diff --git a/pkg/agent/endpoint/front.go b/pkg/agent/endpoint/front.go
index 2df8a536f..0db6697ca 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/endpoint/front.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/endpoint/front.go
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ func (f *Front) WithFallback(fb Fallback) *Front {
 	return f
 }
 
-// writeUnavailable writes a 503 with a Retry-After hint, the response the front
-// returns when no worker can currently serve a request it did route.
+// writeUnavailable writes a 503 with a Retry-After hint: no local worker can
+// serve the request and no fallback placed it elsewhere.
 func (f *Front) writeUnavailable(w http.ResponseWriter, msg string) {
 	w.Header().Set("Retry-After", "1")
 	http.Error(w, msg, http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
@@ -195,7 +195,10 @@ func (f *Front) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		}
 	}
 	if route == nil && f.fallback != nil {
-		// nothing local can serve: hand off before the local status mapping
+		// nothing local matched: hand off to the multi-node fallback (relay to a
+		// node holding the deployment) before the local status mapping. The
+		// serving node's relay listener installs no fallback of its own, so a
+		// relayed request is served or errored there and never re-relays.
 		if f.fallback(w, r, &FallbackRequest{
 			APIKey: apiKey, Authenticated: authenticated,
 			AgentName: agentName, Deployment: deployment,
diff --git a/pkg/agent/endpoint/front_test.go b/pkg/agent/endpoint/front_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c029b9394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/agent/endpoint/front_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright 2026 LiveKit, Inc.
+
+package endpoint
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/livekit/protocol/livekit"
+	"github.com/livekit/protocol/logger"
+)
+
+func fallbackFront(t *testing.T, fb Fallback, withWorker bool) *Front {
+	reg := NewRegistry()
+	if withWorker {
+		m, err := ParseManifest([]*livekit.AgentHttp_AgentEndpoint{
+			{Path: "/known", Methods: []string{"GET"}, Public: true},
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		r := &Registration{WorkerID: "w1", APIKey: "proj", AgentName: "a", Deployment: "d", Manifest: m}
+		r.SetSession(&fakeSession{})
+		require.NoError(t, reg.Register(r))
+	}
+	f := NewFront(reg, func(*http.Request) (string, bool) { return "proj", true }, logger.GetLogger())
+	if fb != nil {
+		f = f.WithFallback(fb)
+	}
+	return f
+}
+
+func serveFront(f *Front, path string) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	f.ServeHTTP(w, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, PathPrefix+"a/d"+path, nil))
+	return w
+}
+
+// a path no local worker matches hands off to the fallback, which is given the
+// resolved identity; when the fallback serves, the front writes nothing itself.
+func TestFrontFallbackFires(t *testing.T) {
+	var got *FallbackRequest
+	f := fallbackFront(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request, fr *FallbackRequest) bool {
+		got = fr
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusTeapot) // stands in for a relayed response
+		return true
+	}, true)
+
+	w := serveFront(f, "/unknown")
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusTeapot, w.Code)
+	require.NotNil(t, got)
+	require.Equal(t, "proj", got.APIKey)
+	require.True(t, got.Authenticated)
+	require.Equal(t, "a", got.AgentName)
+	require.Equal(t, "d", got.Deployment)
+}
+
+// a declined fallback with a local worker present falls through to the front's
+// own 404 for the unmatched path.
+func TestFrontFallbackDeclinedMapsStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	f := fallbackFront(t, func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request, *FallbackRequest) bool { return false }, true)
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusNotFound, serveFront(f, "/unknown").Code)
+}
+
+// a declined fallback with no local worker for the deployment falls through to
+// 503.
+func TestFrontFallbackDeclinedNoCandidates(t *testing.T) {
+	f := fallbackFront(t, func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request, *FallbackRequest) bool { return false }, false)
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusServiceUnavailable, serveFront(f, "/unknown").Code)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/agent/endpoint/registry.go b/pkg/agent/endpoint/registry.go
index ad0e27d6b..41c562364 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/endpoint/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/endpoint/registry.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"slices"
 	"sync"
-
-	"github.com/livekit/protocol/livekit"
 )
 
 // DefaultDeployment is the URL segment that addresses workers registered with an
@@ -53,9 +51,6 @@ type Registration struct {
 	AgentName  string
 	Deployment string
 	Manifest   *Manifest
-	// Endpoints is the raw manifest as declared, kept so a multi-node layer can
-	// replicate the route set for remote path matching without re-deriving it.
-	Endpoints []*livekit.AgentHttp_AgentEndpoint
 
 	// Draining is provided by the control-plane layer that owns the worker; a
 	// draining worker takes no new streams. Worker selection uses live in-flight
diff --git a/pkg/agent/endpoint/webtransport_test.go b/pkg/agent/endpoint/webtransport_test.go
index 7a30590c8..d1f7470b1 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/endpoint/webtransport_test.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/endpoint/webtransport_test.go
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ func handleSession(reg *endpoint.Registry, sess *webtransport.Session) {
 		AgentName:  rw.GetAgentName(),
 		Deployment: rw.GetDeployment(),
 		Manifest:   manifest,
-		Endpoints:  rw.GetEndpoints(),
 	}
 	registration.SetSession(endpoint.NewWebTransportSession(sess, endpoint.DefaultMaxStreams))
 	_ = reg.Register(registration)
diff --git a/pkg/service/agentservice.go b/pkg/service/agentservice.go
index 64fdb1a57..8d7beb3bd 100644
--- a/pkg/service/agentservice.go
+++ b/pkg/service/agentservice.go
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ func (h *AgentHandler) registerEndpoints(w *agent.Worker, sess endpoint.Session)
 		AgentName:  w.AgentName,
 		Deployment: w.Deployment,
 		Manifest:   manifest,
-		Endpoints:  w.Endpoints,
 		Draining:   w.Draining,
 	}
 	reg.SetSession(sess)