diff --git a/community_v3_migration/classify.py b/community_v3_migration/classify.py
index e8e1249ee..dfd76e730 100644
--- a/community_v3_migration/classify.py
+++ b/community_v3_migration/classify.py
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ def is_so_robot_type(rt: str) -> bool:
     return bool(rt) and (rt.startswith(SO_PREFIXES) or rt in SO_EXACT) and rt not in NEVER_FIX
 
 
+SO_JOINTS = ("shoulder_pan", "shoulder_lift", "elbow_flex", "wrist_flex", "wrist_roll", "gripper")
+
+
 def is_end_effector(info: dict) -> bool:
     """True if action/observation.state are task-space end-effector features (e.g. ``ee_x``,
     ``ee_roll``) rather than joint angles. Such datasets are out of scope for the joint fix."""
@@ -38,6 +41,22 @@ def is_end_effector(info: dict) -> bool:
     return False
 
 
+def is_mislabeled_so(info: dict) -> bool:
+    """True when ``robot_type`` claims SO but the features prove it isn't a standard 6-DOF SO arm:
+    the joint dim isn't a multiple of 6, or (when names are present) the first 6 joints don't match
+    the canonical SO set. Such datasets keep their joints untouched and are relabeled 'unknown'
+    rather than being degrees-converted on a wrong assumption."""
+    feats = info.get("features", {})
+    dims = [feats[c]["shape"][0] for c in ("action", "observation.state") if feats.get(c, {}).get("shape")]
+    if any(d % 6 != 0 for d in dims):
+        return True
+    for key in ("action", "observation.state"):
+        names = [str(n).lower() for n in (feats.get(key, {}).get("names") or [])]
+        if len(names) >= 6 and not all(SO_JOINTS[i] in names[i] for i in range(6)):
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
 def load_info(root: Path) -> dict:
     return json.loads((Path(root) / "meta" / "info.json").read_text())
 
@@ -106,6 +125,10 @@ def classify(root) -> dict:
         return {**out, "is_so": False, "encoding": "end_effector",
                 "note": "task-space end-effector features"}
 
+    if is_so_robot_type(rt) and is_mislabeled_so(info):
+        return {**out, "is_so": False, "encoding": "non_so", "mislabeled_so": True,
+                "note": "robot_type claims SO but joint dim/names don't match a 6-DOF SO arm"}
+
     is_so = is_so_robot_type(rt)
     if not is_so:
         return {**out, "is_so": False, "encoding": "non_so"}
diff --git a/community_v3_migration/fix_dataset.py b/community_v3_migration/fix_dataset.py
index 7ad58e942..4bbb0569a 100644
--- a/community_v3_migration/fix_dataset.py
+++ b/community_v3_migration/fix_dataset.py
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ def _stack(col_values) -> np.ndarray:
     return np.stack([np.asarray(v, dtype=np.float64) for v in col_values])  # (N, D)
 
 
+def _set_robot_type(root: Path, robot_type: str) -> None:
+    info_path = root / "meta" / "info.json"
+    info = json.loads(info_path.read_text())
+    info["robot_type"] = robot_type
+    info_path.write_text(json.dumps(info, indent=4))
+
+
 def _rewrite_parquet(root: Path, encoding: str) -> None:
     for pq in sorted((root / "data").glob("*/*.parquet")):
         df = pd.read_parquet(pq)
@@ -62,6 +69,14 @@ def fix_dataset_in_place(root) -> dict:
     """Returns the classification dict augmented with the action taken."""
     root = Path(root)
     cls = classify(root)
+    if cls.get("mislabeled_so"):
+        # robot_type claims SO but the joints prove otherwise (wrong dim or non-SO names).
+        # Relabel to 'unknown' and migrate structurally rather than degrees-converting on a
+        # false assumption; the joint values are left exactly as recorded.
+        _set_robot_type(root, "unknown")
+        return {**cls, "robot_type": "unknown", "converted": False,
+                "action": f"structural v2.1->v3.0 only; robot_type relabeled '{cls.get('robot_type')}'"
+                          "->'unknown' (joints don't match a 6-DOF SO arm), joint values left unchanged"}
     enc = cls.get("encoding")
     if not cls.get("is_so") or enc in ("radians", "unknown", "non_so"):
         reason = {
diff --git a/community_v3_migration/run_migration.py b/community_v3_migration/run_migration.py
index 353cb0f93..86ee9bcf4 100644
--- a/community_v3_migration/run_migration.py
+++ b/community_v3_migration/run_migration.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from huggingface_hub import HfApi
 
 import so_arm_frame
-from classify import classify, is_end_effector, is_so_robot_type, load_info
+from classify import classify, is_end_effector, load_info
 from fix_dataset import fix_dataset_in_place
 
 SRC_REPO = "HuggingFaceVLA/community_dataset_v3"
@@ -168,14 +168,6 @@ def migrate_one(api, dst_repo, sub, work_dir, no_upload) -> dict:
     if is_end_effector(info):
         return {"root": sub, "robot_type": info.get("robot_type"),
                 "action": "skipped: end-effector (task-space) dataset, out of scope"}
-    feats = info.get("features", {})
-    dims = [feats[c]["shape"][0] for c in ("action", "observation.state") if feats.get(c, {}).get("shape")]
-    if is_so_robot_type(info.get("robot_type", "") or "") and any(d % 6 != 0 for d in dims):
-        # We only migrate datasets usable right away by specifying joints: a clean stack of
-        # 6-DOF SO arms. Extra appended columns (bbox, EE pose, ...) push the dim off a
-        # multiple of 6 and mean the degrees mapping doesn't cleanly apply -> out of scope.
-        return {"root": sub, "robot_type": info.get("robot_type"),
-                "action": f"skipped: non-standard SO arm (joint dims {dims} not a multiple of 6), out of scope"}
 
     result = fix_dataset_in_place(local)          # SO-arm value fix (or structural_only)