When attempting to copy an item declared as a record, ShareGate Migrate displays one of the following error messages:

Or the following warning:

The warning happens when ShareGate Migrate identifies that the user is not a site collection administrator at the destination. This prevents ShareGate Migrate from detecting if the record and policy settings on the destination site collection will allow the migration to run properly. In this situation, you can verify with your administrator if the settings are correct or perform a test with a few records to see if they migrate correctly. For more information about limitations for users who are not site collection administrators, see Records limitations.

The errors can happen if the 'Declaration Roles' setting is set to 'Only policy actions'. This setting prevents ShareGate Migrate from declaring copied items as records since ShareGate Migrate cannot act as a policy action.

Temporarily modify the site collection Record Declaration Settings to remove the declaration of records by policy actions:

This will allow ShareGate Migrate to declare copied items as records and prevent errors.