diff --git a/internal/platform/audit.go b/internal/platform/audit.go
index ff69ff8..4719a57 100644
--- a/internal/platform/audit.go
+++ b/internal/platform/audit.go
@@ -30,9 +30,17 @@ var (
 )
 
 const (
-	platformLabel  = "eks-agent-platform/platform"
-	tenantLabel    = "eks-agent-platform/tenant"
-	personaLabel   = "eks-agent-platform/persona"
+	// Canonical ownership labels (resource-tagging standard). The operator
+	// stamps these on each tenant namespace; the audit accepts the legacy
+	// eks-agent-platform/* keys below as a fallback for a not-yet-migrated cluster.
+	platformLabel = "agents.nanohype.dev/platform"
+	tenantLabel   = "agents.nanohype.dev/tenant"
+	personaLabel  = "agents.nanohype.dev/persona"
+
+	legacyPlatformLabel = "eks-agent-platform/platform"
+	legacyTenantLabel   = "eks-agent-platform/tenant"
+	legacyPersonaLabel  = "eks-agent-platform/persona"
+
 	pssEnforce     = "pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce"
 	irsaAnnotation = "eks.amazonaws.com/role-arn"
 
@@ -112,11 +120,22 @@ func auditPlatform(ctx context.Context, typed kubernetes.Interface, dyn dynamic.
 			fmt.Sprintf("namespace %s is %q, want restricted", pssEnforce, orUnset(nsObj.Labels[pssEnforce])),
 			"Restore the restricted Pod Security Standards label on the tenant namespace."))
 	}
-	for key, want := range map[string]string{platformLabel: name, tenantLabel: tenant, personaLabel: persona} {
-		if nsObj.Labels[key] != want {
+	// Read the canonical label, falling back to the legacy eks-agent-platform/*
+	// key so the audit is correct against both a migrated and a not-yet-migrated
+	// cluster. Ordered (not a map) for deterministic finding output.
+	for _, c := range []struct{ key, legacy, want string }{
+		{platformLabel, legacyPlatformLabel, name},
+		{tenantLabel, legacyTenantLabel, tenant},
+		{personaLabel, legacyPersonaLabel, persona},
+	} {
+		got := nsObj.Labels[c.key]
+		if got == "" {
+			got = nsObj.Labels[c.legacy]
+		}
+		if got != c.want {
 			out = append(out, f(cloud.SeverityLow, cloud.PlatformLabelMissing, ns,
-				fmt.Sprintf("namespace label %s is %q, want %q", key, orUnset(nsObj.Labels[key]), want),
-				"Restore the eks-agent-platform ownership labels (drive cost attribution and network selection)."))
+				fmt.Sprintf("namespace label %s is %q, want %q", c.key, orUnset(got), c.want),
+				"Restore the agents.nanohype.dev ownership labels (drive cost attribution and network selection)."))
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/platform/audit_test.go b/internal/platform/audit_test.go
index c16db4d..68d7ecf 100644
--- a/internal/platform/audit_test.go
+++ b/internal/platform/audit_test.go
@@ -142,6 +142,24 @@ func TestAudit_Conformant(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAudit_AcceptsLegacyLabels(t *testing.T) {
+	// A not-yet-migrated cluster still carries the legacy eks-agent-platform/*
+	// ownership labels; the audit must accept them via fallback (no
+	// PlatformLabelMissing finding) and stay otherwise conformant.
+	objs := conformantObjects()
+	objs[0] = &corev1.Namespace{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: tNS, Labels: map[string]string{
+		pssEnforce: "restricted", legacyPlatformLabel: tName, legacyTenantLabel: tTen, legacyPersonaLabel: tPers,
+	}}}
+	typed := kubefake.NewSimpleClientset(objs...)
+	findings, err := Audit(context.Background(), typed, conformantDyn(), conformantRole())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(findings) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("legacy labels should be accepted, got %d findings: %+v", len(findings), findings)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAudit_DriftDetected(t *testing.T) {
 	// Namespace exists but PSS is wrong; NetworkPolicy and ServiceAccount absent.
 	typed := kubefake.NewSimpleClientset(