diff --git a/pkg/metrics/grafana/tidb.json b/pkg/metrics/grafana/tidb.json
index 7ab7d8f049bf5..fd189ef9838b0 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/grafana/tidb.json
+++ b/pkg/metrics/grafana/tidb.json
@@ -3093,7 +3093,7 @@
           "dashLength": 10,
           "dashes": false,
           "datasource": "${DS_TEST-CLUSTER}",
-          "description": "TiDB connection disconnected counts",
+          "description": "TiDB connection disconnected counts per result (cumulative); right axis adds an ok/error disconnect rate view, and routes the undetermined cumulative counter to its own scale since any occurrence needs investigation",
           "editable": true,
           "error": false,
           "fieldConfig": {
@@ -3139,6 +3139,16 @@
               "alias": "total",
               "fill": 0,
               "lines": false
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "/-undetermined$/",
+              "stack": false,
+              "yaxis": 2
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "/-rate$/",
+              "stack": false,
+              "yaxis": 2
             }
           ],
           "spaceLength": 10,
@@ -3152,6 +3162,14 @@
               "legendFormat": "{{instance}}-{{result}}",
               "refId": "A",
               "step": 40
+            },
+            {
+              "expr": "sum(irate(tidb_server_disconnection_total{k8s_cluster=\"$k8s_cluster\", tidb_cluster=\"$tidb_cluster\", instance=~\"$instance\", result!=\"undetermined\"}[30s])) by (instance, result)",
+              "format": "time_series",
+              "intervalFactor": 2,
+              "legendFormat": "{{instance}}-{{result}}-rate",
+              "refId": "B",
+              "step": 40
             }
           ],
           "thresholds": [],
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/nextgengrafana/tidb_with_keyspace_name.json b/pkg/metrics/nextgengrafana/tidb_with_keyspace_name.json
index 0b1ee09b5b917..9c1af1a77862c 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/nextgengrafana/tidb_with_keyspace_name.json
+++ b/pkg/metrics/nextgengrafana/tidb_with_keyspace_name.json
@@ -3259,7 +3259,7 @@
           "dashLength": 10,
           "dashes": false,
           "datasource": "${DS_TEST-CLUSTER}",
-          "description": "TiDB connection disconnected counts",
+          "description": "TiDB connection disconnected counts per result (cumulative); right axis adds an ok/error disconnect rate view, and routes the undetermined cumulative counter to its own scale since any occurrence needs investigation",
           "editable": true,
           "error": false,
           "fieldConfig": {
@@ -3305,6 +3305,16 @@
               "alias": "total",
               "fill": 0,
               "lines": false
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "/-undetermined$/",
+              "stack": false,
+              "yaxis": 2
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "/-rate$/",
+              "stack": false,
+              "yaxis": 2
             }
           ],
           "spaceLength": 10,
@@ -3318,6 +3328,14 @@
               "legendFormat": "{{instance}}-{{result}}",
               "refId": "A",
               "step": 40
+            },
+            {
+              "expr": "sum(irate(tidb_server_disconnection_total{k8s_cluster=\"$k8s_cluster\", tidb_cluster=\"$tidb_cluster\", keyspace_name=~\"$keyspace_name\", instance=~\"$instance\", result!=\"undetermined\"}[30s])) by (instance, result)",
+              "format": "time_series",
+              "intervalFactor": 2,
+              "legendFormat": "{{instance}}-{{result}}-rate",
+              "refId": "B",
+              "step": 40
             }
           ],
           "thresholds": [],
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/nextgengrafana/tidb_worker.json b/pkg/metrics/nextgengrafana/tidb_worker.json
index 2ff5d338ccd5a..437aed0c14a05 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/nextgengrafana/tidb_worker.json
+++ b/pkg/metrics/nextgengrafana/tidb_worker.json
@@ -3259,7 +3259,7 @@
           "dashLength": 10,
           "dashes": false,
           "datasource": "${DS_TEST-CLUSTER}",
-          "description": "TiDB connection disconnected counts",
+          "description": "TiDB connection disconnected counts per result (cumulative); right axis adds an ok/error disconnect rate view, and routes the undetermined cumulative counter to its own scale since any occurrence needs investigation",
           "editable": true,
           "error": false,
           "fieldConfig": {
@@ -3305,6 +3305,16 @@
               "alias": "total",
               "fill": 0,
               "lines": false
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "/-undetermined$/",
+              "stack": false,
+              "yaxis": 2
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "/-rate$/",
+              "stack": false,
+              "yaxis": 2
             }
           ],
           "spaceLength": 10,
@@ -3318,6 +3328,14 @@
               "legendFormat": "{{instance}}-{{result}}",
               "refId": "A",
               "step": 40
+            },
+            {
+              "expr": "sum(irate(tidb_server_disconnection_total{k8s_cluster=\"$k8s_cluster\", tidb_cluster=\"$tidb_cluster\", instance=~\"$instance\", result!=\"undetermined\"}[30s])) by (instance, result)",
+              "format": "time_series",
+              "intervalFactor": 2,
+              "legendFormat": "{{instance}}-{{result}}-rate",
+              "refId": "B",
+              "step": 40
             }
           ],
           "thresholds": [],