diff --git a/dashboards/victoriametrics-cluster.json b/dashboards/victoriametrics-cluster.json
index 80bc199a1..8ede168a1 100644
--- a/dashboards/victoriametrics-cluster.json
+++ b/dashboards/victoriametrics-cluster.json
@@ -4857,7 +4857,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "$ds"
           },
-          "description": "Shows the approx time needed to reach 100% of disk capacity for at least one vmstorage node based on the following params:\n* free disk space;\n* row ingestion rate;\n* dedup rate;\n* compression.\n\nUse this panel for capacity planning in order to estimate the time remaining for running out of the disk space.",
+          "description": "Shows the approx time needed to reach 100% of disk capacity for at least one vmstorage node based on the following params:\n* free disk space;\n* row ingestion rate;\n* compression.\n\nnote: this panel doesn't count deduplication operations which could release disk and increase the time.\n\nUse this panel for capacity planning in order to estimate the time remaining for running out of the disk space.",
           "fieldConfig": {
             "defaults": {
               "color": {
@@ -4952,7 +4952,7 @@
                 "uid": "$ds"
               },
               "editorMode": "code",
-              "expr": "min(vm_free_disk_space_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"} \n/ \nignoring(path) (\n    (\n        rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"}[1d])\n        - \n        ignoring(type) rate(vm_deduplicated_samples_total{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type=\"merge\"}[1d])\n    ) * scalar(\n            sum(vm_data_size_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            / \n            sum(vm_rows{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            )\n))",
+              "expr": "min(vm_free_disk_space_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"} \n/ \nignoring(path) (\n    rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"}[1d])\n    * scalar(\n            sum(vm_data_size_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            / \n            sum(vm_rows{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            )\n))",
               "format": "time_series",
               "interval": "",
               "intervalFactor": 1,
@@ -9050,7 +9050,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "$ds"
           },
-          "description": "Shows the approx time needed to reach 100% of disk capacity based on the following params:\n* free disk space;\n* row ingestion rate;\n* dedup rate;\n* compression.\n\nUse this panel for capacity planning in order to estimate the time remaining for running out of the disk space.",
+          "description": "Shows the approx time needed to reach 100% of disk capacity based on the following params:\n* free disk space;\n* row ingestion rate;\n* compression.\n\nnote: this panel doesn't count deduplication operations which could release disk and increase the time.\n\nUse this panel for capacity planning in order to estimate the time remaining for running out of the disk space.",
           "fieldConfig": {
             "defaults": {
               "color": {
@@ -9139,7 +9139,7 @@
                 "uid": "$ds"
               },
               "editorMode": "code",
-              "expr": "vm_free_disk_space_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"} \n/ \nignoring(path) (\n    (\n        rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"}[1d])\n        - \n        ignoring(type) rate(vm_deduplicated_samples_total{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type=\"merge\"}[1d])\n    ) * scalar(\n            sum(vm_data_size_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            / \n            sum(vm_rows{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            )\n)",
+              "expr": "vm_free_disk_space_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"} \n/ \nignoring(path) (\n    rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"}[1d])\n    * scalar(\n            sum(vm_data_size_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            / \n            sum(vm_rows{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            )\n)",
               "format": "time_series",
               "interval": "",
               "intervalFactor": 1,
diff --git a/dashboards/victoriametrics.json b/dashboards/victoriametrics.json
index 6b7522780..35db488ae 100644
--- a/dashboards/victoriametrics.json
+++ b/dashboards/victoriametrics.json
@@ -4122,7 +4122,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "$ds"
           },
-          "description": "Shows the time needed to reach the 100% of disk capacity based on the following params:\n* free disk space;\n* row ingestion rate;\n* dedup rate;\n* compression.\n\nUse this panel for capacity planning in order to estimate the time remaining for running out of the disk space.\n\n",
+          "description": "Shows the approx time needed to reach 100% of disk capacity based on the following params:\n* free disk space;\n* row ingestion rate;\n* compression.\n\nnote: this panel doesn't count deduplication operations which could release disk and increase the time.\n\nUse this panel for capacity planning in order to estimate the time remaining for running out of the disk space.",
           "fieldConfig": {
             "defaults": {
               "color": {
@@ -4211,7 +4211,7 @@
                 "uid": "$ds"
               },
               "editorMode": "code",
-              "expr": "vm_free_disk_space_bytes{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\"} \n/ ignoring(path) (\n  (\n    rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\"}[1d]) \n    - ignoring(type) rate(vm_deduplicated_samples_total{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\", type=\"merge\"}[1d])\n  ) * scalar(\n    sum(vm_data_size_bytes{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"}) \n    / sum(vm_rows{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n    )\n  )",
+              "expr": "vm_free_disk_space_bytes{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\"} \n/ ignoring(path) (\n  rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\"}[1d]) \n  * scalar(\n    sum(vm_data_size_bytes{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"}) \n    / sum(vm_rows{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n    )\n  )",
               "format": "time_series",
               "hide": false,
               "interval": "",
diff --git a/dashboards/vm/victoriametrics-cluster.json b/dashboards/vm/victoriametrics-cluster.json
index 7226feb26..e5c894dfa 100644
--- a/dashboards/vm/victoriametrics-cluster.json
+++ b/dashboards/vm/victoriametrics-cluster.json
@@ -4858,7 +4858,7 @@
             "type": "victoriametrics-datasource",
             "uid": "$ds"
           },
-          "description": "Shows the approx time needed to reach 100% of disk capacity for at least one vmstorage node based on the following params:\n* free disk space;\n* row ingestion rate;\n* dedup rate;\n* compression.\n\nUse this panel for capacity planning in order to estimate the time remaining for running out of the disk space.",
+          "description": "Shows the approx time needed to reach 100% of disk capacity for at least one vmstorage node based on the following params:\n* free disk space;\n* row ingestion rate;\n* compression.\n\nnote: this panel doesn't count deduplication operations which could release disk and increase the time.\n\nUse this panel for capacity planning in order to estimate the time remaining for running out of the disk space.",
           "fieldConfig": {
             "defaults": {
               "color": {
@@ -4953,7 +4953,7 @@
                 "uid": "$ds"
               },
               "editorMode": "code",
-              "expr": "min(vm_free_disk_space_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"} \n/ \nignoring(path) (\n    (\n        rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"}[1d])\n        - \n        ignoring(type) rate(vm_deduplicated_samples_total{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type=\"merge\"}[1d])\n    ) * scalar(\n            sum(vm_data_size_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            / \n            sum(vm_rows{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            )\n))",
+              "expr": "min(vm_free_disk_space_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"} \n/ \nignoring(path) (\n    rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"}[1d])\n    * scalar(\n            sum(vm_data_size_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            / \n            sum(vm_rows{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            )\n))",
               "format": "time_series",
               "interval": "",
               "intervalFactor": 1,
@@ -9051,7 +9051,7 @@
             "type": "victoriametrics-datasource",
             "uid": "$ds"
           },
-          "description": "Shows the approx time needed to reach 100% of disk capacity based on the following params:\n* free disk space;\n* row ingestion rate;\n* dedup rate;\n* compression.\n\nUse this panel for capacity planning in order to estimate the time remaining for running out of the disk space.",
+          "description": "Shows the approx time needed to reach 100% of disk capacity based on the following params:\n* free disk space;\n* row ingestion rate;\n* compression.\n\nnote: this panel doesn't count deduplication operations which could release disk and increase the time.\n\nUse this panel for capacity planning in order to estimate the time remaining for running out of the disk space.",
           "fieldConfig": {
             "defaults": {
               "color": {
@@ -9140,7 +9140,7 @@
                 "uid": "$ds"
               },
               "editorMode": "code",
-              "expr": "vm_free_disk_space_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"} \n/ \nignoring(path) (\n    (\n        rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"}[1d])\n        - \n        ignoring(type) rate(vm_deduplicated_samples_total{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type=\"merge\"}[1d])\n    ) * scalar(\n            sum(vm_data_size_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            / \n            sum(vm_rows{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            )\n)",
+              "expr": "vm_free_disk_space_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"} \n/ \nignoring(path) (\n    rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\"}[1d])\n    * scalar(\n            sum(vm_data_size_bytes{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            / \n            sum(vm_rows{job=~\"$job_storage\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n            )\n)",
               "format": "time_series",
               "interval": "",
               "intervalFactor": 1,
diff --git a/dashboards/vm/victoriametrics.json b/dashboards/vm/victoriametrics.json
index ec8c1e674..6e95f9ad9 100644
--- a/dashboards/vm/victoriametrics.json
+++ b/dashboards/vm/victoriametrics.json
@@ -4123,7 +4123,7 @@
             "type": "victoriametrics-datasource",
             "uid": "$ds"
           },
-          "description": "Shows the time needed to reach the 100% of disk capacity based on the following params:\n* free disk space;\n* row ingestion rate;\n* dedup rate;\n* compression.\n\nUse this panel for capacity planning in order to estimate the time remaining for running out of the disk space.\n\n",
+          "description": "Shows the approx time needed to reach 100% of disk capacity based on the following params:\n* free disk space;\n* row ingestion rate;\n* compression.\n\nnote: this panel doesn't count deduplication operations which could release disk and increase the time.\n\nUse this panel for capacity planning in order to estimate the time remaining for running out of the disk space.",
           "fieldConfig": {
             "defaults": {
               "color": {
@@ -4212,7 +4212,7 @@
                 "uid": "$ds"
               },
               "editorMode": "code",
-              "expr": "vm_free_disk_space_bytes{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\"} \n/ ignoring(path) (\n  (\n    rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\"}[1d]) \n    - ignoring(type) rate(vm_deduplicated_samples_total{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\", type=\"merge\"}[1d])\n  ) * scalar(\n    sum(vm_data_size_bytes{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"}) \n    / sum(vm_rows{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n    )\n  )",
+              "expr": "vm_free_disk_space_bytes{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\"} \n/ ignoring(path) (\n  rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\"}[1d]) \n  * scalar(\n    sum(vm_data_size_bytes{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"}) \n    / sum(vm_rows{job=~\"$job\", instance=~\"$instance\", type!~\"indexdb.*\"})\n    )\n  )",
               "format": "time_series",
               "hide": false,
               "interval": "",
diff --git a/deployment/docker/alerts-cluster.yml b/deployment/docker/alerts-cluster.yml
index 09d8cf957..aab0850dc 100644
--- a/deployment/docker/alerts-cluster.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker/alerts-cluster.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ groups:
         expr: |
           vm_free_disk_space_bytes / ignoring(path)
           (
-             (
-              rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total[1d]) -
-              ignoring(type) rate(vm_deduplicated_samples_total{type="merge"}[1d])
-             )
+            rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total[1d])
             * scalar(
               sum(vm_data_size_bytes{type!~"indexdb.*"}) /
               sum(vm_rows{type!~"indexdb.*"})
diff --git a/deployment/docker/alerts.yml b/deployment/docker/alerts.yml
index 785417278..13e69abe7 100644
--- a/deployment/docker/alerts.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker/alerts.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ groups:
         expr: |
           vm_free_disk_space_bytes / ignoring(path)
           (
-             (
-              rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total[1d]) -
-              ignoring(type) rate(vm_deduplicated_samples_total{type="merge"}[1d])
-             )
+            rate(vm_rows_added_to_storage_total[1d])
             * scalar(
               sum(vm_data_size_bytes{type!~"indexdb.*"}) /
               sum(vm_rows{type!~"indexdb.*"})
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 4f7ff35cb..a4f51e054 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ The v1.97.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.97.0](https:
 * BUGFIX: fix `runtime error: slice bounds out of range` panic, which can occur during query execution. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5733). The bug has been introduced in `v1.97.0`.
 * BUGFIX: [MetricsQL](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/MetricsQL.html): properly handle `avg_over_time({some_filter}[d]) keep_metric_names` queries, where [`some_filter`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#filtering) matches multiple time series with multiple names, while `d` is bigger or equal to `3h`. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5556).
 * BUGFIX: [dashboards/single](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/10229): fix typo in query for `version` annotation which falsely produced many version change events.
+* BUGFIX: [Official Grafana dashboards for VictoriaMetrics](https://grafana.com/orgs/victoriametrics): avoid possible negative results in `Storage full ETA` panels which caused by background merge. See [this pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/5747).
 
 ## [v1.97.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.97.0)