diff --git a/src/components/sidebar/collapsibleSidebarLink.tsx b/src/components/sidebar/collapsibleSidebarLink.tsx
index e660102a6f2cf..73c51680888ab 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar/collapsibleSidebarLink.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sidebar/collapsibleSidebarLink.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ interface SidebarLinkProps {
    */
   title: string;
   to: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Shows a beta badge next to the title
+   */
+  beta?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * Children represent the additional links nested under this sidebar link
    */
@@ -26,6 +32,11 @@ interface SidebarLinkProps {
    * Indicates that the links are currently hidden. Overridden by isActive
    */
   collapsed?: boolean | null;
+
+  /**
+   * Shows a new badge next to the title
+   */
+  isNew?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -39,6 +50,8 @@ export function CollapsibleSidebarLink({
   path,
   collapsed = null,
   className = '',
+  beta = false,
+  isNew = false,
 }: SidebarLinkProps) {
   const isActive = path?.indexOf(to) === 0;
   const enableSubtree = isActive || collapsed === false;
@@ -54,6 +67,8 @@ export function CollapsibleSidebarLink({
         isActive={to === getUnversionedPath(path)}
         collapsible={hasSubtree}
         title={title}
+        beta={beta}
+        isNew={isNew}
         onClick={() => {
           // Allow toggling the sidebar subtree only if the item is selected
           if (path === to) {
diff --git a/src/components/sidebar/dynamicNav.tsx b/src/components/sidebar/dynamicNav.tsx
index bf144120f871b..8f0a2841d5a7f 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar/dynamicNav.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sidebar/dynamicNav.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ type Node = {
   [key: string]: any;
   context: {
     [key: string]: any;
+    beta?: boolean;
+    new?: boolean;
     sidebar_hidden?: boolean;
     sidebar_order?: number;
     sidebar_title?: string;
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ export const renderChildren = (
   showDepth: number = 0,
   depth: number = 0
 ): React.ReactNode[] => {
-  return sortPages(
+  const sortedChildren = sortPages(
     children.filter(
       ({name, node}) =>
         node &&
@@ -73,23 +75,32 @@ export const renderChildren = (
         !node.context.sidebar_hidden
     ),
     ({node}) => node!
-  ).map(({node, children: nodeChildren}) => {
+  );
+
+  const result: React.ReactNode[] = [];
+
+  sortedChildren.forEach(({node, children: nodeChildren}) => {
     // will not be null because of the filter above
     if (!node) {
-      return null;
+      return;
     }
-    return (
+
+    result.push(
       <CollapsibleSidebarLink
         to={node.path}
         key={node.path}
         title={node.context.sidebar_title || node.context.title!}
         collapsed={depth >= showDepth}
         path={path}
+        beta={node.context.beta}
+        isNew={node.context.new}
       >
         {renderChildren(nodeChildren, exclude, path, showDepth, depth + 1)}
       </CollapsibleSidebarLink>
     );
   });
+
+  return result;
 };
 
 type ChildrenProps = {
diff --git a/src/components/sidebar/platformSidebar.tsx b/src/components/sidebar/platformSidebar.tsx
index 8e6213a6d91e0..ebbe1694ec378 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar/platformSidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sidebar/platformSidebar.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ export function PlatformSidebar({
         sidebar_order: n.frontmatter.sidebar_order,
         sidebar_title: n.frontmatter.sidebar_title,
         sidebar_hidden: n.frontmatter.sidebar_hidden,
+        beta: n.frontmatter.beta,
+        new: n.frontmatter.new,
       },
       path: '/' + n.path + '/',
     };
diff --git a/src/components/sidebar/sidebarLink.tsx b/src/components/sidebar/sidebarLink.tsx
index 10b50564545b0..e5de1be487543 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar/sidebarLink.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sidebar/sidebarLink.tsx
@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@ export function SidebarLink({
   collapsible,
   onClick,
   topLevel = false,
+  beta = false,
+  isNew = false,
 }: {
   href: string;
   title: string;
+  beta?: boolean;
   collapsible?: boolean;
   isActive?: boolean;
+  isNew?: boolean;
   onClick?: () => void;
   topLevel?: boolean;
 }) {
@@ -33,12 +37,16 @@ export function SidebarLink({
       }`}
       data-sidebar-link
     >
-      <div>{title}</div>
+      <div className={styles['sidebar-link-content']}>
+        <span>{title}</span>
+        {beta && <span className={styles['beta-badge']}>BETA</span>}
+        {isNew && <span className={styles['new-badge']}>NEW</span>}
+      </div>
       {collapsible && <NavChevron direction={isActive ? 'down' : 'right'} />}
     </LinkComponent>
   );
 }
 
 export function SidebarSeparator() {
-  return <hr className={`${styles['sidebar-separator']} mt-3 mb-3`} />;
+  return <hr className={styles['sidebar-separator']} />;
 }
diff --git a/src/components/sidebar/style.module.scss b/src/components/sidebar/style.module.scss
index 3a6850e7d3d31..91c1894602782 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar/style.module.scss
+++ b/src/components/sidebar/style.module.scss
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  .sidebar-separator {
-    border-top: 1px solid var(--border-color);
-  }
-
   .toc {
     font-size: 0.875rem;
     flex: 1;
@@ -159,3 +155,57 @@
     background-color: var(--brandDecoration);
   }
 }
+
+.sidebar-link-content {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.beta-badge {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding: 0.0625rem 0.375rem;
+  font-size: 0.625rem;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
+  color: #fafaf9; /* off-white */
+  background-color: transparent;
+  border: 1px solid #f59e0b; /* amber-500 warning color */
+  border-radius: 0.25rem;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+:global(.dark) .beta-badge {
+  color: #fafaf9; /* off-white */
+  border-color: #fbbf24; /* amber-400 for dark mode */
+}
+
+.new-badge {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding: 0.0625rem 0.375rem;
+  font-size: 0.625rem;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
+  color: #fafaf9; /* off-white */
+  background-color: transparent;
+  border: 1px solid #10b981; /* emerald-500 success green */
+  border-radius: 0.25rem;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+:global(.dark) .new-badge {
+  color: #fafaf9; /* off-white */
+  border-color: #34d399; /* emerald-400 for dark mode */
+}
+
+.sidebar-separator {
+  margin: 1rem 0;
+  border: none;
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--border-color);
+}
diff --git a/src/types/frontmatter.ts b/src/types/frontmatter.ts
index 197a4e2c5a8b3..c7a71bbb5041d 100644
--- a/src/types/frontmatter.ts
+++ b/src/types/frontmatter.ts
@@ -13,24 +13,36 @@ export interface FrontMatter {
    * Document title - used in <title> as well as things like search titles.
    */
   title: string;
+  /**
+   * Set this to true to show a "beta" badge next to the title in the sidebar
+   */
+  beta?: boolean;
   /**
    * A description to use in the <meta> header, as well as in auto generated page grids.
    */
   customCanonicalTag?: string;
+
   /**  Add this if you want to add a canonical tag (without this it will default to the page url). Should be a relative path without the domain (e.g. `/platforms/react/options/`) */
   description?: string;
+
   /**
    * Set this to true to mark this page as a draft, and hide it from various other components (such as the PageGrid).
    */
   draft?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * Set this to true to take all the available width for the page content.
    */
   fullWidth?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * A list of keywords for indexing with search.
    */
   keywords?: string[];
+  /**
+   * Set this to true to show a "new" badge next to the title in the sidebar
+   */
+  new?: boolean;
 
   /**
    * The next page in the bottom pagination navigation.
@@ -69,6 +81,11 @@ export interface FrontMatter {
    */
   previousPage?: PaginationNavNode;
 
+  /**
+   * Set this to true to show a separator/divider below this item in the sidebar
+   */
+  section_end_divider?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * The next page in the sidebar navigation.
    */