diff --git a/rdagent/components/coder/factor_coder/auto_fixer.py b/rdagent/components/coder/factor_coder/auto_fixer.py
index 7aec60d9..35e2afaa 100644
--- a/rdagent/components/coder/factor_coder/auto_fixer.py
+++ b/rdagent/components/coder/factor_coder/auto_fixer.py
@@ -258,6 +258,39 @@ class FactorAutoFixer:
             fixed_code = re.sub(r"\.groupby\(\['instrument'\]\)", ".groupby(level=1)", fixed_code)
             self.fixes_applied.append("multiindex_groupby: groupby(['instrument']) → groupby(level=1)")
 
+        # groupby(level=['instrument', 'date']) — uses level= keyword with string names.
+        # 'date' is NOT a valid level name in our (datetime, instrument) MultiIndex;
+        # replace with get_level_values to normalize datetime to daily timestamps.
+        fixed_code = re.sub(
+            r"(\w+)\.groupby\(level=\['instrument',\s*'date'\]\)",
+            lambda m: (
+                self.fixes_applied.append(
+                    f"multiindex_groupby: {m.group(0)[:60]} → two-level get_level_values"
+                )
+                or f"{m.group(1)}.groupby([{m.group(1)}.index.get_level_values(1), "
+                f"{m.group(1)}.index.get_level_values(0).normalize()])"
+            ),
+            fixed_code,
+        )
+        # groupby(level=['date', 'instrument'])
+        fixed_code = re.sub(
+            r"(\w+)\.groupby\(level=\['date',\s*'instrument'\]\)",
+            lambda m: (
+                self.fixes_applied.append(
+                    f"multiindex_groupby: {m.group(0)[:60]} → two-level get_level_values"
+                )
+                or f"{m.group(1)}.groupby([{m.group(1)}.index.get_level_values(0).normalize(), "
+                f"{m.group(1)}.index.get_level_values(1)])"
+            ),
+            fixed_code,
+        )
+        # single: groupby(level=['instrument']) → groupby(level=1)
+        fixed_code = re.sub(
+            r"\.groupby\(level=\['instrument'\]\)",
+            lambda m: (self.fixes_applied.append("multiindex_groupby: groupby(level=['instrument']) → level=1") or ".groupby(level=1)"),
+            fixed_code,
+        )
+
         return fixed_code
 
     def _fix_chained_groupby(self, code: str) -> str:
@@ -584,6 +617,26 @@ class FactorAutoFixer:
             fixed_code = fixed_code.replace(old_code, new_code)
             self.fixes_applied.append(f"groupby: fixed rolling correlation (window={window}) with reset_index")
 
+        # === GENERAL FIX: DF.groupby(level=N)['col'].apply(lambda x: EXPR) ===
+        # apply() on a grouped Series returns a MultiIndex result (extra level prepended),
+        # causing index shape mismatch when assigned back to df['col'].
+        # Replace with transform() which preserves the original index.
+        col_apply_pattern = re.compile(
+            r"(\w+)\.groupby\(level=(\d+)\)\['([^']+)'\]\.apply\((\s*lambda\s+\w+\s*:.*?)\)",
+            re.DOTALL,
+        )
+        for m in list(col_apply_pattern.finditer(fixed_code)):
+            full = m.group(0)
+            df_var = m.group(1)
+            level = m.group(2)
+            col = m.group(3)
+            lam = m.group(4).strip()
+            new_expr = f"{df_var}.groupby(level={level})['{col}'].transform({lam})"
+            fixed_code = fixed_code.replace(full, new_expr, 1)
+            self.fixes_applied.append(
+                f"groupby: {df_var}.groupby(level={level})['{col}'].apply() → transform()"
+            )
+
         # Pattern: Simple groupby().apply() with rolling().method()
         # df.groupby(level=N).apply(lambda x: x['col'].rolling(...).method())
         apply_pattern = r"df\.groupby\(level=(\d+)\)\.apply\(\s*lambda\s+x:\s+x\['([^']+)'\]\.rolling\([^)]+\)\.(\w+)\([^)]*\)\s*\)"
diff --git a/test/qlib/test_auto_fixer.py b/test/qlib/test_auto_fixer.py
index 4db980ef..5561da81 100644
--- a/test/qlib/test_auto_fixer.py
+++ b/test/qlib/test_auto_fixer.py
@@ -156,6 +156,41 @@ class TestInstrumentLocMultiindex:
         assert "df.loc[date]" in result
 
 
+class TestGroupbyLevelStringNames:
+    def test_level_instrument_date_replaced(self, fixer):
+        code = "df.groupby(level=['instrument', 'date'])['col'].transform('sum')"
+        result = fixer.fix(code)
+        assert "get_level_values(1)" in result
+        assert "get_level_values(0).normalize()" in result
+        assert "level=['instrument', 'date']" not in result
+
+    def test_level_date_instrument_replaced(self, fixer):
+        code = "data.groupby(level=['date', 'instrument'])['x'].mean()"
+        result = fixer.fix(code)
+        assert "get_level_values(0).normalize()" in result
+        assert "get_level_values(1)" in result
+
+    def test_level_instrument_single_replaced(self, fixer):
+        code = "df.groupby(level=['instrument'])['vol'].sum()"
+        result = fixer.fix(code)
+        assert "groupby(level=1)" in result
+        assert "level=['instrument']" not in result
+
+
+class TestGroupbyApplyToTransform:
+    def test_col_apply_lambda_replaced(self, fixer):
+        code = "df_overlap.groupby(level=1)['$close'].apply(lambda x: np.log(x / x.shift(1)))"
+        result = fixer.fix(code)
+        assert ".transform(" in result
+        assert ".apply(" not in result
+
+    def test_col_apply_lambda_preserves_lambda_body(self, fixer):
+        code = "series.groupby(level=1)['ret'].apply(lambda x: x.cumsum())"
+        result = fixer.fix(code)
+        assert "lambda x: x.cumsum()" in result
+        assert ".transform(" in result
+
+
 class TestRollingDdof:
     def test_removes_ddof_from_rolling_args(self, fixer):
         result = fixer.fix("df.rolling(20, min_periods=1, ddof=1).std()")