diff --git a/telemetry/circuitbreaker.go b/telemetry/circuitbreaker.go
index a6fbfc8..4b8f3f2 100644
--- a/telemetry/circuitbreaker.go
+++ b/telemetry/circuitbreaker.go
@@ -332,9 +332,15 @@ func getCircuitBreakerManager() *circuitBreakerManager {
 
 // getCircuitBreaker gets or creates a circuit breaker for the host.
 // Thread-safe for concurrent access.
+//
+// The host is normalized (scheme stripped, lowercased, trailing slash trimmed)
+// so DSN variants ("example.com", "example.com/", "https://example.com")
+// share a single breaker per logical host instead of fragmenting trip state.
 func (m *circuitBreakerManager) getCircuitBreaker(host string) *circuitBreaker {
+	key := normalizeHostKey(host)
+
 	m.mu.RLock()
-	cb, exists := m.breakers[host]
+	cb, exists := m.breakers[key]
 	m.mu.RUnlock()
 
 	if exists {
@@ -345,11 +351,11 @@ func (m *circuitBreakerManager) getCircuitBreaker(host string) *circuitBreaker {
 	defer m.mu.Unlock()
 
 	// Double-check after acquiring write lock
-	if cb, exists = m.breakers[host]; exists {
+	if cb, exists = m.breakers[key]; exists {
 		return cb
 	}
 
 	cb = newCircuitBreaker(defaultCircuitBreakerConfig())
-	m.breakers[host] = cb
+	m.breakers[key] = cb
 	return cb
 }
diff --git a/telemetry/circuitbreaker_test.go b/telemetry/circuitbreaker_test.go
index c9d7a88..fc2b309 100644
--- a/telemetry/circuitbreaker_test.go
+++ b/telemetry/circuitbreaker_test.go
@@ -381,6 +381,30 @@ func TestCircuitBreakerManager_PerHostIsolation(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestCircuitBreakerManager_HostVariantsShareBreaker(t *testing.T) {
+	mgr := &circuitBreakerManager{breakers: make(map[string]*circuitBreaker)}
+
+	canonical := "normalize.example.com"
+	variants := []string{
+		canonical,
+		canonical + "/",
+		"https://" + canonical,
+		"HTTPS://Normalize.Example.com/",
+		"http://" + canonical + "/",
+	}
+
+	first := mgr.getCircuitBreaker(variants[0])
+	for _, v := range variants[1:] {
+		if got := mgr.getCircuitBreaker(v); got != first {
+			t.Errorf("variant %q returned a different breaker than %q", v, variants[0])
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(mgr.breakers) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 1 breaker for all host variants, got %d", len(mgr.breakers))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCircuitBreakerManager_ConcurrentAccess(t *testing.T) {
 	mgr := getCircuitBreakerManager()
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
diff --git a/telemetry/manager.go b/telemetry/manager.go
index 19a72c2..bba7d1e 100644
--- a/telemetry/manager.go
+++ b/telemetry/manager.go
@@ -2,11 +2,24 @@ package telemetry
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sql-go/logger"
 )
 
+// normalizeHostKey returns a canonical lookup key for host-based registries
+// (telemetry clients, circuit breakers). It lowercases, trims whitespace,
+// strips http/https scheme, and trims trailing slashes so trivial variations
+// in DSN input ("example.com", "example.com/", "https://example.com") share
+// state instead of fragmenting into independent breakers/clients.
+func normalizeHostKey(host string) string {
+	h := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(host))
+	h = strings.TrimPrefix(h, "https://")
+	h = strings.TrimPrefix(h, "http://")
+	return strings.TrimRight(h, "/")
+}
+
 // clientManager manages one telemetry client per host.
 //
 // Design:
@@ -53,10 +66,12 @@ func getClientManager() *clientManager {
 // per-host singleton consolidates telemetry across connections to keep
 // the request rate low.
 func (m *clientManager) getOrCreateClient(host string, driverVersion string, userAgent string, httpClient *http.Client, cfg *Config) *telemetryClient {
+	key := normalizeHostKey(host)
+
 	m.mu.Lock()
 	defer m.mu.Unlock()
 
-	holder, exists := m.clients[host]
+	holder, exists := m.clients[key]
 	if !exists {
 		client := newTelemetryClient(host, driverVersion, userAgent, httpClient, cfg)
 		if err := client.start(); err != nil {
@@ -67,7 +82,7 @@ func (m *clientManager) getOrCreateClient(host string, driverVersion string, use
 		holder = &clientHolder{
 			client: client,
 		}
-		m.clients[host] = holder
+		m.clients[key] = holder
 	}
 	holder.refCount++
 	return holder.client
@@ -76,8 +91,10 @@ func (m *clientManager) getOrCreateClient(host string, driverVersion string, use
 // releaseClient decrements reference count for the host.
 // Closes and removes client when ref count reaches zero.
 func (m *clientManager) releaseClient(host string) error {
+	key := normalizeHostKey(host)
+
 	m.mu.Lock()
-	holder, exists := m.clients[host]
+	holder, exists := m.clients[key]
 	if !exists {
 		m.mu.Unlock()
 		return nil
@@ -89,7 +106,7 @@ func (m *clientManager) releaseClient(host string) error {
 		logger.Logger.Debug().Str("host", host).Int("refCount", holder.refCount).Msg("telemetry client refCount became negative")
 	}
 	if holder.refCount <= 0 {
-		delete(m.clients, host)
+		delete(m.clients, key)
 		m.mu.Unlock()
 		return holder.client.close() // Close and flush
 	}
diff --git a/telemetry/manager_test.go b/telemetry/manager_test.go
index 3567d3b..e8f346c 100644
--- a/telemetry/manager_test.go
+++ b/telemetry/manager_test.go
@@ -401,6 +401,65 @@ func TestClientManager_ShutdownWithActiveRefs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNormalizeHostKey(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		in, want string
+	}{
+		{"example.databricks.com", "example.databricks.com"},
+		{"example.databricks.com/", "example.databricks.com"},
+		{"example.databricks.com//", "example.databricks.com"},
+		{"https://example.databricks.com", "example.databricks.com"},
+		{"http://example.databricks.com", "example.databricks.com"},
+		{"HTTPS://Example.Databricks.com/", "example.databricks.com"},
+		{"  example.databricks.com  ", "example.databricks.com"},
+		{"", ""},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		if got := normalizeHostKey(c.in); got != c.want {
+			t.Errorf("normalizeHostKey(%q) = %q, want %q", c.in, got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestClientManager_HostVariantsShareClient(t *testing.T) {
+	manager := &clientManager{
+		clients: make(map[string]*clientHolder),
+	}
+	httpClient := &http.Client{}
+	cfg := DefaultConfig()
+
+	variants := []string{
+		"example.databricks.com",
+		"example.databricks.com/",
+		"https://example.databricks.com",
+		"HTTPS://Example.Databricks.com/",
+	}
+
+	first := manager.getOrCreateClient(variants[0], "v", "ua", httpClient, cfg)
+	if first == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected client")
+	}
+	for _, v := range variants[1:] {
+		got := manager.getOrCreateClient(v, "v", "ua", httpClient, cfg)
+		if got != first {
+			t.Errorf("variant %q got a different client instance — should share with %q", v, variants[0])
+		}
+	}
+	if len(manager.clients) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 1 holder for all variants, got %d", len(manager.clients))
+	}
+
+	// Release using a different variant still finds the holder.
+	for range variants {
+		if err := manager.releaseClient("https://example.databricks.com/"); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("release: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(manager.clients) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected holder removed after all releases, got %d", len(manager.clients))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestClientManager_ShutdownEmptyManager(t *testing.T) {
 	manager := &clientManager{
 		clients: make(map[string]*clientHolder),