diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_sequencer/escape_hatch_vote_only.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_sequencer/escape_hatch_vote_only.test.ts
index 401c4159176b..d235815b15ff 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_sequencer/escape_hatch_vote_only.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_sequencer/escape_hatch_vote_only.test.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ describe('e2e_escape_hatch_vote_only', () => {
       minTxsPerBlock: 0,
       enforceTimeTable: true,
       automineL1Setup: true,
+      // Pipelining opts — exercise the §6 B5 fix (tryVoteWhenEscapeHatchOpen signing/submitting for targetSlot).
+      // inboxLag: 2 so the sequencer sources L1->L2 messages from a sealed checkpoint when building for slot+1.
+      enableProposerPipelining: true,
+      inboxLag: 2,
     });
 
     ({
@@ -142,19 +146,38 @@ describe('e2e_escape_hatch_vote_only', () => {
   afterEach(() => teardown());
 
   it('casts governance signals and advances checkpoints while escape hatch is closed', async () => {
+    const sequencer = sequencerClient!.getSequencer();
+
     // Enable voting from the sequencer.
     await aztecNodeAdmin!.setConfig({
       governanceProposerPayload: newGovernanceProposerPayloadAddress,
       minTxsPerBlock: 0,
     });
 
-    // Set up event listeners to track sequencer behavior
+    // We need to set it for hatch 1, and then make a time jump. We do this such that we don't pollute the epoch cache.
+    // The warp must happen before we attach failure-event listeners, because any checkpoint proposal in flight at warp
+    // time will fail (its propose tx becomes invalid after the L1 timestamp jump) — that is a test-setup artifact, not
+    // a behavior we are asserting on.
+    if (OPEN_THE_HATCH) {
+      await ethCheatCodes.store(
+        await rollup.getEscapeHatchAddress(),
+        ethCheatCodes.keccak256(BigInt(EscapeHatchStorage.find(s => s.label === '$designatedProposer')!.slot), 1n),
+        escapeHatchProposerAddress.toField().toBigInt(),
+      );
+      expect(await rollup.isEscapeHatchOpen(EpochNumber(Number(ESCAPE_HATCH_FREQUENCY)))).toBeTruthy();
+
+      logger.info(`Advancing to epoch ${ESCAPE_HATCH_FREQUENCY}`);
+
+      await cheatCodes.rollup.advanceToEpoch(EpochNumber(Number(ESCAPE_HATCH_FREQUENCY)), {
+        offset: -ETHEREUM_SLOT_DURATION,
+      });
+    }
+
+    // Set up event listeners to track sequencer behavior during the vote-only window
     const failEvents: Array<{ type: keyof SequencerEvents; args: any }> = [];
     const blockProposedEvents: Array<{ blockNumber: any; slot: any }> = [];
     const checkpointPublishedEvents: Array<{ checkpoint: any; slot: any }> = [];
 
-    const sequencer = sequencerClient!.getSequencer();
-
     // Track failure events that indicate problems
     const failEventTypes: (keyof SequencerEvents)[] = [
       'block-build-failed',
@@ -192,22 +215,6 @@ describe('e2e_escape_hatch_vote_only', () => {
       logger.warn(`Sequencer published checkpoint when escape hatch should be open`, args);
     });
 
-    // We need to set it for hatch 1, and then make a time jump. We do this such that we don't pollute the epoch cache
-    if (OPEN_THE_HATCH) {
-      await ethCheatCodes.store(
-        await rollup.getEscapeHatchAddress(),
-        ethCheatCodes.keccak256(BigInt(EscapeHatchStorage.find(s => s.label === '$designatedProposer')!.slot), 1n),
-        escapeHatchProposerAddress.toField().toBigInt(),
-      );
-      expect(await rollup.isEscapeHatchOpen(EpochNumber(Number(ESCAPE_HATCH_FREQUENCY)))).toBeTruthy();
-
-      logger.info(`Advancing to epoch ${ESCAPE_HATCH_FREQUENCY}`);
-
-      await cheatCodes.rollup.advanceToEpoch(EpochNumber(Number(ESCAPE_HATCH_FREQUENCY)), {
-        offset: -ETHEREUM_SLOT_DURATION,
-      });
-    }
-
     const getStats = async () => ({
       slot: await rollup.getSlotNumber(),
       epoch: await rollup.getEpochNumberForSlotNumber(await rollup.getSlotNumber()),
@@ -229,20 +236,37 @@ describe('e2e_escape_hatch_vote_only', () => {
       1,
     );
 
-    const finalStats = await getStats();
-
-    // Due to the the stats not being pulled at the same time, a vote could land after the slot is fetched, but before the votes are.
-    // Therefore, we use the slots passed as the lower bound.
-    const slotsPassed = finalStats.slot - initialStats.slot;
+    // Snapshot the slot we will assert against now; under proposer pipelining the sequencer signs a vote in build
+    // slot N for target slot N+1 and submits it at the start of N+1, so the votes corresponding to slots up through
+    // `slotAtMeasurement` lag the current slot by one. Wait for the L1 slot to advance one more so the last
+    // in-flight vote (signed for `slotAtMeasurement`) has time to mine before we count votes.
+    const slotAtMeasurement = await rollup.getSlotNumber();
+    const slotsPassed = slotAtMeasurement - initialStats.slot;
     expect(slotsPassed).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    const drainTarget = slotAtMeasurement + 2;
+    await retryUntil(
+      () => rollup.getSlotNumber().then(s => s >= drainTarget),
+      'pipelined vote drain',
+      AZTEC_SLOT_DURATION * 4,
+      1,
+    );
+
+    const finalStats = await getStats();
     expect(finalStats.votes - initialStats.votes).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(slotsPassed);
     if (OPEN_THE_HATCH) {
       expect(finalStats.pending - initialStats.pending).toBe(0);
 
       // When escape hatch is open, sequencer should only vote, not build blocks nor checkpoints, but there should also be no failures.
-      expect(blockProposedEvents).toEqual([]);
-      expect(failEvents).toEqual([]);
-      expect(checkpointPublishedEvents).toEqual([]);
+      // Filter out events corresponding to pre-warp slots — they are checkpoint proposals that were in flight when
+      // the test warped past their target slot and whose L1 propose tx then fails. That's a setup artifact of the
+      // warp, not behavior we are asserting on in the vote-only window.
+      const inVoteOnlyWindow = <T extends { slot?: any; args?: { slot?: any } }>(e: T) => {
+        const slotValue = (e as any).slot ?? (e as any).args?.slot;
+        return slotValue === undefined || Number(slotValue) >= Number(initialStats.slot);
+      };
+      expect(blockProposedEvents.filter(inVoteOnlyWindow)).toEqual([]);
+      expect(failEvents.filter(inVoteOnlyWindow)).toEqual([]);
+      expect(checkpointPublishedEvents.filter(inVoteOnlyWindow)).toEqual([]);
     } else {
       expect(finalStats.pending - initialStats.pending).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(slotsPassed);
     }
diff --git a/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.ts b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.ts
index 83f9cb174b97..6dda210dad1a 100644
--- a/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.ts
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ export class Sequencer extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEventEmitter<Sequ
       this.setState(SequencerState.PROPOSER_CHECK, slot);
       const [canPropose, proposer] = await this.checkCanPropose(targetSlot);
       if (canPropose) {
-        await this.tryVoteWhenEscapeHatchOpen({ slot, proposer });
+        await this.tryVoteWhenEscapeHatchOpen({ slot, targetSlot, proposer });
       } else {
         this.log.trace(`Escape hatch open but we are not proposer, skipping vote-only actions`, {
           slot,
@@ -883,9 +883,10 @@ export class Sequencer extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEventEmitter<Sequ
   @trackSpan('Sequencer.tryVoteWhenEscapeHatchOpen', ({ slot }) => ({ [Attributes.SLOT_NUMBER]: slot }))
   protected async tryVoteWhenEscapeHatchOpen(args: {
     slot: SlotNumber;
+    targetSlot: SlotNumber;
     proposer: EthAddress | undefined;
   }): Promise<void> {
-    const { slot, proposer } = args;
+    const { slot, targetSlot, proposer } = args;
 
     // Prevent duplicate attempts in the same slot
     if (this.lastSlotForFallbackVote === slot) {
@@ -898,10 +899,19 @@ export class Sequencer extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEventEmitter<Sequ
 
     const { attestorAddress, publisher } = await this.publisherFactory.create(proposer);
 
-    this.log.debug(`Escape hatch open for slot ${slot}, attempting vote-only actions`, { slot, attestorAddress });
+    this.log.debug(`Escape hatch open for slot ${slot}, attempting vote-only actions`, {
+      slot,
+      targetSlot,
+      attestorAddress,
+    });
 
+    // Under proposer pipelining, the multicall is expected to mine in `targetSlot` (slot + 1).
+    // Governance and slashing votes are EIP-712-signed against the slot they will mine in, and the
+    // L1 contract checks `msg.sender == getCurrentProposer()` using the mining slot. So we must
+    // sign for `targetSlot` and delay submission to the start of `targetSlot`. When pipelining is
+    // disabled `targetSlot == slot` and `sendRequestsAt` resolves with no extra sleep.
     const voter = new CheckpointVoter(
-      slot,
+      targetSlot,
       publisher,
       attestorAddress,
       this.validatorClient,
@@ -920,13 +930,15 @@ export class Sequencer extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEventEmitter<Sequ
       return;
     }
 
-    this.log.info(`Voting in slot ${slot} (escape hatch open)`, { slot });
-    // Votes are EIP-712-signed for `slot` (the slot in which the multicall is expected to mine).
-    // Without threading the slot through, bundleSimulate would override block.timestamp to the
-    // wall-clock current slot, which can be one L2 slot earlier than `slot`. The L1 contract
-    // then reads `signaler = getCurrentProposer()` against the wrong slot, so signature
-    // verification fails inside Multicall3 and every governance/slashing entry is dropped.
-    await publisher.sendRequestsAt(slot);
+    this.log.info(`Voting in slot ${slot} (escape hatch open)`, { slot, targetSlot });
+    // Votes are EIP-712-signed for `targetSlot`. Delay submission to the start of `targetSlot` so
+    // the multicall mines in the slot the votes were signed for; otherwise the L1 contract reads
+    // `signaler = getCurrentProposer()` against the wrong slot and signature verification fails
+    // silently inside Multicall3. Fire-and-forget so we don't block the sequencer's work loop while
+    // waiting for the target slot to start, mirroring tryVoteWhenSyncFails.
+    void publisher.sendRequestsAt(targetSlot).catch(err => {
+      this.log.error(`Failed to publish escape-hatch votes for slot ${slot}`, err, { slot, targetSlot });
+    });
   }
 
   /**