diff --git a/src/client/auth.test.ts b/src/client/auth.test.ts
index c3049124..fb9b3100 100644
--- a/src/client/auth.test.ts
+++ b/src/client/auth.test.ts
@@ -899,6 +899,18 @@ describe("OAuth Authorization", () => {
         "MCP-Protocol-Version": "2025-01-01"
       });
     });
+
+    it("returns undefined when all URLs fail with CORS errors", async () => {
+      // All fetch attempts fail with CORS errors (TypeError)
+      mockFetch.mockImplementation(() => Promise.reject(new TypeError("CORS error")));
+
+      const metadata = await discoverAuthorizationServerMetadata("https://auth.example.com/tenant1");
+
+      expect(metadata).toBeUndefined();
+      
+      // Verify that all discovery URLs were attempted
+      expect(mockFetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(8); // 4 URLs × 2 attempts each (with and without headers)
+    });
   });
 
   describe("startAuthorization", () => {
diff --git a/src/client/auth.ts b/src/client/auth.ts
index 56826045..ab8aff0c 100644
--- a/src/client/auth.ts
+++ b/src/client/auth.ts
@@ -758,7 +758,11 @@ export async function discoverAuthorizationServerMetadata(
     const response = await fetchWithCorsRetry(endpointUrl, headers, fetchFn);
 
     if (!response) {
-      throw new Error(`CORS error trying to load ${type === 'oauth' ? 'OAuth' : 'OpenID provider'} metadata from ${endpointUrl}`);
+      /**
+       * CORS error occurred - don't throw as the endpoint may not allow CORS,
+       * continue trying other possible endpoints
+       */
+      continue;
     }
 
     if (!response.ok) {