diff --git a/modules/bitgo/test/v2/unit/pendingApproval.ts b/modules/bitgo/test/v2/unit/pendingApproval.ts
index 3a71b58d1d..880faf96ad 100644
--- a/modules/bitgo/test/v2/unit/pendingApproval.ts
+++ b/modules/bitgo/test/v2/unit/pendingApproval.ts
@@ -706,4 +706,58 @@ describe('Pending Approvals:', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('message-sign approvals (transactionRequestFull)', () => {
+    const buildMessageSignPendingApprovalData = (intentType: string): PendingApprovalData => ({
+      id: 'pa-msg',
+      info: {
+        type: Type.TRANSACTION_REQUEST_FULL,
+        transactionRequestFull: {
+          txRequestId: 'txreq-msg-1',
+          intent: { intentType },
+        },
+      } as PendingApprovalInfo,
+      state: State.PENDING,
+      creator: 'test',
+      txRequestId: 'txreq-msg-1',
+    });
+
+    ['signMessage', 'signTypedStructuredData'].forEach((intentType) => {
+      it(`should approve without the post-approve auto-sign for a ${intentType} approval`, async () => {
+        // EVM coin: canRecreateTransaction is true with a walletPassphrase, so
+        // without the message-sign guard the auto-sign below would run.
+        const ethBaseCoin = bitgo.coin('teth');
+        const paData = buildMessageSignPendingApprovalData(intentType);
+        const pendingApproval = new PendingApproval(bitgo, ethBaseCoin, paData, wallet);
+
+        const paScope = nock(bgUrl)
+          .put(`/api/v2/teth/pendingapprovals/pa-msg`, { state: 'approved', otp: undefined })
+          .reply(200, { ...paData, state: 'approved' });
+        const recreateTransactionTssStub = sandbox.stub(PendingApproval.prototype, 'recreateAndSignTSSTransaction');
+
+        await pendingApproval.approve({ walletPassphrase: 'pass' });
+
+        // Message requests have no unsigned transaction; the post-approve
+        // auto-sign must never run for them (it reads transactions[0].unsignedTx).
+        recreateTransactionTssStub.notCalled.should.be.true();
+        paScope.isDone().should.be.true();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should keep the post-approve auto-sign for transaction approvals', async () => {
+      const ethBaseCoin = bitgo.coin('teth');
+      const paData = buildMessageSignPendingApprovalData('payment');
+      const pendingApproval = new PendingApproval(bitgo, ethBaseCoin, paData, wallet);
+
+      const paScope = nock(bgUrl)
+        .put(`/api/v2/teth/pendingapprovals/pa-msg`, { state: 'approved', otp: undefined })
+        .reply(200, { ...paData, state: 'approved' });
+      const recreateTransactionTssStub = sandbox.stub(PendingApproval.prototype, 'recreateAndSignTSSTransaction');
+
+      await pendingApproval.approve({ walletPassphrase: 'pass' });
+
+      recreateTransactionTssStub.calledOnce.should.be.true();
+      paScope.isDone().should.be.true();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/pendingApproval/iPendingApproval.ts b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/pendingApproval/iPendingApproval.ts
index 5b33a47e22..6b12a9d96e 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/pendingApproval/iPendingApproval.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/pendingApproval/iPendingApproval.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,21 @@ export interface PendingApprovalInfo {
     };
     sourceWallet?: string;
   };
+  /**
+   * Present on transactionRequestFull pending approvals. `intent` is echoed
+   * by wallet-platform (with finalizeUnwrap secrets stripped) and is the only
+   * client-visible signal for message-sign approvals: message requests carry
+   * intentType 'signMessage' or 'signTypedStructuredData' and have NO
+   * unsigned transaction, so post-approval auto-sign must not run for them.
+   */
+  transactionRequestFull?: {
+    txRequestId?: string;
+    intent?: {
+      intentType?: string;
+      [index: string]: unknown;
+    };
+    [index: string]: unknown;
+  };
 }
 
 export interface PendingApprovalData {
diff --git a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/pendingApproval/pendingApproval.ts b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/pendingApproval/pendingApproval.ts
index 4f18b59d69..7fdd8f28e3 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/pendingApproval/pendingApproval.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/pendingApproval/pendingApproval.ts
@@ -489,12 +489,31 @@ export class PendingApproval implements IPendingApproval {
               reqId
             );
           } else if (this.canRecreateTransaction(params) && this.baseCoin.supportsTss()) {
+            if (this.isMessageSigningRequest()) {
+              // Message-sign approvals (WalletConnect personal_sign / EIP-712)
+              // have no unsigned transaction: the auto recreate-and-sign below
+              // reads transactions[0].unsignedTx and crashes on them. The
+              // message is signed separately via signAndSendMessageTxRequest
+              // once the approval resolves, so approving ends here.
+              return;
+            }
             await this.recreateAndSignTSSTransaction(params, reqId);
           }
         }
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * True when this approval guards a message-sign txRequest (WalletConnect
+   * personal_sign / EIP-712 typed data). Detected from the PA's echoed
+   * intent — message requests carry no unsigned transaction, so callers that
+   * assume a transaction (recreate-and-sign, txHex reads) must skip them.
+   */
+  private isMessageSigningRequest(): boolean {
+    const intentType = this.info()?.transactionRequestFull?.intent?.intentType;
+    return intentType === 'signMessage' || intentType === 'signTypedStructuredData';
+  }
+
   /**
    * Helper function to ensure that self.wallet is set
    */
diff --git a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsa.ts b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsa.ts
index 3ef50fe19e..2017e96a83 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsa.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsa.ts
@@ -590,11 +590,13 @@ export class EcdsaUtils extends BaseEcdsaUtils {
 
     if (requestType === RequestType.tx) {
       assert(
-        txRequest.transactions || (txRequest as TxRequest).unsignedTxs,
+        (txRequest.transactions && txRequest.transactions.length > 0) ||
+          ((txRequest as TxRequest).unsignedTxs && txRequest.unsignedTxs.length > 0),
         'Unable to find transactions in txRequest'
       );
       const unsignedTx =
         txRequest.apiVersion === 'full' ? txRequest.transactions![0].unsignedTx : txRequest.unsignedTxs[0];
+      assert(unsignedTx, 'Missing unsignedTx in txRequest');
       derivationPath = unsignedTx.derivationPath;
     } else if (requestType === RequestType.message) {
       // TODO BG-67299 Message signing with derivation path
@@ -641,9 +643,14 @@ export class EcdsaUtils extends BaseEcdsaUtils {
     const txRequest: TxRequest = tssParams.txRequest;
     let signablePayload;
     if (requestType === RequestType.tx) {
-      assert(txRequest.transactions || txRequest.unsignedTxs, 'Unable to find transactions in txRequest');
+      assert(
+        (txRequest.transactions && txRequest.transactions.length > 0) ||
+          (txRequest.unsignedTxs && txRequest.unsignedTxs.length > 0),
+        'Unable to find transactions in txRequest'
+      );
       const unsignedTx =
         txRequest.apiVersion === 'full' ? txRequest.transactions![0].unsignedTx : txRequest.unsignedTxs[0];
+      assert(unsignedTx, 'Missing unsignedTx in txRequest');
       signablePayload = Buffer.from(unsignedTx.signableHex, 'hex');
     } else if (requestType === RequestType.message) {
       signablePayload = (params.tssParams as TSSParamsForMessage).bufferToSign;
@@ -799,9 +806,14 @@ export class EcdsaUtils extends BaseEcdsaUtils {
     let derivationPath = '';
 
     if (requestType === RequestType.tx) {
-      assert(txRequest.transactions || txRequest.unsignedTxs, 'Unable to find transactions in txRequest');
+      assert(
+        (txRequest.transactions && txRequest.transactions.length > 0) ||
+          (txRequest.unsignedTxs && txRequest.unsignedTxs.length > 0),
+        'Unable to find transactions in txRequest'
+      );
       const unsignedTx =
         txRequest.apiVersion === 'full' ? txRequest.transactions![0].unsignedTx : txRequest.unsignedTxs[0];
+      assert(unsignedTx, 'Missing unsignedTx in txRequest');
 
       if (
         'recipientSource' in params &&