diff --git a/src/Transport/EndpointHealthTrackerInterface.php b/src/Transport/EndpointHealthTrackerInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d107a3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Transport/EndpointHealthTrackerInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Contractless\Rpc\Transport;
+
+use Contractless\Rpc\Exception\TransportException;
+
+interface EndpointHealthTrackerInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * Remove endpoints that should not receive requests at this time.
+     *
+     * @param list<string> $endpointIds
+     * @return list<string>
+     */
+    public function eligibleEndpointIds(array $endpointIds): array;
+
+    public function recordSuccess(string $endpointId): void;
+
+    public function recordFailure(
+        string $endpointId,
+        TransportException $error,
+    ): void;
+}
diff --git a/src/Transport/EndpointPoolTransport.php b/src/Transport/EndpointPoolTransport.php
index 3497bc7..f1d8247 100644
--- a/src/Transport/EndpointPoolTransport.php
+++ b/src/Transport/EndpointPoolTransport.php
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ final class EndpointPoolTransport implements TransportInterface
     /**
      * @param array<string, TransportInterface> $transports
      */
-    public function __construct(array $transports, private readonly bool $randomize = true)
-    {
+    public function __construct(
+        array $transports,
+        private readonly bool $randomize = true,
+        private readonly ?EndpointHealthTrackerInterface $healthTracker = null,
+    ) {
         if ($transports === []) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentException('The RPC endpoint pool cannot be empty.');
         }
@@ -55,6 +58,14 @@ final class EndpointPoolTransport implements TransportInterface
     ): string {
         $this->lastSuccessfulEndpointId = null;
         $endpointIds = array_keys($this->transports);
+        if ($this->healthTracker !== null) {
+            $endpointIds = $this->healthTracker->eligibleEndpointIds($endpointIds);
+        }
+        if ($endpointIds === []) {
+            throw new TransportException(
+                'Every Contractless RPC endpoint is temporarily unavailable.',
+            );
+        }
         if ($this->randomize && count($endpointIds) > 1) {
             shuffle($endpointIds);
         }
@@ -71,10 +82,12 @@ final class EndpointPoolTransport implements TransportInterface
                     $validateHandshake,
                 );
                 $this->lastSuccessfulEndpointId = $endpointId;
+                $this->healthTracker?->recordSuccess($endpointId);
                 return $reply;
             } catch (TransportException $error) {
                 // Only transport failures move the same request to another
                 // endpoint. Protocol and validation errors remain final.
+                $this->healthTracker?->recordFailure($endpointId, $error);
                 $failures[] = "$endpointId: {$error->getMessage()}";
                 $lastFailure = $error;
             }