diff --git a/roborock/device_features.py b/roborock/device_features.py
index e61a119d..f92d6b3e 100644
--- a/roborock/device_features.py
+++ b/roborock/device_features.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Self
 
 from roborock.data.code_mappings import RoborockProductNickname
-from roborock.data.containers import RoborockBase
+from roborock.data.containers import RoborockBase, _decamelize
 from roborock.data.v1 import RoborockDockTypeCode
 
 
@@ -654,6 +654,26 @@ def from_feature_flags(
 
         return cls(**kwargs)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def from_dict(cls, data: dict[str, Any]) -> Self | None:
+        """Create device features, rejecting incomplete cached capabilities.
+
+        Persisted feature data may have been written by an older version of the
+        library that did not yet know about every capability. Missing boolean
+        fields therefore mean the cached feature set is stale, not that those
+        capabilities are unsupported. Return ``None`` so callers rediscover the
+        complete feature set from the device.
+        """
+        if not isinstance(data, dict):
+            return None
+
+        serialized_fields = {_decamelize(key) for key in data}
+        required_fields = {feature.name for feature in fields(cls) if feature.type is bool}
+        if not required_fields.issubset(serialized_fields):
+            return None
+
+        return super().from_dict(data)
+
     def get_supported_features(self) -> list[str]:
         """Returns a list of supported features (Primarily used for logging purposes)."""
         return [k for k, v in vars(self).items() if v]
diff --git a/tests/test_supported_features.py b/tests/test_supported_features.py
index 5a19f5b1..387eeb33 100644
--- a/tests/test_supported_features.py
+++ b/tests/test_supported_features.py
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
+import logging
 from dataclasses import asdict
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
 
 import pytest
 from syrupy import SnapshotAssertion
 
 from roborock import SHORT_MODEL_TO_ENUM
+from roborock.data import HomeDataProduct
 from roborock.data.code_mappings import RoborockProductNickname
 from roborock.data.v1 import RoborockDockTypeCode
 from roborock.device_features import DeviceFeatures, RoborockDockFeatures, is_valid_dock, is_wash_n_fill_dock
+from roborock.devices.cache import CacheData, DeviceCache, InMemoryCache
+from roborock.devices.traits.v1.device_features import DeviceFeaturesTrait
+from roborock.roborock_typing import RoborockCommand
 from tests import mock_data
 
 # RR_API DockConfigs snapshot from the Qrevo Edge 2 bundle decoded on 2026-07-11.
@@ -202,6 +208,49 @@ def test_shake_mop_feature_bit_boundary(new_feature_info: int, expected: bool) -
     assert device_features.is_clean_route_setting_supported is expected
 
 
+async def test_from_dict_rejects_legacy_missing_capabilities(caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture) -> None:
+    """Test stale cached features become a quiet cache miss."""
+    device_features = DeviceFeatures.from_feature_flags(
+        new_feature_info=262144,
+        new_feature_info_str="",
+        feature_info=[],
+        product_nickname=None,
+    )
+    legacy_data = device_features.as_dict()
+    for legacy_missing_key in (
+        "isAiRecognitionSettingSupported",
+        "isAiRecognitionObstacleSupported",
+        "isRollerMopSupported",
+    ):
+        del legacy_data[legacy_missing_key]
+
+    restored = DeviceFeatures.from_dict(legacy_data)
+
+    assert restored is None
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.ERROR):
+        cache_data = CacheData.from_dict({"deviceInfo": {"legacy-device": {"deviceFeatures": legacy_data}}})
+
+    assert cache_data.device_info["legacy-device"].device_features is None
+    assert not caplog.records
+
+    cache = InMemoryCache()
+    await cache.set(cache_data)
+    device_cache = DeviceCache("legacy-device", cache)
+    product = HomeDataProduct.from_dict(mock_data.PRODUCTS["home_data_product_a27.json"])
+    trait = DeviceFeaturesTrait(product, device_cache)
+    rpc_channel = AsyncMock()
+    rpc_channel.send_command.return_value = [mock_data.APP_GET_INIT_STATUS]
+    trait._rpc_channel = rpc_channel
+
+    await trait.refresh()
+
+    rpc_channel.send_command.assert_awaited_once_with(RoborockCommand.APP_GET_INIT_STATUS)
+    assert trait.is_ai_recognition_setting_supported
+    assert trait.is_ai_recognition_obstacle_supported
+    assert (await device_cache.get()).device_features is trait
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("dock_type", "is_collectable", "is_washable"),
     [