diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6800f75..1ec83e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,21 @@ All notable changes to the AxonFlow Java SDK will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [5.2.0] - 2026-04-09
+## [5.3.0] - Release Pending (2026-04-09)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **IPv6 endpoint classification.** `classifyEndpoint` now handles IPv6 private ranges and expanded loopback forms that previously fell through to `REMOTE`, matching the Python and Go SDK implementations:
+  - IPv6 ULA (`fc00::/7`, RFC 4193) → `private_network`
+  - IPv6 link-local (`fe80::/10`) → `private_network`
+  - Expanded IPv6 loopback (`0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1`, zero-padded forms) → `localhost`
+  - IPv6 unspecified (`::`) → `localhost` (symmetric with `0.0.0.0`)
+  - Public IPv6 addresses (`2001::/3` space) → `remote`
+- A new `expandIPv6(addr)` helper expands `::` compression into a full 8-hextet form for prefix comparison. Not a general-purpose parser — assumes input came from `URI.getHost()` after brackets are stripped.
+
+---
+
+## [5.2.0] - 2026-04-08
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 75e71db..54899b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.getaxonflow</groupId>
     <artifactId>axonflow-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.2.0</version>
+    <version>5.3.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>AxonFlow Java SDK</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/getaxonflow/sdk/telemetry/TelemetryReporter.java b/src/main/java/com/getaxonflow/sdk/telemetry/TelemetryReporter.java
index e9a3be6..6e503c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/getaxonflow/sdk/telemetry/TelemetryReporter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/getaxonflow/sdk/telemetry/TelemetryReporter.java
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ public static String classifyEndpoint(String url) {
 
     if ("localhost".equals(host)
         || "0.0.0.0".equals(host)
-        || "::1".equals(host)
         || host.endsWith(".localhost")) {
       return EndpointType.LOCALHOST;
     }
@@ -295,10 +294,112 @@ public static String classifyEndpoint(String url) {
       return EndpointType.REMOTE;
     }
 
+    // IPv6 classification.
+    //
+    // v5.3.0 fix (review finding P3): previously only the literal "::1"
+    // was recognized; ULA, link-local, and expanded loopback forms fell
+    // through to REMOTE. Python and Go SDKs classify them correctly via
+    // stdlib helpers — this hand-rolled version matches that behavior.
+    if (host.indexOf(':') >= 0) {
+      String expanded = expandIPv6(host);
+      if ("0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001".equals(expanded)) {
+        return EndpointType.LOCALHOST; // ::1 and all equivalent forms
+      }
+      if ("0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000".equals(expanded)) {
+        return EndpointType.LOCALHOST; // :: listen-all (symmetric with 0.0.0.0)
+      }
+      if (expanded.length() >= 4) {
+        String firstHextet = expanded.substring(0, 4);
+        // ULA fc00::/7 — first hex pair is fc or fd
+        if (firstHextet.startsWith("fc") || firstHextet.startsWith("fd")) {
+          return EndpointType.PRIVATE_NETWORK;
+        }
+        // Link-local fe80::/10 — first hextet in [fe80..febf]
+        if (firstHextet.compareTo("fe80") >= 0 && firstHextet.compareTo("febf") <= 0) {
+          return EndpointType.PRIVATE_NETWORK;
+        }
+      }
+      return EndpointType.REMOTE;
+    }
+
     // Public hostname (not an IP, not a known private suffix).
     return EndpointType.REMOTE;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Expand an IPv6 address to its full 8-hextet form with every hextet
+   * zero-padded to 4 hex digits. Returns the input unchanged on parse failure.
+   *
+   * <p>Examples:
+   *
+   * <pre>
+   *   ::1      → 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001
+   *   fd00::1  → fd00:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001
+   *   fe80::a  → fe80:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:000a
+   * </pre>
+   *
+   * <p>This is NOT a general-purpose IPv6 parser — it assumes the input came
+   * from URI.getHost() after brackets are stripped.
+   */
+  static String expandIPv6(String addr) {
+    String[] head;
+    String[] tail;
+    int doubleColon = addr.indexOf("::");
+    if (doubleColon >= 0) {
+      String headStr = addr.substring(0, doubleColon);
+      String tailStr = addr.substring(doubleColon + 2);
+      if (headStr.indexOf("::") >= 0 || tailStr.indexOf("::") >= 0) {
+        return addr; // more than one "::" — invalid
+      }
+      head = headStr.isEmpty() ? new String[0] : headStr.split(":");
+      tail = tailStr.isEmpty() ? new String[0] : tailStr.split(":");
+    } else {
+      head = addr.split(":");
+      tail = new String[0];
+    }
+    int missing = 8 - head.length - tail.length;
+    if (missing < 0) {
+      return addr;
+    }
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+    boolean first = true;
+    for (String h : head) {
+      if (!first) sb.append(':');
+      sb.append(padHextet(h));
+      first = false;
+    }
+    for (int i = 0; i < missing; i++) {
+      if (!first) sb.append(':');
+      sb.append("0000");
+      first = false;
+    }
+    for (String h : tail) {
+      if (!first) sb.append(':');
+      sb.append(padHextet(h));
+      first = false;
+    }
+    String result = sb.toString();
+    // Must end up with exactly 8 hextets (7 colons).
+    int colonCount = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < result.length(); i++) {
+      if (result.charAt(i) == ':') colonCount++;
+    }
+    if (colonCount != 7) {
+      return addr;
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  private static String padHextet(String h) {
+    if (h.length() >= 4) return h;
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(4);
+    for (int i = h.length(); i < 4; i++) {
+      sb.append('0');
+    }
+    sb.append(h);
+    return sb.toString();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Detect platform version by calling the agent's /health endpoint. Returns null on any failure.
    */
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/getaxonflow/sdk/telemetry/TelemetryEndpointTypeTest.java b/src/test/java/com/getaxonflow/sdk/telemetry/TelemetryEndpointTypeTest.java
index 164f7fe..3b3346d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/getaxonflow/sdk/telemetry/TelemetryEndpointTypeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/getaxonflow/sdk/telemetry/TelemetryEndpointTypeTest.java
@@ -43,6 +43,22 @@ void localhostIPv6() {
     assertEquals("localhost", TelemetryReporter.classifyEndpoint("http://[::1]:8080"));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @DisplayName("localhost: expanded IPv6 loopback 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1")
+  void localhostExpandedIPv6() {
+    // v5.3.0 fix: alternate loopback forms must match Python/Go SDK behavior.
+    assertEquals("localhost", TelemetryReporter.classifyEndpoint("http://[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]"));
+    assertEquals(
+        "localhost",
+        TelemetryReporter.classifyEndpoint("http://[0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001]"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @DisplayName("localhost: IPv6 unspecified ::")
+  void localhostIPv6Unspecified() {
+    assertEquals("localhost", TelemetryReporter.classifyEndpoint("http://[::]:8080"));
+  }
+
   @Test
   @DisplayName("localhost: 0.0.0.0")
   void localhostZero() {
@@ -96,6 +112,37 @@ void privateLinkLocal() {
     assertEquals("private_network", TelemetryReporter.classifyEndpoint("http://169.254.169.254"));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @DisplayName("private: IPv6 ULA fc00::/7")
+  void privateIPv6ULA() {
+    // v5.3.0 fix (review finding P3): IPv6 ULA used to fall through to remote.
+    assertEquals("private_network", TelemetryReporter.classifyEndpoint("http://[fd00::1]:8080"));
+    assertEquals(
+        "private_network", TelemetryReporter.classifyEndpoint("http://[fd12:3456:789a::1]"));
+    assertEquals("private_network", TelemetryReporter.classifyEndpoint("http://[fc00::1]"));
+    assertEquals("private_network", TelemetryReporter.classifyEndpoint("http://[fcff:ffff::]"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @DisplayName("private: IPv6 link-local fe80::/10")
+  void privateIPv6LinkLocal() {
+    assertEquals("private_network", TelemetryReporter.classifyEndpoint("http://[fe80::1]"));
+    assertEquals("private_network", TelemetryReporter.classifyEndpoint("http://[febf::1]"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @DisplayName("remote: deprecated fec0::/10 site-local")
+  void remoteDeprecatedSiteLocal() {
+    assertEquals("remote", TelemetryReporter.classifyEndpoint("http://[fec0::1]"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @DisplayName("remote: public IPv6 addresses")
+  void remotePublicIPv6() {
+    assertEquals("remote", TelemetryReporter.classifyEndpoint("http://[2001:4860:4860::8888]"));
+    assertEquals("remote", TelemetryReporter.classifyEndpoint("http://[2606:4700:4700::1111]"));
+  }
+
   @Test
   @DisplayName("private: hostname suffixes")
   void privateHostnameSuffixes() {