Empty DynamicData directory in Big Sur

On a Big Sur host bound to Active Directory, I am seeing some hosts with an empty /Library/Preferences/OpenDirectory/DynamicData directory. Output of dsconfigad -show seems to be good and consistent with other hosts that have data inside the DynamicData directory. The directory at /Library/Preferences/OpenDirectory/Configurations is never empty for any host and data looks okay.

I am not able to reproduce this on a local Big Sur host I have that is also bound to Active Directory using Directory Utility.

My question is: Are there scenarios in which the DynamicData directory would be empty?
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Empty DynamicData directory in Big Sur
 
 
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