diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index 360e06d..886c438 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
             <file>src/tests/DescopeSDKTest.php</file>
             <file>src/tests/InMemoryCacheTest.php</file>
             <file>src/tests/SDKConfigCacheTest.php</file>
+            <file>src/tests/APIExceptionMappingTest.php</file>
+            <file>src/tests/APIRetryTest.php</file>
         </testsuite>
     </testsuites>
 </phpunit> 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/SDK/API.php b/src/SDK/API.php
index c58e0c5..8f616b4 100644
--- a/src/SDK/API.php
+++ b/src/SDK/API.php
@@ -15,11 +15,16 @@
 
 class API
 {
+    private const RETRYABLE_STATUS_CODES = [503, 521, 522, 524, 530];
+
     private $httpClient;
     private $projectId;
     private $managementKey;
     private $debug;
 
+    /** @var int[] Delays between retries in microseconds: 100ms, 5s, 5s */
+    protected $retryDelaysUs = [100000, 5000000, 5000000];
+
     /**
      * Constructor for API class.
      *
@@ -109,14 +114,11 @@ public function doPost(string $uri, array $body, ?bool $useManagementKey = false
         $body = $this->transformEmptyArraysToObjects($body);
         $jsonBody = empty($body) ? '{}' : json_encode($body);
         try {
-            $response = $this->httpClient->post(
-                $uri,
-                [
-                    'headers' => $this->getHeaders($authToken),
-                    'body' => $jsonBody,
-                ]
-            );
-            
+            $headers = $this->getHeaders($authToken);
+            $response = $this->executeWithRetry(function () use ($uri, $jsonBody, $headers) {
+                return $this->httpClient->post($uri, ['headers' => $headers, 'body' => $jsonBody]);
+            });
+
             // Ensure the response is an object with getBody method
             if (!is_object($response) || !method_exists($response, 'getBody') || !method_exists($response, 'getHeader')) {
                 throw new AuthException(500, 'internal error', 'Invalid response from API');
@@ -158,12 +160,10 @@ public function doGet(string $uri, bool $useManagementKey, ?string $refreshToken
         }
 
         try {
-            $response = $this->httpClient->get(
-                $uri,
-                [
-                'headers' => $this->getHeaders($authToken),
-                ]
-            );
+            $headers = $this->getHeaders($authToken);
+            $response = $this->executeWithRetry(function () use ($uri, $headers) {
+                return $this->httpClient->get($uri, ['headers' => $headers]);
+            });
 
             // Ensure the response is an object with getBody method
             if (!is_object($response) || !method_exists($response, 'getBody') || !method_exists($response, 'getHeader')) {
@@ -198,12 +198,10 @@ public function doDelete(string $uri): array
         $authToken = $this->getAuthToken(true);
 
         try {
-            $response = $this->httpClient->delete(
-                $uri,
-                [
-                'headers' => $this->getHeaders($authToken),
-                ]
-            );
+            $headers = $this->getHeaders($authToken);
+            $response = $this->executeWithRetry(function () use ($uri, $headers) {
+                return $this->httpClient->delete($uri, ['headers' => $headers]);
+            });
 
             // Ensure the response is an object with getBody method
             if (!is_object($response) || !method_exists($response, 'getBody') || !method_exists($response, 'getHeader')) {
@@ -244,6 +242,32 @@ public function generateJwtResponse(array $responseBody, ?string $refreshToken =
         return $jwtResponse;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Executes an HTTP request callable, retrying on transient status codes
+     * (503, 521, 522, 524, 530) with delays of 100ms, 5s, 5s.
+     * Non-retryable RequestExceptions are re-thrown immediately.
+     *
+     * @param  callable $requestFn Zero-argument callable that performs the Guzzle request.
+     * @return mixed Guzzle response on success.
+     * @throws RequestException On non-retryable errors or after all retries are exhausted.
+     */
+    private function executeWithRetry(callable $requestFn)
+    {
+        foreach ($this->retryDelaysUs as $delay) {
+            try {
+                return $requestFn();
+            } catch (RequestException $e) {
+                $response = $e->getResponse();
+                $statusCode = $response ? $response->getStatusCode() : 0;
+                if (!in_array($statusCode, self::RETRYABLE_STATUS_CODES, true)) {
+                    throw $e;
+                }
+                usleep($delay);
+            }
+        }
+        return $requestFn();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Builds an AuthException or RateLimitException from a Guzzle RequestException.
      * Parses the response body for Descope error fields when present.
diff --git a/src/tests/APIRetryTest.php b/src/tests/APIRetryTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef367e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/APIRetryTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Descope\Tests;
+
+use Descope\SDK\API;
+use Descope\SDK\Exception\AuthException;
+use GuzzleHttp\Client;
+use GuzzleHttp\Exception\RequestException;
+use GuzzleHttp\Handler\MockHandler;
+use GuzzleHttp\HandlerStack;
+use GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Request;
+use GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Response;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use ReflectionClass;
+
+final class APIRetryTest extends TestCase
+{
+    private function apiWithMockedClient(MockHandler $mockHandler): API
+    {
+        $handlerStack = HandlerStack::create($mockHandler);
+        $client = new Client(['handler' => $handlerStack]);
+
+        $api = new API('project', null, false);
+        $reflection = new ReflectionClass(API::class);
+
+        $httpClientProp = $reflection->getProperty('httpClient');
+        $httpClientProp->setAccessible(true);
+        $httpClientProp->setValue($api, $client);
+
+        $retryDelaysProp = $reflection->getProperty('retryDelaysUs');
+        $retryDelaysProp->setAccessible(true);
+        $retryDelaysProp->setValue($api, [0, 0, 0]);
+
+        return $api;
+    }
+
+    private function retryableException(int $statusCode): RequestException
+    {
+        $request = new Request('GET', 'https://example.com/test');
+        $response = new Response($statusCode, [], '');
+        return new RequestException('transient error', $request, $response);
+    }
+
+    private function successResponse(): Response
+    {
+        return new Response(200, [], json_encode(['ok' => true]));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider retryableStatusCodeProvider
+     */
+    public function testRetriesOnRetryableStatusCodeAndSucceedsOnSecondAttempt(int $statusCode): void
+    {
+        $api = $this->apiWithMockedClient(new MockHandler([
+            $this->retryableException($statusCode),
+            $this->successResponse(),
+        ]));
+
+        $result = $api->doGet('https://example.com/test', false);
+        $this->assertSame(['ok' => true], $result);
+    }
+
+    public static function retryableStatusCodeProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [[503], [521], [522], [524], [530]];
+    }
+
+    public function testRetriesUpToThreeTimesAndThrowsOnExhaustion(): void
+    {
+        $api = $this->apiWithMockedClient(new MockHandler([
+            $this->retryableException(503),
+            $this->retryableException(503),
+            $this->retryableException(503),
+            $this->retryableException(503),
+        ]));
+
+        $this->expectException(AuthException::class);
+        $api->doGet('https://example.com/test', false);
+    }
+
+    public function testDoesNotRetryOnNonRetryableStatusCodes(): void
+    {
+        foreach ([400, 401, 403, 404, 500, 502] as $statusCode) {
+            $request = new Request('GET', 'https://example.com/test');
+            $response = new Response($statusCode, [], '');
+            $exception = new RequestException('error', $request, $response);
+
+            $api = $this->apiWithMockedClient(new MockHandler([$exception]));
+
+            try {
+                $api->doGet('https://example.com/test', false);
+                $this->fail("Expected exception for status $statusCode");
+            } catch (AuthException $e) {
+                $this->assertStringContainsString((string) $statusCode, (string) $e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testRetryWorksForDoPost(): void
+    {
+        $api = $this->apiWithMockedClient(new MockHandler([
+            $this->retryableException(503),
+            $this->successResponse(),
+        ]));
+
+        $result = $api->doPost('https://example.com/test', []);
+        $this->assertSame(['ok' => true], $result);
+    }
+
+    public function testRetryWorksForDoDelete(): void
+    {
+        $api = $this->apiWithMockedClient(new MockHandler([
+            $this->retryableException(503),
+            $this->successResponse(),
+        ]));
+
+        $result = $api->doDelete('https://example.com/test');
+        $this->assertSame(['ok' => true], $result);
+    }
+
+    public function testSucceedsImmediatelyWithNoRetry(): void
+    {
+        $api = $this->apiWithMockedClient(new MockHandler([
+            $this->successResponse(),
+        ]));
+
+        $result = $api->doGet('https://example.com/test', false);
+        $this->assertSame(['ok' => true], $result);
+    }
+
+    public function testSucceedsOnThirdRetry(): void
+    {
+        $api = $this->apiWithMockedClient(new MockHandler([
+            $this->retryableException(503),
+            $this->retryableException(522),
+            $this->retryableException(530),
+            $this->successResponse(),
+        ]));
+
+        $result = $api->doGet('https://example.com/test', false);
+        $this->assertSame(['ok' => true], $result);
+    }
+}