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diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/retry.py b/sdk/python/arvados/retry.py
index a5a303fa83..d8f5317d2c 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/retry.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/retry.py
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+import functools
+import inspect
+import pycurl
 import time
 
 from collections import deque
 
 import arvados.errors
 
+_HTTP_SUCCESSES = set(xrange(200, 300))
+_HTTP_CAN_RETRY = set([408, 409, 422, 423, 500, 502, 503, 504])
+
 class RetryLoop(object):
     """Coordinate limited retries of code.
 
@@ -102,3 +108,47 @@ class RetryLoop(object):
         except IndexError:
             raise arvados.errors.AssertionError(
                 "queried loop results before any were recorded")
+
+
+def check_http_response_success(status_code):
+    """Convert an HTTP status code to a loop control flag.
+
+    Pass this method a numeric HTTP status code.  It returns True if
+    the code indicates success, None if it indicates temporary
+    failure, and False otherwise.  You can use this as the
+    success_check for a RetryLoop.
+
+    Implementation details:
+    * Any 2xx result returns True.
+    * A select few status codes, or any malformed responses, return None.
+      422 Unprocessable Entity is in this category.  This may not meet the
+      letter of the HTTP specification, but the Arvados API server will
+      use it for various server-side problems like database connection
+      errors.
+    * Everything else returns False.  Note that this includes 1xx and
+      3xx status codes.  They don't indicate success, and you can't
+      retry those requests verbatim.
+    """
+    if status_code in _HTTP_SUCCESSES:
+        return True
+    elif status_code in _HTTP_CAN_RETRY:
+        return None
+    elif 100 <= status_code < 600:
+        return False
+    else:
+        return None  # Get well soon, server.
+
+def retry_method(orig_func):
+    """Provide a default value for a method's num_retries argument.
+
+    This is a decorator for instance and class methods that accept a
+    num_retries argument, with a None default.  When the method is called
+    without a value for num_retries, it will be set from the underlying
+    instance or class' num_retries attribute.
+    """
+    @functools.wraps(orig_func)
+    def num_retries_setter(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if kwargs.get('num_retries') is None:
+            kwargs['num_retries'] = self.num_retries
+        return orig_func(self, *args, **kwargs)
+    return num_retries_setter