Eoghan Ryan, at Scribbr {2022) essentially proscribes the usage you ask about:
Albeit is a conjunction meaning ‘even though’ or ‘although’....
It is used to introduce a subordinate clause that qualifies or
contrasts with the information given in the main clause of a sentence.
Examples: ‘Albeit’ in a sentence
- Ted found the motivational speaker inspiring, albeit a little preachy.
- Karla is very nice, albeit sometimes stubborn.
- My car is dependable, albeit old.
- Sebastian is an artist, albeit an unpopular one.
Correspondingly, none of Cambridge Dictionary's twenty-odd examples and none of Collins's twelve or so are of the form.
But Merriam-Webster sees fit to cite a sentence where 'albeit' is followed by an independent clause:
Examples of albeit in a Sentence ...
- … customers seemed generally cheery, albeit some were more cautious than others … —Cynthia Clark, Publishers Weekly, 26 Jan. 1998
(It has the definition
even though; although,
but fails to comment on the different usages of [even] though:
- He was tall though thin.
- He was tall, though he was very supple. )
I'd say this is a very niche usage (albeit is fairly rare in any case). I'd avoid it, in line with the guidance in Wiktionary's usage note:
The word albeit historically also introduced an independent clause
as although does (as in ... Shakespeare ...); however after the
Early Modern English period, it ceased to do so, and today only
introduces a noun phrase, adjectival phrase, adverbial phrase, or
dependent clause.
