This probably doesn't qualify as a non-tech type answer, but I have a Synology NAS which includes a feature (CloudSync?) to automatically download Google Drive documents in docx, xlsx, etc. format.
Same with slack when it congratulates you for catching up on messages. Each app/service assumes you are able to take the afternoon off if you happen to have 0 widgets in your widget list.
I feel like this solution feels subtly "wrong" if you're animating, because that high max height will be arbitrarily far away from where you'd normally want to animate to. Doubly so for easing out.