diff --git a/spartan/scripts/deploy_network.sh b/spartan/scripts/deploy_network.sh
index ad40060dee94..f94f71d7dfed 100755
--- a/spartan/scripts/deploy_network.sh
+++ b/spartan/scripts/deploy_network.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ k8s_denoise() {
   "${SCRIPT_DIR}/k8s_enriched_denoise" "${NAMESPACE}" "$1"
 }
 
+tf_str() {
+  local value="${1:-}"
+  local default_value="${2:-null}"
+  if [[ -n "$value" ]]; then
+    value="${value//\\/\\\\}"  # escape backslashes first
+    value="${value//\"/\\\"}"  # then escape double quotes
+    echo "\"${value}\""
+  else
+    echo "$default_value"
+  fi
+}
+
 # We want to separate out these logs.
 export DENOISE=1
 ########################
@@ -97,6 +109,7 @@ SEQ_MIN_TX_PER_BLOCK=${SEQ_MIN_TX_PER_BLOCK:-0}
 SEQ_MAX_TX_PER_BLOCK=${SEQ_MAX_TX_PER_BLOCK:-8}
 SEQ_BLOCK_DURATION_MS=${SEQ_BLOCK_DURATION_MS:-}
 SEQ_BUILD_CHECKPOINT_IF_EMPTY=${SEQ_BUILD_CHECKPOINT_IF_EMPTY:-}
+SEQ_ENFORCE_TIME_TABLE=${SEQ_ENFORCE_TIME_TABLE:-}
 SEQ_SKIP_CHECKPOINT_PUBLISH_PERCENT=${SEQ_SKIP_CHECKPOINT_PUBLISH_PERCENT:-0}
 PROVER_REPLICAS=${PROVER_REPLICAS:-4}
 PROVER_AGENTS_PER_PROVER=${PROVER_AGENTS_PER_PROVER:-1}
@@ -357,13 +370,6 @@ ROLLUP_CONTRACTS_START=$(date +%s)
 DEPLOY_ROLLUP_CONTRACTS_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/../terraform/deploy-rollup-contracts"
 "${SCRIPT_DIR}/override_terraform_backend.sh" "${DEPLOY_ROLLUP_CONTRACTS_DIR}" "${CLUSTER}" "${BASE_STATE_PATH}/deploy-rollup-contracts"
 
-# Handle NETWORK variable - needs quotes for string values, null for unset
-if [[ -n "${NETWORK:-}" ]]; then
-  NETWORK_TF="\"${NETWORK}\""
-else
-  NETWORK_TF=null
-fi
-
 # Handle ETHERSCAN_API_KEY - only set when deploying or redeploying contracts
 if [[ "${VERIFY_CONTRACTS:-}" == "true" && ("${CREATE_ROLLUP_CONTRACTS}" == "true" || "${REDEPLOY_ROLLUP_CONTRACTS}" == "true") ]]; then
   ETHERSCAN_API_KEY_TF="\"${ETHERSCAN_API_KEY:-}\""
@@ -409,7 +415,7 @@ AZTEC_MANA_TARGET = ${AZTEC_MANA_TARGET:-null}
 AZTEC_PROVING_COST_PER_MANA = ${AZTEC_PROVING_COST_PER_MANA:-null}
 AZTEC_EXIT_DELAY_SECONDS = ${AZTEC_EXIT_DELAY_SECONDS:-null}
 ETHERSCAN_API_KEY = ${ETHERSCAN_API_KEY_TF}
-NETWORK = ${NETWORK_TF}
+NETWORK = $(tf_str "${NETWORK:-}")
 JOB_NAME = "deploy-rollup-contracts"
 JOB_BACKOFF_LIMIT = 3
 JOB_TTL_SECONDS_AFTER_FINISHED = 3600
@@ -508,6 +514,7 @@ SEQ_MIN_TX_PER_BLOCK = ${SEQ_MIN_TX_PER_BLOCK}
 SEQ_MAX_TX_PER_BLOCK = ${SEQ_MAX_TX_PER_BLOCK}
 SEQ_BLOCK_DURATION_MS = ${SEQ_BLOCK_DURATION_MS:-null}
 SEQ_BUILD_CHECKPOINT_IF_EMPTY = ${SEQ_BUILD_CHECKPOINT_IF_EMPTY:-null}
+SEQ_ENFORCE_TIME_TABLE = ${SEQ_ENFORCE_TIME_TABLE:-null}
 SEQ_SKIP_CHECKPOINT_PUBLISH_PERCENT = ${SEQ_SKIP_CHECKPOINT_PUBLISH_PERCENT}
 PROVER_MNEMONIC = "${LABS_INFRA_MNEMONIC}"
 PROVER_PUBLISHER_MNEMONIC_START_INDEX = ${PROVER_PUBLISHER_MNEMONIC_START_INDEX}
@@ -531,7 +538,7 @@ OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT = "${OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT}"
 DEPLOY_INTERNAL_BOOTNODE = ${DEPLOY_INTERNAL_BOOTNODE:-true}
 PROVER_REAL_PROOFS = ${PROVER_REAL_PROOFS}
 TRANSACTIONS_DISABLED = ${TRANSACTIONS_DISABLED:-null}
-NETWORK = ${NETWORK_TF}
+NETWORK = $(tf_str "${NETWORK:-}")
 STORE_SNAPSHOT_URL = ${STORE_SNAPSHOT_URL_TF}
 BOT_RESOURCE_PROFILE = "${BOT_RESOURCE_PROFILE}"
 BOT_MNEMONIC = "${LABS_INFRA_MNEMONIC}"
@@ -594,8 +601,8 @@ DEBUG_P2P_INSTRUMENT_MESSAGES = ${DEBUG_P2P_INSTRUMENT_MESSAGES:-false}
 PROVER_AGENT_INCLUDE_METRICS = "${PROVER_AGENT_INCLUDE_METRICS-null}"
 FULL_NODE_INCLUDE_METRICS = "${FULL_NODE_INCLUDE_METRICS-null}"
 
-LOG_LEVEL = "${LOG_LEVEL}"
-FISHERMAN_LOG_LEVEL = "${FISHERMAN_LOG_LEVEL}"
+LOG_LEVEL = $(tf_str "$LOG_LEVEL")
+FISHERMAN_LOG_LEVEL = $(tf_str "$FISHERMAN_LOG_LEVEL")
 
 WS_NUM_HISTORIC_CHECKPOINTS = ${WS_NUM_HISTORIC_CHECKPOINTS:-null}
 
diff --git a/spartan/terraform/deploy-aztec-infra/main.tf b/spartan/terraform/deploy-aztec-infra/main.tf
index 338cef6dffeb..89f6d5e4c35b 100644
--- a/spartan/terraform/deploy-aztec-infra/main.tf
+++ b/spartan/terraform/deploy-aztec-infra/main.tf
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ locals {
         service = {
           p2p = { publicIP = var.P2P_PUBLIC_IP }
         }
+        node = {
+          logLevel = var.LOG_LEVEL
+        }
         # spread validator pods to different nodes to avoid having two validators with the same attester keys on the same physical node
         topologySpreadConstraints = [{
           maxSkew           = 1
@@ -202,6 +205,7 @@ locals {
     "validator.node.env.SEQ_MAX_TX_PER_BLOCK"                  = var.SEQ_MAX_TX_PER_BLOCK
     "validator.node.env.SEQ_BLOCK_DURATION_MS"                 = var.SEQ_BLOCK_DURATION_MS
     "validator.node.env.SEQ_BUILD_CHECKPOINT_IF_EMPTY"         = var.SEQ_BUILD_CHECKPOINT_IF_EMPTY
+    "validator.node.env.SEQ_ENFORCE_TIME_TABLE"               = var.SEQ_ENFORCE_TIME_TABLE
     "validator.node.env.P2P_TX_POOL_DELETE_TXS_AFTER_REORG"    = var.P2P_TX_POOL_DELETE_TXS_AFTER_REORG
     "validator.node.env.L1_PRIORITY_FEE_BUMP_PERCENTAGE"       = var.VALIDATOR_L1_PRIORITY_FEE_BUMP_PERCENTAGE
     "validator.node.env.L1_PRIORITY_FEE_RETRY_BUMP_PERCENTAGE" = var.VALIDATOR_L1_PRIORITY_FEE_RETRY_BUMP_PERCENTAGE
@@ -209,7 +213,6 @@ locals {
     "validator.node.env.P2P_MAX_TX_POOL_SIZE"                  = var.P2P_MAX_TX_POOL_SIZE
     "validator.node.env.PROVER_TEST_VERIFICATION_DELAY_MS"     = var.PROVER_TEST_VERIFICATION_DELAY_MS
     "validator.node.env.DEBUG_P2P_INSTRUMENT_MESSAGES"         = var.DEBUG_P2P_INSTRUMENT_MESSAGES
-    "validator.node.logLevel"                                  = var.LOG_LEVEL
     "validator.node.secret.envEnabled"                         = true
     "validator.node.secret.mnemonic"                           = var.VALIDATOR_MNEMONIC
     "validator.node.secret.mnemonicIndex"                      = var.VALIDATOR_MNEMONIC_START_INDEX
@@ -305,6 +308,19 @@ locals {
           service = {
             p2p = { publicIP = var.P2P_PUBLIC_IP }
           }
+          node = {
+            logLevel = var.LOG_LEVEL
+          }
+        }
+        broker = {
+          node = {
+            logLevel = var.LOG_LEVEL
+          }
+        }
+        agent = {
+          node = {
+            logLevel = var.LOG_LEVEL
+          }
         }
         })], local.is_kind ? [yamlencode({
         agent = {
@@ -318,7 +334,6 @@ locals {
           "node.mnemonic"                                       = var.PROVER_MNEMONIC
           "node.mnemonicStartIndex"                             = var.PROVER_PUBLISHER_MNEMONIC_START_INDEX
           "node.node.proverRealProofs"                          = var.PROVER_REAL_PROOFS
-          "node.node.logLevel"                                  = var.LOG_LEVEL
           "node.node.env.PROVER_FAILED_PROOF_STORE"             = var.PROVER_FAILED_PROOF_STORE
           "node.node.env.PROVER_PROOF_STORE"                    = var.PROVER_PROOF_STORE
           "node.node.env.DEBUG_FORCE_TX_PROOF_VERIFICATION"     = var.DEBUG_FORCE_TX_PROOF_VERIFICATION
@@ -332,7 +347,6 @@ locals {
           "node.node.secret.mnemonic"                           = var.PROVER_MNEMONIC
           "node.node.secret.mnemonicIndex"                      = var.PROVER_PUBLISHER_MNEMONIC_START_INDEX
           "broker.node.proverRealProofs"                        = var.PROVER_REAL_PROOFS
-          "broker.node.logLevel"                                = var.LOG_LEVEL
           "broker.node.env.BOOTSTRAP_NODES"                     = "asdf"
           "broker.node.env.PROVER_BROKER_DEBUG_REPLAY_ENABLED"  = var.PROVER_BROKER_DEBUG_REPLAY_ENABLED
           "agent.node.image.repository"                         = local.prover_agent_image.repository
@@ -347,7 +361,6 @@ locals {
           "agent.node.env.PROVER_AGENT_PROOF_TYPES"             = join(",", var.PROVER_AGENT_PROOF_TYPES)
           "agent.node.env.PROVER_PROOF_STORE"                   = var.PROVER_PROOF_STORE
           "agent.node.otelIncludeMetrics"                       = var.PROVER_AGENT_INCLUDE_METRICS
-          "agent.node.logLevel"                                 = var.LOG_LEVEL
           "node.node.env.L1_PRIORITY_FEE_BUMP_PERCENTAGE"       = var.PROVER_L1_PRIORITY_FEE_BUMP_PERCENTAGE
           "node.node.env.L1_PRIORITY_FEE_RETRY_BUMP_PERCENTAGE" = var.PROVER_L1_PRIORITY_FEE_RETRY_BUMP_PERCENTAGE
           "node.node.env.P2P_MAX_TX_POOL_SIZE"                  = var.P2P_MAX_TX_POOL_SIZE
@@ -382,7 +395,7 @@ locals {
         "rpc.yaml",
         "rpc-resources-${var.RPC_RESOURCE_PROFILE}.yaml"
       ]
-      inline_values = var.RPC_INGRESS_ENABLED ? [yamlencode({
+      inline_values = concat(var.RPC_INGRESS_ENABLED ? [yamlencode({
         service = {
           p2p = { publicIP = var.P2P_PUBLIC_IP }
           rpc = {
@@ -413,7 +426,11 @@ locals {
             type    = local.is_kind ? "ClusterIP" : "LoadBalancer"
           }
         }
-      })]
+      })], var.FISHERMAN_MODE ? [yamlencode({
+        node = {
+          logLevel = var.FISHERMAN_LOG_LEVEL
+        }
+      })] : [])
 
       custom_settings = merge({
         "replicaCount"                = var.RPC_REPLICAS
@@ -449,7 +466,6 @@ locals {
           "node.secret.mnemonic"         = var.FISHERMAN_MNEMONIC
           "node.secret.mnemonicIndex"    = var.FISHERMAN_MNEMONIC_START_INDEX
           "node.env.KEY_INDEX_START"     = var.FISHERMAN_MNEMONIC_START_INDEX
-          "node.logLevel"                = var.FISHERMAN_LOG_LEVEL
           "node.env.VALIDATORS_PER_NODE" = "1"
           "node.preStartScript"          = "source /scripts/get-private-key.sh"
         } : {}
diff --git a/spartan/terraform/deploy-aztec-infra/variables.tf b/spartan/terraform/deploy-aztec-infra/variables.tf
index 358e2b0ec335..a03fa5550cc6 100644
--- a/spartan/terraform/deploy-aztec-infra/variables.tf
+++ b/spartan/terraform/deploy-aztec-infra/variables.tf
@@ -343,6 +343,13 @@ variable "SEQ_MAX_TX_PER_BLOCK" {
   default     = "8"
 }
 
+variable "SEQ_ENFORCE_TIME_TABLE" {
+  description = "Whether to enforce the time table when building blocks"
+  type        = string
+  nullable    = true
+  default     = null
+}
+
 variable "SEQ_SKIP_CHECKPOINT_PUBLISH_PERCENT" {
   description = "Percentage probability of skipping checkpoint publishing"
   type        = string