diff --git a/failover.go b/failover.go
index 37fbf92a..ac74f0d2 100644
--- a/failover.go
+++ b/failover.go
@@ -69,15 +69,22 @@ type failoverConfig struct {
 }
 
 // attempts returns the total request attempts for a host; 1 means no failover.
-// Failover engages only when enabled and the host is a LiveKit Cloud domain
-// (or force is set).
+// Failover engages only when enabled and the host is a LiveKit Cloud project
+// or Cloud API domain (or force is set).
 func (c failoverConfig) attempts(hostname string) int {
-	if c.enabled && (c.force || isCloud(hostname)) {
+	if c.enabled && (c.force || isCloud(hostname) || isCloudAPI(hostname)) {
 		return failoverMaxAttempts
 	}
 	return 1
 }
 
+// isCloudAPI reports whether the hostname is a LiveKit Cloud API endpoint
+// (cloud-api.livekit.io or a cloud-api.<env>.livekit.io variant).
+func isCloudAPI(hostname string) bool {
+	hostname = strings.ToLower(hostname)
+	return strings.HasPrefix(hostname, "cloud-api.") && strings.HasSuffix(hostname, ".livekit.io")
+}
+
 type failoverEnabledKey struct{}
 type failoverForceKey struct{}
 
@@ -238,6 +245,8 @@ func (t *failoverTransport) failover(req *http.Request, maxAttempts int, timeout
 	scheme, host := req.URL.Scheme, req.URL.Host
 	tried := map[string]struct{}{strings.ToLower(host): {}}
 	var regions *livekit.RegionSettings // discovered lazily on the first failure
+	// A Cloud API host has a single origin; region discovery is never consulted.
+	discover := !isCloudAPI(req.URL.Hostname())
 
 	var resp *http.Response
 	var err error
@@ -259,13 +268,15 @@ func (t *failoverTransport) failover(req *http.Request, maxAttempts int, timeout
 			return terminate(resp, err, cancel)
 		}
 
-		if regions == nil {
+		if regions == nil && discover {
 			u := url.URL{Scheme: req.URL.Scheme, Host: req.URL.Host, Path: "/settings/regions"}
 			regions, _ = t.regions.get(req.URL.Host, u.String(), req.Header, 0)
 		}
 		nextScheme, nextHost, ok := nextRegion(regions, tried)
 		if !ok {
-			return terminate(resp, err, cancel) // no untried region left
+			// With no fallback region, a retryable failure is retried against
+			// the same host.
+			nextScheme, nextHost = scheme, host
 		}
 
 		status := 0
diff --git a/failover_internal_test.go b/failover_internal_test.go
index dd322e81..0e7f4607 100644
--- a/failover_internal_test.go
+++ b/failover_internal_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ func TestFailoverAttempts(t *testing.T) {
 		{failoverConfig{enabled: true}, "myproject.livekit.cloud", failoverMaxAttempts},
 		{failoverConfig{enabled: true}, "myproject.region.livekit.cloud", failoverMaxAttempts},
 		{failoverConfig{enabled: true}, "myproject.livekit.io", 1},
+		// The LiveKit Cloud API hosts fail over too (same-host retry, see failover).
+		{failoverConfig{enabled: true}, "cloud-api.livekit.io", failoverMaxAttempts},
+		{failoverConfig{enabled: true}, "cloud-api.staging.livekit.io", failoverMaxAttempts},
+		{failoverConfig{enabled: true}, "CLOUD-API.LIVEKIT.IO", failoverMaxAttempts},
+		{failoverConfig{enabled: true}, "cloud-api.example.com", 1},
 		{failoverConfig{enabled: true}, "example.com", 1},
 		{failoverConfig{enabled: true}, "127.0.0.1", 1},
 		{failoverConfig{enabled: true}, "notlivekit.cloud", 1},
@@ -409,3 +414,94 @@ func TestFailoverRetriesOn5xxWithinBudget(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected 2 attempts (5xx then success), got %d", n)
 	}
 }
+
+// newSingleHostTransport wires a failoverTransport with no fallback region: the
+// cache lists only the request's own host.
+func newSingleHostTransport(stub http.RoundTripper, host string) *failoverTransport {
+	rc := newRegionCache()
+	rc.cache[strings.ToLower(host)] = &regionCacheEntry{
+		settings:  &livekit.RegionSettings{Regions: []*livekit.RegionInfo{{Url: "http://" + host}}},
+		fetchedAt: time.Now(),
+		ttl:       time.Hour,
+	}
+	return &failoverTransport{base: stub, regions: rc}
+}
+
+// Without a fallback region, a transport error retries the same host.
+func TestFailoverRetriesSameHostOnTransportError(t *testing.T) {
+	const host = "cloud-api.example.com"
+
+	stub := &stubRoundTripper{behave: func(attempt int, _ context.Context) (*http.Response, error) {
+		if attempt == 0 {
+			return nil, errors.New("read: connection reset by peer")
+		}
+		return stubResponse(http.StatusOK), nil
+	}}
+	tr := newSingleHostTransport(stub, host)
+
+	ctx := withFailoverForce(context.Background(), time.Millisecond)
+	resp, err := tr.RoundTrip(stubRequest(ctx, host))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("a lost request should be retried on the same host, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+	_ = resp.Body.Close()
+	if n := stub.count(); n != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 attempts (transport error then success), got %d", n)
+	}
+}
+
+// Without a fallback region, a 5xx retries the same host.
+func TestFailoverRetriesSameHostOn5xx(t *testing.T) {
+	const host = "cloud-api.example.com"
+
+	stub := &stubRoundTripper{behave: func(attempt int, _ context.Context) (*http.Response, error) {
+		if attempt == 0 {
+			return stubResponse(http.StatusBadGateway), nil
+		}
+		return stubResponse(http.StatusOK), nil
+	}}
+	tr := newSingleHostTransport(stub, host)
+
+	ctx := withFailoverForce(context.Background(), time.Millisecond)
+	resp, err := tr.RoundTrip(stubRequest(ctx, host))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	_ = resp.Body.Close()
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 200 after a same-host retry, got %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+	if n := stub.count(); n != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 attempts (5xx then success), got %d", n)
+	}
+}
+
+// A Cloud API host has a single origin: its retries never call region discovery.
+func TestFailoverCloudAPISkipsRegionDiscovery(t *testing.T) {
+	const host = "cloud-api.livekit.io"
+
+	stub := &stubRoundTripper{behave: func(attempt int, _ context.Context) (*http.Response, error) {
+		if attempt == 0 {
+			return nil, errors.New("read: connection reset by peer")
+		}
+		return stubResponse(http.StatusOK), nil
+	}}
+	discovery := &stubRoundTripper{behave: func(int, context.Context) (*http.Response, error) {
+		return nil, errors.New("discovery must not be called")
+	}}
+	rc := newRegionCache()
+	rc.client = &http.Client{Transport: discovery}
+	tr := &failoverTransport{base: stub, regions: rc}
+
+	resp, err := tr.RoundTrip(stubRequest(context.Background(), host))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	_ = resp.Body.Close()
+	if n := stub.count(); n != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 attempts, got %d", n)
+	}
+	if n := discovery.count(); n != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no region discovery for a Cloud API host, got %d fetches", n)
+	}
+}