diff --git a/pkg/manager/backendcluster/manager.go b/pkg/manager/backendcluster/manager.go
index f47a45c3..87defe31 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/backendcluster/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/backendcluster/manager.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiproxy/lib/config"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiproxy/lib/util/errors"
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
+const topologyFetchTimeout = 2 * time.Second
+
 type Manager struct {
 	lg         *zap.Logger
 	clusterTLS func() *tls.Config
@@ -209,13 +212,44 @@ func (m *Manager) PreClose() {
 	}
 }
 
+// GetTiDBTopology fetches and merges TiDB topology from all backend clusters.
+// It returns an error only when all cluster fetches fail to provide any topology.
 func (m *Manager) GetTiDBTopology(ctx context.Context) (map[string]*infosync.TiDBTopologyInfo, error) {
 	clusters := m.Snapshot()
 	merged := make(map[string]*infosync.TiDBTopologyInfo, 128)
 	errs := make([]error, 0, len(clusters))
+
+	type topologyResult struct {
+		clusterName string
+		infos       map[string]*infosync.TiDBTopologyInfo
+		err         error
+	}
+
+	resultCh := make(chan topologyResult, len(clusters))
+	var wg waitgroup.WaitGroup
 	for clusterName, cluster := range clusters {
-		infos, err := cluster.GetTiDBTopology(ctx)
+		wg.Run(func() {
+			clusterCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, topologyFetchTimeout)
+			defer cancel()
+
+			infos, err := cluster.GetTiDBTopology(clusterCtx)
+			resultCh <- topologyResult{
+				clusterName: clusterName,
+				infos:       infos,
+				err:         err,
+			}
+		}, m.lg)
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	close(resultCh)
+
+	for result := range resultCh {
+		clusterName := result.clusterName
+		infos := result.infos
+		err := result.err
 		if err != nil {
+			m.lg.Warn("fetch TiDB topology from backend cluster failed",
+				zap.String("cluster", clusterName), zap.Error(err))
 			errs = append(errs, err)
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/manager/backendcluster/manager_test.go b/pkg/manager/backendcluster/manager_test.go
index 1799bf13..21284367 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/backendcluster/manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/backendcluster/manager_test.go
@@ -331,6 +331,38 @@ func TestClusterReusableIgnoresNSServerOrder(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, reusable)
 }
 
+func TestManagerGetTiDBTopologySkipsUnavailableCluster(t *testing.T) {
+	clusterA := newManagerTestEtcdCluster(t)
+	clusterB := newManagerTestEtcdCluster(t)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { clusterA.close(t) })
+	t.Cleanup(func() { clusterB.close(t) })
+
+	clusterA.putTopology(t, "10.0.0.1:4000", &infosync.TiDBTopologyInfo{IP: "10.0.0.1", StatusPort: 10080})
+
+	lg := zapLoggerForTest(t)
+	mgr := NewManager(lg, nilClusterTLS)
+	mgr.mu.clusters = map[string]*Cluster{
+		"cluster-a": {
+			infoSyncer: infosync.NewInfoSyncer(lg.Named("cluster-a"), clusterA.client),
+		},
+		"cluster-b": {
+			infoSyncer: infosync.NewInfoSyncer(lg.Named("cluster-b"), clusterB.client),
+		},
+	}
+	clusterB.shutdownServer(t)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	start := time.Now()
+	topology, err := mgr.GetTiDBTopology(ctx)
+	elapsed := time.Since(start)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Less(t, elapsed, 3*time.Second)
+	require.Contains(t, topology, backendID("cluster-a", "10.0.0.1:4000"))
+	require.NotContains(t, topology, backendID("cluster-b", "10.0.0.2:4000"))
+}
+
 type managerTestConfigGetter struct {
 	mu  sync.RWMutex
 	cfg *config.Config
@@ -376,7 +408,15 @@ func newManagerTestEtcdCluster(t *testing.T) *managerTestEtcdCluster {
 
 func (tec *managerTestEtcdCluster) close(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, tec.client.Close())
+	if tec.etcd != nil {
+		tec.etcd.Close()
+	}
+}
+
+func (tec *managerTestEtcdCluster) shutdownServer(t *testing.T) {
+	require.NotNil(t, tec.etcd)
 	tec.etcd.Close()
+	tec.etcd = nil
 }
 
 func (tec *managerTestEtcdCluster) putTopology(t *testing.T, sqlAddr string, info *infosync.TiDBTopologyInfo) {