diff --git a/databricks/sdk/config.py b/databricks/sdk/config.py
index f3fd45949..219a115c1 100644
--- a/databricks/sdk/config.py
+++ b/databricks/sdk/config.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import requests
 
 from . import useragent
-from ._base_client import _fix_host_if_needed
+from ._base_client import _BaseClient, _fix_host_if_needed
 from .client_types import ClientType, HostType
 from .clock import Clock, RealClock
 from .credentials_provider import CredentialsStrategy, DefaultCredentials, OAuthCredentialsProvider
@@ -637,8 +637,17 @@ def _resolve_host_metadata(self) -> None:
         """
         if not self.host:
             return
+        # Host metadata is a best-effort discovery probe that falls back to the
+        # explicit configuration below on any failure. Build its client from the
+        # configured timeouts: otherwise it uses the default 300s retry budget,
+        # which blocks Config() initialization for ~5 minutes when the host is
+        # unreachable.
+        client = _BaseClient(
+            retry_timeout_seconds=self.retry_timeout_seconds,
+            http_timeout_seconds=self.http_timeout_seconds,
+        )
         try:
-            meta = get_host_metadata(self.host)
+            meta = get_host_metadata(self.host, client=client)
         except Exception as e:
             logger.warning(
                 f"Failed to automatically resolve config from host metadata: {e}. Falling back to explicit user provided configuration."
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 67d14a975..212228a25 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -805,6 +805,19 @@ def test_resolve_host_metadata_called_for_non_unified(mocker):
     mock_get.assert_called_once()
 
 
+def test_resolve_host_metadata_uses_configured_timeouts(mocker):
+    """The discovery client honors the configured timeouts so an unreachable host
+    cannot block Config() init for the default 300s retry budget."""
+    mock_get = mocker.patch(
+        "databricks.sdk.config.get_host_metadata",
+        return_value=oauth.HostMetadata(oidc_endpoint=""),
+    )
+    Config(host=_DUMMY_WS_HOST, token="t", retry_timeout_seconds=7, http_timeout_seconds=3)
+    client = mock_get.call_args.kwargs["client"]
+    assert client._retry_timeout_seconds == 7
+    assert client._http_timeout_seconds == 3
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Cloud field tests
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------