Openwrt firmware storage detection issues?

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hey,
I am fairly new to using openwrt. My manager asked me to install a sysupgrade file from https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/ installing all the packages and everything. And after flashing the firmware, it still shows only 7% Storage is being used. Because at my manager's end it is almost 95% is being utilized. Is this a bug ? Because since we are developing a firmware image that has all these packages and everything for a product, So will this pose a problem in future ?

There are 173 packages installed basic and some related to mesh and vpns
I have tried the same firmware file on two routers, both of them are TP-Link Archer AX23 v1

Attaching some screenshots for the reference.

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At your manager's end?

What does that phrase mean?

(BTW, I see nothing wrong with the storage indicator.)

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You dont see compressed squashfs with all package files and default configurations, what it shows is writable overlay which has generated and customized config files.

Try

du -sk /rom
df -k /rom
du -sk /overlay
df -k /overlay

btw it is a good time to upgrade to 24.10.3 - your router is perfectly supported and you will finally activate builtin AES/IPSEC/cryptsetup accelerator working.

auc -n -y -B 24.10

(read help page and remove parameters to actually upgrade)

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additional packages allocate additional flash space, why would it be a bug ?

one or two major releases into the future, you'll run out of flash space.

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