diff --git a/.test_patterns.yml b/.test_patterns.yml
index e3743de0d2d1..f2ca051040c9 100644
--- a/.test_patterns.yml
+++ b/.test_patterns.yml
@@ -382,3 +382,12 @@ tests:
     error_regex: "✕ verifies transactions at 10 TPS"
     owners:
       - *phil
+
+  # http://ci.aztec-labs.com/4890aba571900836
+  # Recently added; `warpToSlotBeforeTargetProposer` flakes on the merge train (small epoch
+  # plus 2-slot buffer leaves 1–2 probed slots per attempt, so the 20-attempt budget can
+  # exhaust before the 6-validator committee rotates the target into a reachable slot).
+  # Until the helper is widened to span multiple epochs, treat any failure of this test as a flake.
+  - regex: "src/e2e_p2p/sentinel_status_slash.parallel.test.ts"
+    owners:
+      - *phil