diff --git a/upload-api/migration-sap-smartedit/libs/contentTypes.ts b/upload-api/migration-sap-smartedit/libs/contentTypes.ts
index dc9fa0e2..a785dc59 100644
--- a/upload-api/migration-sap-smartedit/libs/contentTypes.ts
+++ b/upload-api/migration-sap-smartedit/libs/contentTypes.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import config from '../config/index.json';
 import { CT, DataConfig, Field } from '../interface/interface';
 import mapField, { baseField } from './schemaMapper';
-import { ensureDir, writeJson, parseImpexPath, ImpexColumnDef } from '../utils/helper';
+import { ensureDir, writeJson, parseImpexPath, ImpexColumnDef, ImpexTypeBlock } from '../utils/helper';
 
 const { contentTypes: contentTypesConfig } = config.modules;
 const contentTypeFolderPath = path.resolve(config.data, contentTypesConfig.dirName);
@@ -252,6 +252,31 @@ function ensureMandatoryFields(fieldMapping: Field[]): void {
   urlField.advanced = { ...urlField.advanced, mandatory: true };
 }
 
+/**
+ * The api writes the source id as the entry title when a row's label is blank or
+ * shared by several items (two CMSNavigationNodes both titled "Accessories"), so
+ * titles stay unique. That overwrote the only copy of the label: the SAP text was
+ * lost, and a storefront could not tell "untitled in SAP" from a real title. When
+ * any row would fall back like that, keep the label column as its own field too.
+ */
+function keepSourceLabel(fieldMapping: Field[], block: ImpexTypeBlock): void {
+  const titleField = fieldMapping.find((f) => f.contentstackFieldUid === 'title');
+  const col = titleField?.otherCmsField;
+  if (!col || !block.columns.has(col)) return; // synthesized title: no label column to keep
+  const owners = new Map<string, Set<string>>();
+  let blank = false;
+  for (const row of block.rows) {
+    const label = row[col];
+    if (!label) { blank = true; continue; }
+    if (!owners.has(label)) owners.set(label, new Set());
+    owners.get(label)!.add(row.uid ?? row.code ?? JSON.stringify(row));
+  }
+  if (!blank && [...owners.values()].every((ids) => ids.size === 1)) return;
+  const field = baseField(`source_${col}`, 'string', 'single_line_text');
+  field.otherCmsField = col;
+  fieldMapping.push(field);
+}
+
 /**
  * Parse the ImpEx export into Contentstack content-type schemas.
  *
@@ -327,6 +352,7 @@ async function extractContentTypes(
       }
 
       ensureMandatoryFields(fieldMapping);
+      keepSourceLabel(fieldMapping, block);
 
       const contentType = {
         otherCmsTitle: type,
diff --git a/upload-api/tests/fixtures/sap-smartedit-source-label/nav-node-label.impex b/upload-api/tests/fixtures/sap-smartedit-source-label/nav-node-label.impex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..691b058b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upload-api/tests/fixtures/sap-smartedit-source-label/nav-node-label.impex
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+INSERT_UPDATE CMSNavigationNode; uid[unique=true]; title[lang=en]; parent(uid)
+                                ; AccessoriesNavNode; Accessories; Root
+                                ; AccessoriesCatNavNode; Accessories; Root
+                                ; LeafNavNode; ; Root
+                                ; BrandsNavNode; Brands; Root
+
+INSERT_UPDATE CMSParagraphComponent; uid[unique=true]; name; content
+                                   ; para1; First Paragraph; <p>a</p>
+                                   ; para2; Second Paragraph; <p>b</p>
+
+INSERT_UPDATE CMSNavigationEntry; uid[unique=true]; navigationNode(uid); item(uid)
+                                ; entry1; LeafNavNode; para1
diff --git a/upload-api/tests/unit/migration-sap-smartedit/contentTypes.sourceLabel.test.ts b/upload-api/tests/unit/migration-sap-smartedit/contentTypes.sourceLabel.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25105b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upload-api/tests/unit/migration-sap-smartedit/contentTypes.sourceLabel.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from 'vitest';
+import path from 'path';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import { extractContentTypes } from '../../../migration-sap-smartedit/index';
+
+/**
+ * The api titles an entry by its source id when the label is blank or shared, which
+ * overwrote the only copy of the SAP label (two nav nodes titled "Accessories" lost
+ * it). Types where that fallback can happen keep the label in its own field.
+ */
+const FIXTURE = path.join(__dirname, '../../fixtures/sap-smartedit-source-label/nav-node-label.impex');
+
+let cts: any[] = [];
+const fields = (type: string) => cts.find((c) => c.otherCmsTitle === type)?.fieldMapping ?? [];
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  cts = (await extractContentTypes('cs', FIXTURE, {} as any)) as any[];
+});
+
+afterAll(() => {
+  fs.rmSync(path.join(process.cwd(), 'cmsMigrationData'), { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+describe('keepSourceLabel — the label survives a title that falls back to the id', () => {
+  it('adds source_title, read from the title column, when labels are shared or blank', () => {
+    const f = fields('CMSNavigationNode').find((x: any) => x.contentstackFieldUid === 'source_title');
+    expect(f?.otherCmsField).toBe('title');
+    expect(f?.contentstackFieldType).toBe('single_line_text');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps title itself mapped to the same column', () => {
+    expect(fields('CMSNavigationNode').find((x: any) => x.contentstackFieldUid === 'title')?.otherCmsField).toBe('title');
+  });
+
+  it('adds nothing when the type has no label column (title is synthesized)', () => {
+    expect(fields('CMSNavigationEntry').some((x: any) => x.contentstackFieldUid.startsWith('source_'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('adds nothing when every label is present and unique', () => {
+    expect(fields('CMSParagraphComponent').some((x: any) => x.contentstackFieldUid.startsWith('source_'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+});