
+  return unified().use(remarkParse).use(gfm).use(remarkStringify)
+}
+
 export function createMinimalProcessor(context) {
   return unified()
     .use(remarkParse)
diff --git a/src/fixtures/tests/permissions-callout.js b/src/fixtures/tests/permissions-callout.js
index bb12d494c9e7..d9e373908d54 100644
--- a/src/fixtures/tests/permissions-callout.js
+++ b/src/fixtures/tests/permissions-callout.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('permission statements', () => {
   })
 
   test('page with permission frontmatter and product statement', async () => {
-    const $ = await getDOM('/get-started/foo/page-with-permissions-and-product-callout.md')
+    const $ = await getDOM('/get-started/foo/page-with-permissions-and-product-callout')
     const html = $('[data-testid=permissions-callout] div').html()
     // part of the UI
     expect(html).toMatch('Who can use this feature')
diff --git a/src/frame/middleware/context/context.ts b/src/frame/middleware/context/context.ts
index b5b3f05ac784..1c9de3e18139 100644
--- a/src/frame/middleware/context/context.ts
+++ b/src/frame/middleware/context/context.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ export default async function contextualize(
 
   req.context.process = { env: {} }
 
+  if (req.pagePath && req.pagePath.endsWith('.md')) {
+    req.context.markdownRequested = true
+
+    // req.pagePath is used later in the rendering pipeline to
+    // locate the file in the tree so it cannot have .md
+    req.pagePath = req.pagePath.replace(/\/index\.md$/, '').replace(/\.md$/, '')
+  }
+
   // define each context property explicitly for code-search friendliness
   // e.g. searches for "req.context.page" will include results from this file
   req.context.currentLanguage = req.language
diff --git a/src/frame/middleware/render-page.ts b/src/frame/middleware/render-page.ts
index 7fe6c62cee86..15df6d0d58bd 100644
--- a/src/frame/middleware/render-page.ts
+++ b/src/frame/middleware/render-page.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,15 @@ export default async function renderPage(req: ExtendedRequest, res: Response) {
     }
   }
 
+  if (context.markdownRequested) {
+    if (!page.autogenerated && page.documentType === 'article') {
+      return res.type('text/markdown').send(req.context.renderedPage)
+    } else {
+      const newUrl = req.originalUrl.replace(req.path, req.path.replace(/\.md$/, ''))
+      return res.redirect(newUrl)
+    }
+  }
+
   defaultCacheControl(res)
 
   return nextHandleRequest(req, res)
diff --git a/src/shielding/middleware/handle-invalid-paths.ts b/src/shielding/middleware/handle-invalid-paths.ts
index 52a64602c2a3..fbc1397bb9f4 100644
--- a/src/shielding/middleware/handle-invalid-paths.ts
+++ b/src/shielding/middleware/handle-invalid-paths.ts
@@ -83,14 +83,11 @@ export default function handleInvalidPaths(
     return res.status(404).send('Not found')
   }
 
-  if (req.path.endsWith('/index.md') || req.path.endsWith('.md')) {
+  if (req.path.endsWith('/index.md')) {
     defaultCacheControl(res)
     // The originalUrl is the full URL including query string.
     // E.g. `/en/foo.md?bar=baz`
-    const newUrl = req.originalUrl.replace(
-      req.path,
-      req.path.replace(/\/index\.md$/, '').replace(/\.md$/, ''),
-    )
+    const newUrl = req.originalUrl.replace(req.path, req.path.replace(/\/index\.md$/, ''))
     return res.redirect(newUrl)
   }
 
diff --git a/src/shielding/tests/shielding.ts b/src/shielding/tests/shielding.ts
index e0e17c27be13..93d0bb882618 100644
--- a/src/shielding/tests/shielding.ts
+++ b/src/shielding/tests/shielding.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ describe('index.md and .md suffixes', () => {
     }
   })
 
-  test('any URL that ends with /.md redirects', async () => {
+  // TODO-ARTICLEAPI: unskip tests or replace when ready to ship article API
+  test.skip('any URL that ends with /.md redirects', async () => {
     // With language prefix
     {
       const res = await get('/en/get-started/hello.md')
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 47d00dbd766f..059f9894a579 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ export type Context = {
   currentLearningTrack?: LearningTrack | null
   renderedPage?: string
   miniTocItems?: string | undefined
+  markdownRequested?: boolean
 }
 export type LearningTracks = {
   [group: string]: {