diff --git a/packages/artifact/__tests__/download.test.ts b/packages/artifact/__tests__/download.test.ts
index 3da3cad4..40ab58cb 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/__tests__/download.test.ts
+++ b/packages/artifact/__tests__/download.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import * as io from '../../io/src/io'
 import * as net from 'net'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import * as configVariables from '../src/internal/config-variables'
+import {promises as fs} from 'fs'
+import {DownloadItem} from '../src/internal/download-specification'
 import {HttpClient, HttpClientResponse} from '@actions/http-client'
 import {DownloadHttpClient} from '../src/internal/download-http-client'
 import {
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   QueryArtifactResponse
 } from '../src/internal/contracts'
 
-const root = path.join(__dirname, '_temp', 'artifact-download')
+const root = path.join(__dirname, '_temp', 'artifact-download-tests')
 
 jest.mock('../src/internal/config-variables')
 jest.mock('@actions/http-client')
@@ -19,12 +21,16 @@ jest.mock('@actions/http-client')
 describe('Download Tests', () => {
   beforeAll(async () => {
     await io.rmRF(root)
+    await fs.mkdir(path.join(root), {
+      recursive: true
+    })
 
     // mock all output so that there is less noise when running tests
     jest.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {})
     jest.spyOn(core, 'debug').mockImplementation(() => {})
     jest.spyOn(core, 'info').mockImplementation(() => {})
     jest.spyOn(core, 'warning').mockImplementation(() => {})
+    jest.spyOn(core, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {})
   })
 
   /**
@@ -107,6 +113,56 @@ describe('Download Tests', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  it('Test downloading an individual artifact with gzip', async () => {
+    setupDownloadItemResponse(true, 200)
+    const downloadHttpClient = new DownloadHttpClient()
+
+    const items: DownloadItem[] = []
+    items.push({
+      sourceLocation: `${configVariables.getRuntimeUrl()}_apis/resources/Containers/13?itemPath=my-artifact%2FFileA.txt`,
+      targetPath: path.join(root, 'FileA.txt')
+    })
+
+    await expect(
+      downloadHttpClient.downloadSingleArtifact(items)
+    ).resolves.not.toThrow()
+  })
+
+  it('Test downloading an individual artifact without gzip', async () => {
+    setupDownloadItemResponse(false, 200)
+    const downloadHttpClient = new DownloadHttpClient()
+
+    const items: DownloadItem[] = []
+    items.push({
+      sourceLocation: `${configVariables.getRuntimeUrl()}_apis/resources/Containers/13?itemPath=my-artifact%2FFileB.txt`,
+      targetPath: path.join(root, 'FileB.txt')
+    })
+
+    await expect(
+      downloadHttpClient.downloadSingleArtifact(items)
+    ).resolves.not.toThrow()
+  })
+
+  it('Test retryable status codes during artifact download', async () => {
+    // The first http response should return a retryable status call while the subsequent call should return a 200 so
+    // the download should successfully finish
+    const retryableStatusCodes = [429, 502, 503, 504]
+    for (const statusCode of retryableStatusCodes) {
+      setupDownloadItemResponse(false, statusCode)
+      const downloadHttpClient = new DownloadHttpClient()
+
+      const items: DownloadItem[] = []
+      items.push({
+        sourceLocation: `${configVariables.getRuntimeUrl()}_apis/resources/Containers/13?itemPath=my-artifact%2FFileC.txt`,
+        targetPath: path.join(root, 'FileC.txt')
+      })
+
+      await expect(
+        downloadHttpClient.downloadSingleArtifact(items)
+      ).resolves.not.toThrow()
+    }
+  })
+
   /**
    * Helper used to setup mocking for the HttpClient
    */
@@ -164,6 +220,60 @@ describe('Download Tests', () => {
     })
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Setups up HTTP GET response for downloading items
+   * @param isGzip is the downloaded item gzip encoded
+   * @param firstHttpResponseCode the http response code that should be returned
+   */
+  function setupDownloadItemResponse(
+    isGzip: boolean,
+    firstHttpResponseCode: number
+  ): void {
+    jest
+      .spyOn(DownloadHttpClient.prototype, 'pipeResponseToFile')
+      .mockImplementationOnce(async () => {
+        return new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+          resolve()
+        })
+      })
+
+    jest
+      .spyOn(HttpClient.prototype, 'get')
+      .mockImplementationOnce(async () => {
+        const mockMessage = new http.IncomingMessage(new net.Socket())
+        mockMessage.statusCode = firstHttpResponseCode
+        if (isGzip) {
+          mockMessage.headers = {
+            'content-type': 'gzip'
+          }
+        }
+
+        return new Promise<HttpClientResponse>(resolve => {
+          resolve({
+            message: mockMessage,
+            readBody: emptyMockReadBody
+          })
+        })
+      })
+      .mockImplementationOnce(async () => {
+        // chained response, if the HTTP GET function gets called again, return a successful response
+        const mockMessage = new http.IncomingMessage(new net.Socket())
+        mockMessage.statusCode = 200
+        if (isGzip) {
+          mockMessage.headers = {
+            'content-type': 'gzip'
+          }
+        }
+
+        return new Promise<HttpClientResponse>(resolve => {
+          resolve({
+            message: mockMessage,
+            readBody: emptyMockReadBody
+          })
+        })
+      })
+  }
+
   /**
    * Setups up HTTP GET response when querying for container items
    */
diff --git a/packages/artifact/__tests__/upload.test.ts b/packages/artifact/__tests__/upload.test.ts
index 502c20ea..be1b3bf2 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/__tests__/upload.test.ts
+++ b/packages/artifact/__tests__/upload.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   PatchArtifactSizeSuccessResponse
 } from '../src/internal/contracts'
 import {UploadSpecification} from '../src/internal/upload-specification'
+import {getArtifactUrl} from '../src/internal/utils'
 
 const root = path.join(__dirname, '_temp', 'artifact-upload')
 const file1Path = path.join(root, 'file1.txt')
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ describe('Upload Tests', () => {
     jest.spyOn(core, 'debug').mockImplementation(() => {})
     jest.spyOn(core, 'info').mockImplementation(() => {})
     jest.spyOn(core, 'warning').mockImplementation(() => {})
+    jest.spyOn(core, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {})
 
     // setup mocking for calls that got through the HttpClient
     setupHttpClientMock()
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ describe('Upload Tests', () => {
       uploadHttpClient.createArtifactInFileContainer(artifactName)
     ).rejects.toEqual(
       new Error(
-        'Unable to create a container for the artifact invalid-artifact-name'
+        `Unable to create a container for the artifact invalid-artifact-name at ${getArtifactUrl()}`
       )
     )
   })
diff --git a/packages/artifact/__tests__/util.test.ts b/packages/artifact/__tests__/util.test.ts
index c1fcca40..1ca963eb 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/__tests__/util.test.ts
+++ b/packages/artifact/__tests__/util.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ import * as path from 'path'
 import * as utils from '../src/internal/utils'
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import {HttpCodes} from '@actions/http-client'
-import {getRuntimeUrl, getWorkFlowRunId} from '../src/internal/config-variables'
+import {
+  getRuntimeUrl,
+  getWorkFlowRunId,
+  getInitialRetryIntervalInMilliseconds,
+  getRetryMultiplier
+} from '../src/internal/config-variables'
 
 jest.mock('../src/internal/config-variables')
 
@@ -17,6 +22,30 @@ describe('Utils', () => {
     jest.spyOn(core, 'warning').mockImplementation(() => {})
   })
 
+  it('Check exponential retry range', () => {
+    // No retries should return the initial retry interval
+    const retryWaitTime0 = utils.getExponentialRetryTimeInMilliseconds(0)
+    expect(retryWaitTime0).toEqual(getInitialRetryIntervalInMilliseconds())
+
+    const testMinMaxRange = (retryCount: number): void => {
+      const retryWaitTime = utils.getExponentialRetryTimeInMilliseconds(
+        retryCount
+      )
+      const minRange =
+        getInitialRetryIntervalInMilliseconds() *
+        getRetryMultiplier() *
+        retryCount
+      const maxRange = minRange * getRetryMultiplier()
+
+      expect(retryWaitTime).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(minRange)
+      expect(retryWaitTime).toBeLessThan(maxRange)
+    }
+
+    for (let i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
+      testMinMaxRange(i)
+    }
+  })
+
   it('Check Artifact Name for any invalid characters', () => {
     const invalidNames = [
       'my\\artifact',
@@ -88,13 +117,13 @@ describe('Utils', () => {
     )
   })
 
-  it('Test constructing headers with all optional parameters', () => {
-    const type = 'application/json'
+  it('Test constructing upload headers with all optional parameters', () => {
+    const contentType = 'application/octet-stream'
     const size = 24
     const uncompressedLength = 100
     const range = 'bytes 0-199/200'
-    const options = utils.getRequestOptions(
-      type,
+    const options = utils.getUploadRequestOptions(
+      contentType,
       true,
       true,
       uncompressedLength,
@@ -103,9 +132,9 @@ describe('Utils', () => {
     )
     expect(Object.keys(options).length).toEqual(8)
     expect(options['Accept']).toEqual(
-      `${type};api-version=${utils.getApiVersion()}`
+      `application/json;api-version=${utils.getApiVersion()}`
     )
-    expect(options['Content-Type']).toEqual(type)
+    expect(options['Content-Type']).toEqual(contentType)
     expect(options['Connection']).toEqual('Keep-Alive')
     expect(options['Keep-Alive']).toEqual('10')
     expect(options['Content-Encoding']).toEqual('gzip')
@@ -114,9 +143,33 @@ describe('Utils', () => {
     expect(options['Content-Range']).toEqual(range)
   })
 
-  it('Test constructing headers with only required parameter', () => {
-    const options = utils.getRequestOptions()
-    expect(Object.keys(options).length).toEqual(1)
+  it('Test constructing upload headers with only required parameter', () => {
+    const options = utils.getUploadRequestOptions('application/octet-stream')
+    expect(Object.keys(options).length).toEqual(2)
+    expect(options['Accept']).toEqual(
+      `application/json;api-version=${utils.getApiVersion()}`
+    )
+    expect(options['Content-Type']).toEqual('application/octet-stream')
+  })
+
+  it('Test constructing download headers with all optional parameters', () => {
+    const contentType = 'application/json'
+    const options = utils.getDownloadRequestOptions(contentType, true, true)
+    expect(Object.keys(options).length).toEqual(5)
+    expect(options['Content-Type']).toEqual(contentType)
+    expect(options['Connection']).toEqual('Keep-Alive')
+    expect(options['Keep-Alive']).toEqual('10')
+    expect(options['Accept-Encoding']).toEqual('gzip')
+    expect(options['Accept']).toEqual(
+      `application/octet-stream;api-version=${utils.getApiVersion()}`
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('Test constructing download headers with only required parameter', () => {
+    const options = utils.getDownloadRequestOptions('application/octet-stream')
+    expect(Object.keys(options).length).toEqual(2)
+    expect(options['Content-Type']).toEqual('application/octet-stream')
+    // check for default accept type
     expect(options['Accept']).toEqual(
       `application/json;api-version=${utils.getApiVersion()}`
     )
@@ -137,11 +190,23 @@ describe('Utils', () => {
       true
     )
     expect(utils.isRetryableStatusCode(HttpCodes.GatewayTimeout)).toEqual(true)
+    expect(utils.isRetryableStatusCode(429)).toEqual(true)
     expect(utils.isRetryableStatusCode(HttpCodes.OK)).toEqual(false)
     expect(utils.isRetryableStatusCode(HttpCodes.NotFound)).toEqual(false)
     expect(utils.isRetryableStatusCode(HttpCodes.Forbidden)).toEqual(false)
   })
 
+  it('Test Throttled Status Code', () => {
+    expect(utils.isThrottledStatusCode(429)).toEqual(true)
+    expect(utils.isThrottledStatusCode(HttpCodes.InternalServerError)).toEqual(
+      false
+    )
+    expect(utils.isThrottledStatusCode(HttpCodes.BadGateway)).toEqual(false)
+    expect(utils.isThrottledStatusCode(HttpCodes.ServiceUnavailable)).toEqual(
+      false
+    )
+  })
+
   it('Test Creating Artifact Directories', async () => {
     const root = path.join(__dirname, '_temp', 'artifact-download')
     // remove directory before starting
diff --git a/packages/artifact/docs/implementation-details.md b/packages/artifact/docs/implementation-details.md
index d2f84646..3bf09e5c 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/docs/implementation-details.md
+++ b/packages/artifact/docs/implementation-details.md
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ Warning: Implementation details may change at any time without notice. This is m
 
 ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16109154/77190819-38685d80-6ada-11ea-8281-4703ff8cc025.png)
 
+## Retry Logic when downloading an individual file
+
+![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16109154/78555461-5be71400-780d-11ea-9abd-b05b77a95a3f.png)
+
 ## Proxy support
 
-This package uses the `@actions/http-client` NPM package internally which supports proxied requests out of the box. 
+This package uses the `@actions/http-client` NPM package internally which supports proxied requests out of the box.
 
 ## HttpManager
 
diff --git a/packages/artifact/package-lock.json b/packages/artifact/package-lock.json
index 51e30cd1..9953a518 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/artifact/package-lock.json
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/http-client": {
-      "version": "1.0.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/http-client/-/http-client-1.0.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-LGmio4w98UyGX33b/W6V6Nx/sQHRXZ859YlMkn36wPsXPB82u8xTVlA/Dq2DXrm6lEq9RVmisRJa1c+HETAIJA==",
+      "version": "1.0.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/http-client/-/http-client-1.0.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-PY3ys/XH5WMekkHyZhYSa/scYvlE5T/TV/T++vABHuY5ZRgtiBZkn2L2tV5Pv/xDCl59lSZb9WwRuWExDyAsSg==",
       "requires": {
         "tunnel": "0.0.6"
       }
diff --git a/packages/artifact/package.json b/packages/artifact/package.json
index 1eed412c..a940a88c 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/package.json
+++ b/packages/artifact/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "^1.2.1",
-    "@actions/http-client": "^1.0.6",
+    "@actions/http-client": "^1.0.7",
     "@types/tmp": "^0.1.0",
     "tmp": "^0.1.0",
     "tmp-promise": "^2.0.2"
diff --git a/packages/artifact/src/internal/__mocks__/config-variables.ts b/packages/artifact/src/internal/__mocks__/config-variables.ts
index 46efafdf..af7f7636 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/src/internal/__mocks__/config-variables.ts
+++ b/packages/artifact/src/internal/__mocks__/config-variables.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@ export function getUploadChunkSize(): number {
   return 4 * 1024 * 1024 // 4 MB Chunks
 }
 
-export function getUploadRetryCount(): number {
-  return 1
+export function getRetryLimit(): number {
+  return 2
 }
 
-export function getRetryWaitTimeInMilliseconds(): number {
-  return 1
+export function getRetryMultiplier(): number {
+  return 1.5
+}
+
+export function getInitialRetryIntervalInMilliseconds(): number {
+  return 10
 }
 
 export function getDownloadFileConcurrency(): number {
diff --git a/packages/artifact/src/internal/artifact-client.ts b/packages/artifact/src/internal/artifact-client.ts
index 0f90383d..afbf9e8a 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/src/internal/artifact-client.ts
+++ b/packages/artifact/src/internal/artifact-client.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ export class DefaultArtifactClient implements ArtifactClient {
       await createDirectoriesForArtifact(
         downloadSpecification.directoryStructure
       )
+      core.info('Directory structure has been setup for the artifact')
       await downloadHttpClient.downloadSingleArtifact(
         downloadSpecification.filesToDownload
       )
diff --git a/packages/artifact/src/internal/config-variables.ts b/packages/artifact/src/internal/config-variables.ts
index baffffcd..5cdfd2d9 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/src/internal/config-variables.ts
+++ b/packages/artifact/src/internal/config-variables.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,31 @@
+// The number of concurrent uploads that happens at the same time
 export function getUploadFileConcurrency(): number {
   return 2
 }
 
+// When uploading large files that can't be uploaded with a single http call, this controls
+// the chunk size that is used during upload
 export function getUploadChunkSize(): number {
   return 4 * 1024 * 1024 // 4 MB Chunks
 }
 
-export function getUploadRetryCount(): number {
-  return 3
+// The maximum number of retries that can be attempted before an upload or download fails
+export function getRetryLimit(): number {
+  return 5
 }
 
-export function getRetryWaitTimeInMilliseconds(): number {
-  return 10000
+// With exponential backoff, the larger the retry count, the larger the wait time before another attempt
+// The retry multiplier controls by how much the backOff time increases depending on the number of retries
+export function getRetryMultiplier(): number {
+  return 1.5
 }
 
+// The initial wait time if an upload or download fails and a retry is being attempted for the first time
+export function getInitialRetryIntervalInMilliseconds(): number {
+  return 3000
+}
+
+// The number of concurrent downloads that happens at the same time
 export function getDownloadFileConcurrency(): number {
   return 2
 }
diff --git a/packages/artifact/src/internal/download-http-client.ts b/packages/artifact/src/internal/download-http-client.ts
index dadfe5af..8d139806 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/src/internal/download-http-client.ts
+++ b/packages/artifact/src/internal/download-http-client.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,35 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs'
+import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as zlib from 'zlib'
 import {
   getArtifactUrl,
-  getRequestOptions,
+  getDownloadRequestOptions,
   isSuccessStatusCode,
   isRetryableStatusCode,
-  createHttpClient
+  isThrottledStatusCode,
+  getExponentialRetryTimeInMilliseconds,
+  tryGetRetryAfterValueTimeInMilliseconds,
+  displayHttpDiagnostics
 } from './utils'
 import {URL} from 'url'
+import {StatusReporter} from './status-reporter'
+import {performance} from 'perf_hooks'
 import {ListArtifactsResponse, QueryArtifactResponse} from './contracts'
 import {IHttpClientResponse} from '@actions/http-client/interfaces'
 import {HttpManager} from './http-manager'
 import {DownloadItem} from './download-specification'
-import {
-  getDownloadFileConcurrency,
-  getRetryWaitTimeInMilliseconds
-} from './config-variables'
-import {warning} from '@actions/core'
+import {getDownloadFileConcurrency, getRetryLimit} from './config-variables'
 import {IncomingHttpHeaders} from 'http'
 
 export class DownloadHttpClient {
-  // http manager is used for concurrent connection when downloading mulitple files at once
+  // http manager is used for concurrent connections when downloading multiple files at once
   private downloadHttpManager: HttpManager
+  private statusReporter: StatusReporter
 
   constructor() {
     this.downloadHttpManager = new HttpManager(getDownloadFileConcurrency())
+    // downloads are usually significantly faster than uploads so display status information every second
+    this.statusReporter = new StatusReporter(1000)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -32,18 +37,20 @@ export class DownloadHttpClient {
    */
   async listArtifacts(): Promise<ListArtifactsResponse> {
     const artifactUrl = getArtifactUrl()
-    // use the first client from the httpManager, `keep-alive` is not used so the connection will close immediatly
-    const client = this.downloadHttpManager.getClient(0)
-    const requestOptions = getRequestOptions('application/json')
 
-    const rawResponse = await client.get(artifactUrl, requestOptions)
-    const body: string = await rawResponse.readBody()
-    if (isSuccessStatusCode(rawResponse.message.statusCode) && body) {
+    // use the first client from the httpManager, `keep-alive` is not used so the connection will close immediately
+    const client = this.downloadHttpManager.getClient(0)
+    const requestOptions = getDownloadRequestOptions('application/json')
+    const response = await client.get(artifactUrl, requestOptions)
+    const body: string = await response.readBody()
+
+    if (isSuccessStatusCode(response.message.statusCode) && body) {
       return JSON.parse(body)
     }
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.log(rawResponse)
-    throw new Error(`Unable to list artifacts for the run`)
+    displayHttpDiagnostics(response)
+    throw new Error(
+      `Unable to list artifacts for the run. Resource Url ${artifactUrl}`
+    )
   }
 
   /**
@@ -59,18 +66,16 @@ export class DownloadHttpClient {
     const resourceUrl = new URL(containerUrl)
     resourceUrl.searchParams.append('itemPath', artifactName)
 
-    // no concurrent calls so a single httpClient without the http-manager is sufficient
-    const client = createHttpClient()
+    // use the first client from the httpManager, `keep-alive` is not used so the connection will close immediately
+    const client = this.downloadHttpManager.getClient(0)
+    const requestOptions = getDownloadRequestOptions('application/json')
+    const response = await client.get(resourceUrl.toString(), requestOptions)
+    const body: string = await response.readBody()
 
-    // no keep-alive header, client disposal is not necessary
-    const requestOptions = getRequestOptions('application/json')
-    const rawResponse = await client.get(resourceUrl.toString(), requestOptions)
-    const body: string = await rawResponse.readBody()
-    if (isSuccessStatusCode(rawResponse.message.statusCode) && body) {
+    if (isSuccessStatusCode(response.message.statusCode) && body) {
       return JSON.parse(body)
     }
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.log(rawResponse)
+    displayHttpDiagnostics(response)
     throw new Error(`Unable to get ContainersItems from ${resourceUrl}`)
   }
 
@@ -81,24 +86,53 @@ export class DownloadHttpClient {
   async downloadSingleArtifact(downloadItems: DownloadItem[]): Promise<void> {
     const DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY = getDownloadFileConcurrency()
     // limit the number of files downloaded at a single time
+    core.debug(`Download file concurrency is set to ${DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY}`)
     const parallelDownloads = [...new Array(DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY).keys()]
+    let currentFile = 0
     let downloadedFiles = 0
+
+    core.info(
+      `Total number of files that will be downloaded: ${downloadItems.length}`
+    )
+
+    this.statusReporter.setTotalNumberOfFilesToProcess(downloadItems.length)
+    this.statusReporter.start()
+
     await Promise.all(
       parallelDownloads.map(async index => {
-        while (downloadedFiles < downloadItems.length) {
-          const currentFileToDownload = downloadItems[downloadedFiles]
-          downloadedFiles += 1
+        while (currentFile < downloadItems.length) {
+          const currentFileToDownload = downloadItems[currentFile]
+          currentFile += 1
+
+          const startTime = performance.now()
           await this.downloadIndividualFile(
             index,
             currentFileToDownload.sourceLocation,
             currentFileToDownload.targetPath
           )
+
+          if (core.isDebug()) {
+            core.debug(
+              `File: ${++downloadedFiles}/${downloadItems.length}. ${
+                currentFileToDownload.targetPath
+              } took ${(performance.now() - startTime).toFixed(
+                3
+              )} milliseconds to finish downloading`
+            )
+          }
+
+          this.statusReporter.incrementProcessedCount()
         }
       })
     )
-
-    // done downloading, safety dispose all connections
-    this.downloadHttpManager.disposeAndReplaceAllClients()
+      .catch(error => {
+        throw new Error(`Unable to download the artifact: ${error}`)
+      })
+      .finally(() => {
+        this.statusReporter.stop()
+        // safety dispose all connections
+        this.downloadHttpManager.disposeAndReplaceAllClients()
+      })
   }
 
   /**
@@ -112,10 +146,20 @@ export class DownloadHttpClient {
     artifactLocation: string,
     downloadPath: string
   ): Promise<void> {
-    const stream = fs.createWriteStream(downloadPath)
-    const client = this.downloadHttpManager.getClient(httpClientIndex)
-    const requestOptions = getRequestOptions('application/octet-stream', true)
-    const response = await client.get(artifactLocation, requestOptions)
+    let retryCount = 0
+    const retryLimit = getRetryLimit()
+    const destinationStream = fs.createWriteStream(downloadPath)
+    const requestOptions = getDownloadRequestOptions(
+      'application/json',
+      true,
+      true
+    )
+
+    // a single GET request is used to download a file
+    const makeDownloadRequest = async (): Promise<IHttpClientResponse> => {
+      const client = this.downloadHttpManager.getClient(httpClientIndex)
+      return await client.get(artifactLocation, requestOptions)
+    }
 
     // check the response headers to determine if the file was compressed using gzip
     const isGzip = (headers: IncomingHttpHeaders): boolean => {
@@ -124,66 +168,126 @@ export class DownloadHttpClient {
       )
     }
 
-    if (isSuccessStatusCode(response.message.statusCode)) {
-      await this.pipeResponseToStream(
-        response,
-        stream,
-        isGzip(response.message.headers)
-      )
-    } else if (isRetryableStatusCode(response.message.statusCode)) {
-      warning(
-        `Received http ${response.message.statusCode} during file download, will retry ${artifactLocation} after 10 seconds`
-      )
-      // if an error is encountered, dispose of the http connection, and create a new one
-      this.downloadHttpManager.disposeAndReplaceClient(httpClientIndex)
-      await new Promise(resolve =>
-        setTimeout(resolve, getRetryWaitTimeInMilliseconds())
-      )
-      const retryResponse = await client.get(artifactLocation)
-      if (isSuccessStatusCode(retryResponse.message.statusCode)) {
-        await this.pipeResponseToStream(
-          response,
-          stream,
-          isGzip(response.message.headers)
+    // Increments the current retry count and then checks if the retry limit has been reached
+    // If there have been too many retries, fail so the download stops. If there is a retryAfterValue value provided,
+    // it will be used
+    const backOff = async (retryAfterValue?: number): Promise<void> => {
+      retryCount++
+      if (retryCount > retryLimit) {
+        return Promise.reject(
+          new Error(
+            `Retry limit has been reached. Unable to download ${artifactLocation}`
+          )
         )
       } else {
-        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-        console.log(retryResponse)
-        throw new Error(`Unable to download ${artifactLocation}`)
+        this.downloadHttpManager.disposeAndReplaceClient(httpClientIndex)
+        if (retryAfterValue) {
+          // Back off by waiting the specified time denoted by the retry-after header
+          core.info(
+            `Backoff due to too many requests, retry #${retryCount}. Waiting for ${retryAfterValue} milliseconds before continuing the download`
+          )
+          await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, retryAfterValue))
+        } else {
+          // Back off using an exponential value that depends on the retry count
+          const backoffTime = getExponentialRetryTimeInMilliseconds(retryCount)
+          core.info(
+            `Exponential backoff for retry #${retryCount}. Waiting for ${backoffTime} milliseconds before continuing the download`
+          )
+          await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, backoffTime))
+        }
+        core.info(
+          `Finished backoff for retry #${retryCount}, continuing with download`
+        )
+      }
+    }
+
+    // keep trying to download a file until a retry limit has been reached
+    while (retryCount <= retryLimit) {
+      let response: IHttpClientResponse
+      try {
+        response = await makeDownloadRequest()
+      } catch (error) {
+        // if an error is caught, it is usually indicative of a timeout so retry the download
+        core.info('An error occurred while attempting to download a file')
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.log(error)
+
+        // increment the retryCount and use exponential backoff to wait before making the next request
+        await backOff()
+        continue
+      }
+
+      if (isSuccessStatusCode(response.message.statusCode)) {
+        // The body contains the contents of the file however calling response.readBody() causes all the content to be converted to a string
+        // which can cause some gzip encoded data to be lost
+        // Instead of using response.readBody(), response.message is a readableStream that can be directly used to get the raw body contents
+        return this.pipeResponseToFile(
+          response,
+          destinationStream,
+          isGzip(response.message.headers)
+        )
+      } else if (isRetryableStatusCode(response.message.statusCode)) {
+        core.info(
+          `A ${response.message.statusCode} response code has been received while attempting to download an artifact`
+        )
+        // if a throttled status code is received, try to get the retryAfter header value, else differ to standard exponential backoff
+        isThrottledStatusCode(response.message.statusCode)
+          ? await backOff(
+              tryGetRetryAfterValueTimeInMilliseconds(response.message.headers)
+            )
+          : await backOff()
+      } else {
+        // Some unexpected response code, fail immediately and stop the download
+        displayHttpDiagnostics(response)
+        return Promise.reject(
+          new Error(
+            `Unexpected http ${response.message.statusCode} during download for ${artifactLocation}`
+          )
+        )
       }
-    } else {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      console.log(response)
-      throw new Error(`Unable to download ${artifactLocation}`)
     }
   }
 
   /**
-   * Pipes the response from downloading an individual file to the appropriate stream
-   * @param response the http response recieved when downloading a file
-   * @param stream the stream where the file should be written to
-   * @param isGzip does the response need to be be uncompressed
+   * Pipes the response from downloading an individual file to the appropriate destination stream while decoding gzip content if necessary
+   * @param response the http response received when downloading a file
+   * @param destinationStream the stream where the file should be written to
+   * @param isGzip a boolean denoting if the content is compressed using gzip and if we need to decode it
    */
-  private async pipeResponseToStream(
+  async pipeResponseToFile(
     response: IHttpClientResponse,
-    stream: NodeJS.WritableStream,
+    destinationStream: fs.WriteStream,
     isGzip: boolean
   ): Promise<void> {
-    return new Promise(resolve => {
+    await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       if (isGzip) {
-        // pipe the response into gunzip to decompress
         const gunzip = zlib.createGunzip()
         response.message
           .pipe(gunzip)
-          .pipe(stream)
+          .pipe(destinationStream)
           .on('close', () => {
             resolve()
           })
+          .on('error', error => {
+            core.error(
+              `An error has been encountered while decompressing and writing a downloaded file to ${destinationStream.path}`
+            )
+            reject(error)
+          })
       } else {
-        response.message.pipe(stream).on('close', () => {
-          resolve()
-        })
+        response.message
+          .pipe(destinationStream)
+          .on('close', () => {
+            resolve()
+          })
+          .on('error', error => {
+            core.error(
+              `An error has been encountered while writing a downloaded file to ${destinationStream.path}`
+            )
+            reject(error)
+          })
       }
     })
+    return
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/artifact/src/internal/status-reporter.ts b/packages/artifact/src/internal/status-reporter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..681dcfc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/artifact/src/internal/status-reporter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import {info} from '@actions/core'
+
+/**
+ * Status Reporter that displays information about the progress/status of an artifact that is being uploaded or downloaded
+ *
+ * Variable display time that can be adjusted using the displayFrequencyInMilliseconds variable
+ * The total status of the upload/download gets displayed according to this value
+ * If there is a large file that is being uploaded, extra information about the individual status can also be displayed using the updateLargeFileStatus function
+ */
+
+export class StatusReporter {
+  private totalNumberOfFilesToProcess = 0
+  private processedCount = 0
+  private displayFrequencyInMilliseconds: number
+  private largeFiles = new Map<string, string>()
+  private totalFileStatus: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined
+  private largeFileStatus: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined
+
+  constructor(displayFrequencyInMilliseconds: number) {
+    this.totalFileStatus = undefined
+    this.largeFileStatus = undefined
+    this.displayFrequencyInMilliseconds = displayFrequencyInMilliseconds
+  }
+
+  setTotalNumberOfFilesToProcess(fileTotal: number): void {
+    this.totalNumberOfFilesToProcess = fileTotal
+  }
+
+  start(): void {
+    // displays information about the total upload/download status
+    this.totalFileStatus = setInterval(() => {
+      // display 1 decimal place without any rounding
+      const percentage = this.formatPercentage(
+        this.processedCount,
+        this.totalNumberOfFilesToProcess
+      )
+      info(
+        `Total file count: ${
+          this.totalNumberOfFilesToProcess
+        } ---- Processed file #${this.processedCount} (${percentage.slice(
+          0,
+          percentage.indexOf('.') + 2
+        )}%)`
+      )
+    }, this.displayFrequencyInMilliseconds)
+
+    // displays extra information about any large files that take a significant amount of time to upload or download every 1 second
+    this.largeFileStatus = setInterval(() => {
+      for (const value of Array.from(this.largeFiles.values())) {
+        info(value)
+      }
+      // delete all entires in the map after displaying the information so it will not be displayed again unless explicitly added
+      this.largeFiles.clear()
+    }, 1000)
+  }
+
+  // if there is a large file that is being uploaded in chunks, this is used to display extra information about the status of the upload
+  updateLargeFileStatus(
+    fileName: string,
+    numerator: number,
+    denominator: number
+  ): void {
+    // display 1 decimal place without any rounding
+    const percentage = this.formatPercentage(numerator, denominator)
+    const displayInformation = `Uploading ${fileName} (${percentage.slice(
+      0,
+      percentage.indexOf('.') + 2
+    )}%)`
+
+    // any previously added display information should be overwritten for the specific large file because a map is being used
+    this.largeFiles.set(fileName, displayInformation)
+  }
+
+  stop(): void {
+    if (this.totalFileStatus) {
+      clearInterval(this.totalFileStatus)
+    }
+
+    if (this.largeFileStatus) {
+      clearInterval(this.largeFileStatus)
+    }
+  }
+
+  incrementProcessedCount(): void {
+    this.processedCount++
+  }
+
+  private formatPercentage(numerator: number, denominator: number): string {
+    // toFixed() rounds, so use extra precision to display accurate information even though 4 decimal places are not displayed
+    return ((numerator / denominator) * 100).toFixed(4).toString()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload-gzip.ts b/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload-gzip.ts
index 58525765..6d4529be 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload-gzip.ts
+++ b/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload-gzip.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export async function createGZipFileInBuffer(
     const inputStream = fs.createReadStream(originalFilePath)
     const gzip = zlib.createGzip()
     inputStream.pipe(gzip)
-    // read stream into buffer, using experimental async itterators see https://github.com/nodejs/readable-stream/issues/403#issuecomment-479069043
+    // read stream into buffer, using experimental async iterators see https://github.com/nodejs/readable-stream/issues/403#issuecomment-479069043
     const chunks = []
     for await (const chunk of gzip) {
       chunks.push(chunk)
diff --git a/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload-http-client.ts b/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload-http-client.ts
index e3432701..4f7676c5 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload-http-client.ts
+++ b/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload-http-client.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs'
+import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as tmp from 'tmp-promise'
 import * as stream from 'stream'
 import {
@@ -10,21 +11,23 @@ import {
 import {
   getArtifactUrl,
   getContentRange,
-  getRequestOptions,
+  getUploadRequestOptions,
   isRetryableStatusCode,
-  isSuccessStatusCode
+  isSuccessStatusCode,
+  isThrottledStatusCode,
+  displayHttpDiagnostics,
+  getExponentialRetryTimeInMilliseconds,
+  tryGetRetryAfterValueTimeInMilliseconds
 } from './utils'
 import {
   getUploadChunkSize,
   getUploadFileConcurrency,
-  getUploadRetryCount,
-  getRetryWaitTimeInMilliseconds
+  getRetryLimit
 } from './config-variables'
 import {promisify} from 'util'
 import {URL} from 'url'
 import {performance} from 'perf_hooks'
-import {UploadStatusReporter} from './upload-status-reporter'
-import {debug, warning, info} from '@actions/core'
+import {StatusReporter} from './status-reporter'
 import {HttpClientResponse} from '@actions/http-client/index'
 import {IHttpClientResponse} from '@actions/http-client/interfaces'
 import {HttpManager} from './http-manager'
@@ -35,11 +38,11 @@ const stat = promisify(fs.stat)
 
 export class UploadHttpClient {
   private uploadHttpManager: HttpManager
-  private statusReporter: UploadStatusReporter
+  private statusReporter: StatusReporter
 
   constructor() {
     this.uploadHttpManager = new HttpManager(getUploadFileConcurrency())
-    this.statusReporter = new UploadStatusReporter()
+    this.statusReporter = new StatusReporter(10000)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -57,19 +60,18 @@ export class UploadHttpClient {
     const data: string = JSON.stringify(parameters, null, 2)
     const artifactUrl = getArtifactUrl()
 
-    // use the first client from the httpManager, `keep-alive` is not used so the connection will close immediatly
+    // use the first client from the httpManager, `keep-alive` is not used so the connection will close immediately
     const client = this.uploadHttpManager.getClient(0)
-    const requestOptions = getRequestOptions('application/json', false, false)
+    const requestOptions = getUploadRequestOptions('application/json', false)
     const rawResponse = await client.post(artifactUrl, data, requestOptions)
     const body: string = await rawResponse.readBody()
 
     if (isSuccessStatusCode(rawResponse.message.statusCode) && body) {
       return JSON.parse(body)
     } else {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      console.log(rawResponse)
+      displayHttpDiagnostics(rawResponse)
       throw new Error(
-        `Unable to create a container for the artifact ${artifactName}`
+        `Unable to create a container for the artifact ${artifactName} at ${artifactUrl}`
       )
     }
   }
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ export class UploadHttpClient {
   ): Promise<UploadResults> {
     const FILE_CONCURRENCY = getUploadFileConcurrency()
     const MAX_CHUNK_SIZE = getUploadChunkSize()
-    debug(
+    core.debug(
       `File Concurrency: ${FILE_CONCURRENCY}, and Chunk Size: ${MAX_CHUNK_SIZE}`
     )
 
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ export class UploadHttpClient {
     let totalFileSize = 0
     let abortPendingFileUploads = false
 
-    this.statusReporter.setTotalNumberOfFilesToUpload(filesToUpload.length)
+    this.statusReporter.setTotalNumberOfFilesToProcess(filesToUpload.length)
     this.statusReporter.start()
 
     // only allow a certain amount of files to be uploaded at once, this is done to reduce potential errors
@@ -140,19 +142,23 @@ export class UploadHttpClient {
             currentFileParameters
           )
 
-          debug(
-            `File: ${++completedFiles}/${filesToUpload.length}. ${
-              currentFileParameters.file
-            } took ${(performance.now() - startTime).toFixed(
-              3
-            )} milliseconds to finish upload`
-          )
-          uploadFileSize += uploadFileResult.successfullUploadSize
+          if (core.isDebug()) {
+            core.debug(
+              `File: ${++completedFiles}/${filesToUpload.length}. ${
+                currentFileParameters.file
+              } took ${(performance.now() - startTime).toFixed(
+                3
+              )} milliseconds to finish upload`
+            )
+          }
+
+          uploadFileSize += uploadFileResult.successfulUploadSize
           totalFileSize += uploadFileResult.totalSize
           if (uploadFileResult.isSuccess === false) {
             failedItemsToReport.push(currentFileParameters.file)
             if (!continueOnError) {
-              // existing uploads will be able to finish however all pending uploads will fail fast
+              // fail fast
+              core.error(`aborting artifact upload`)
               abortPendingFileUploads = true
             }
           }
@@ -165,7 +171,7 @@ export class UploadHttpClient {
     // done uploading, safety dispose all connections
     this.uploadHttpManager.disposeAndReplaceAllClients()
 
-    info(`Total size of all the files uploaded is ${uploadFileSize} bytes`)
+    core.info(`Total size of all the files uploaded is ${uploadFileSize} bytes`)
     return {
       uploadSize: uploadFileSize,
       totalSize: totalFileSize,
@@ -191,7 +197,7 @@ export class UploadHttpClient {
     let uploadFileSize = 0
     let isGzip = true
 
-    // the file that is being uploaded is less than 64k in size, to increase thoroughput and to minimize disk I/O
+    // the file that is being uploaded is less than 64k in size, to increase throughput and to minimize disk I/O
     // for creating a new GZip file, an in-memory buffer is used for compression
     if (totalFileSize < 65536) {
       const buffer = await createGZipFileInBuffer(parameters.file)
@@ -225,16 +231,16 @@ export class UploadHttpClient {
         // chunk failed to upload
         isUploadSuccessful = false
         failedChunkSizes += uploadFileSize
-        warning(`Aborting upload for ${parameters.file} due to failure`)
+        core.warning(`Aborting upload for ${parameters.file} due to failure`)
       }
 
       return {
         isSuccess: isUploadSuccessful,
-        successfullUploadSize: uploadFileSize - failedChunkSizes,
+        successfulUploadSize: uploadFileSize - failedChunkSizes,
         totalSize: totalFileSize
       }
     } else {
-      // the file that is being uploaded is greater than 64k in size, a temprorary file gets created on disk using the
+      // the file that is being uploaded is greater than 64k in size, a temporary file gets created on disk using the
       // npm tmp-promise package and this file gets used during compression for the GZip file that gets created
       return tmp
         .file()
@@ -261,11 +267,6 @@ export class UploadHttpClient {
               uploadFileSize - offset,
               parameters.maxChunkSize
             )
-            if (abortFileUpload) {
-              // if we don't want to continue in the event of an error, any pending upload chunks will be marked as failed
-              failedChunkSizes += chunkSize
-              continue
-            }
 
             // if an individual file is greater than 100MB (1024*1024*100) in size, display extra information about the upload status
             if (uploadFileSize > 104857600) {
@@ -280,6 +281,12 @@ export class UploadHttpClient {
             const end = offset + chunkSize - 1
             offset += parameters.maxChunkSize
 
+            if (abortFileUpload) {
+              // if we don't want to continue in the event of an error, any pending upload chunks will be marked as failed
+              failedChunkSizes += chunkSize
+              continue
+            }
+
             const result = await this.uploadChunk(
               httpClientIndex,
               parameters.resourceUrl,
@@ -300,7 +307,9 @@ export class UploadHttpClient {
               // successfully uploaded so the server may report a different size for what was uploaded
               isUploadSuccessful = false
               failedChunkSizes += chunkSize
-              warning(`Aborting upload for ${parameters.file} due to failure`)
+              core.warning(
+                `Aborting upload for ${parameters.file} due to failure`
+              )
               abortFileUpload = true
             }
           }
@@ -311,7 +320,7 @@ export class UploadHttpClient {
             return new Promise(resolve => {
               resolve({
                 isSuccess: isUploadSuccessful,
-                successfullUploadSize: uploadFileSize - failedChunkSizes,
+                successfulUploadSize: uploadFileSize - failedChunkSizes,
                 totalSize: totalFileSize
               })
             })
@@ -344,7 +353,7 @@ export class UploadHttpClient {
     totalFileSize: number
   ): Promise<boolean> {
     // prepare all the necessary headers before making any http call
-    const requestOptions = getRequestOptions(
+    const requestOptions = getUploadRequestOptions(
       'application/octet-stream',
       true,
       isGzip,
@@ -359,58 +368,91 @@ export class UploadHttpClient {
     }
 
     let retryCount = 0
-    const retryLimit = getUploadRetryCount()
+    const retryLimit = getRetryLimit()
+
+    // Increments the current retry count and then checks if the retry limit has been reached
+    // If there have been too many retries, fail so the download stops
+    const incrementAndCheckRetryLimit = (
+      response?: IHttpClientResponse
+    ): boolean => {
+      retryCount++
+      if (retryCount > retryLimit) {
+        if (response) {
+          displayHttpDiagnostics(response)
+        }
+        core.info(
+          `Retry limit has been reached for chunk at offset ${start} to ${resourceUrl}`
+        )
+        return true
+      }
+      return false
+    }
+
+    const backOff = async (retryAfterValue?: number): Promise<void> => {
+      this.uploadHttpManager.disposeAndReplaceClient(httpClientIndex)
+      if (retryAfterValue) {
+        core.info(
+          `Backoff due to too many requests, retry #${retryCount}. Waiting for ${retryAfterValue} milliseconds before continuing the upload`
+        )
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, retryAfterValue))
+      } else {
+        const backoffTime = getExponentialRetryTimeInMilliseconds(retryCount)
+        core.info(
+          `Exponential backoff for retry #${retryCount}. Waiting for ${backoffTime} milliseconds before continuing the upload at offset ${start}`
+        )
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, backoffTime))
+      }
+      core.info(
+        `Finished backoff for retry #${retryCount}, continuing with upload`
+      )
+      return
+    }
 
     // allow for failed chunks to be retried multiple times
     while (retryCount <= retryLimit) {
+      let response: IHttpClientResponse
+
       try {
-        const response = await uploadChunkRequest()
-
-        // Always read the body of the response. There is potential for a resource leak if the body is not read which will
-        // result in the connection remaining open along with unintended consequences when trying to dispose of the client
-        await response.readBody()
-
-        if (isSuccessStatusCode(response.message.statusCode)) {
-          return true
-        } else if (isRetryableStatusCode(response.message.statusCode)) {
-          retryCount++
-          if (retryCount > retryLimit) {
-            info(
-              `Retry limit has been reached for chunk at offset ${start} to ${resourceUrl}`
-            )
-            return false
-          } else {
-            info(
-              `HTTP ${response.message.statusCode} during chunk upload, will retry at offset ${start} after ${getRetryWaitTimeInMilliseconds} milliseconds. Retry count #${retryCount}. URL ${resourceUrl}`
-            )
-            this.uploadHttpManager.disposeAndReplaceClient(httpClientIndex)
-            await new Promise(resolve =>
-              setTimeout(resolve, getRetryWaitTimeInMilliseconds())
-            )
-          }
-        } else {
-          info(`#ERROR# Unable to upload chunk to ${resourceUrl}`)
-          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-          console.log(response)
-          return false
-        }
+        response = await uploadChunkRequest()
       } catch (error) {
+        // if an error is caught, it is usually indicative of a timeout so retry the upload
+        core.info(
+          `An error has been caught http-client index ${httpClientIndex}, retrying the upload`
+        )
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
         console.log(error)
 
-        retryCount++
-        if (retryCount > retryLimit) {
-          info(
-            `Retry limit has been reached for chunk at offset ${start} to ${resourceUrl}`
-          )
+        if (incrementAndCheckRetryLimit()) {
           return false
-        } else {
-          info(`Retrying chunk upload after encountering an error`)
-          this.uploadHttpManager.disposeAndReplaceClient(httpClientIndex)
-          await new Promise(resolve =>
-            setTimeout(resolve, getRetryWaitTimeInMilliseconds())
-          )
         }
+        await backOff()
+        continue
+      }
+
+      // Always read the body of the response. There is potential for a resource leak if the body is not read which will
+      // result in the connection remaining open along with unintended consequences when trying to dispose of the client
+      await response.readBody()
+
+      if (isSuccessStatusCode(response.message.statusCode)) {
+        return true
+      } else if (isRetryableStatusCode(response.message.statusCode)) {
+        core.info(
+          `A ${response.message.statusCode} status code has been received, will attempt to retry the upload`
+        )
+        if (incrementAndCheckRetryLimit(response)) {
+          return false
+        }
+        isThrottledStatusCode(response.message.statusCode)
+          ? await backOff(
+              tryGetRetryAfterValueTimeInMilliseconds(response.message.headers)
+            )
+          : await backOff()
+      } else {
+        core.error(
+          `Unexpected response. Unable to upload chunk to ${resourceUrl}`
+        )
+        displayHttpDiagnostics(response)
+        return false
       }
     }
     return false
@@ -421,32 +463,34 @@ export class UploadHttpClient {
    * Updating the size indicates that we are done uploading all the contents of the artifact
    */
   async patchArtifactSize(size: number, artifactName: string): Promise<void> {
-    const requestOptions = getRequestOptions('application/json', false, false)
+    const requestOptions = getUploadRequestOptions('application/json', false)
     const resourceUrl = new URL(getArtifactUrl())
     resourceUrl.searchParams.append('artifactName', artifactName)
 
     const parameters: PatchArtifactSize = {Size: size}
     const data: string = JSON.stringify(parameters, null, 2)
-    debug(`URL is ${resourceUrl.toString()}`)
+    core.debug(`URL is ${resourceUrl.toString()}`)
 
-    // use the first client from the httpManager, `keep-alive` is not used so the connection will close immediatly
+    // use the first client from the httpManager, `keep-alive` is not used so the connection will close immediately
     const client = this.uploadHttpManager.getClient(0)
-    const rawResponse: HttpClientResponse = await client.patch(
+    const response: HttpClientResponse = await client.patch(
       resourceUrl.toString(),
       data,
       requestOptions
     )
-    const body: string = await rawResponse.readBody()
-    if (isSuccessStatusCode(rawResponse.message.statusCode)) {
-      debug(
-        `Artifact ${artifactName} has been successfully uploaded, total size ${size}`
+    const body: string = await response.readBody()
+    if (isSuccessStatusCode(response.message.statusCode)) {
+      core.debug(
+        `Artifact ${artifactName} has been successfully uploaded, total size in bytes: ${size}`
       )
-    } else if (rawResponse.message.statusCode === 404) {
+    } else if (response.message.statusCode === 404) {
       throw new Error(`An Artifact with the name ${artifactName} was not found`)
     } else {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      console.log(body)
-      throw new Error(`Unable to finish uploading artifact ${artifactName}`)
+      displayHttpDiagnostics(response)
+      core.info(body)
+      throw new Error(
+        `Unable to finish uploading artifact ${artifactName} to ${resourceUrl}`
+      )
     }
   }
 }
@@ -460,6 +504,6 @@ interface UploadFileParameters {
 
 interface UploadFileResult {
   isSuccess: boolean
-  successfullUploadSize: number
+  successfulUploadSize: number
   totalSize: number
 }
diff --git a/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload-status-reporter.ts b/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload-status-reporter.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f4242c1..00000000
--- a/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload-status-reporter.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-import {info} from '@actions/core'
-
-/**
- * Upload Status Reporter that displays information about the progress/status of an artifact that is being uploaded
- *
- * Every 10 seconds, the total status of the upload gets displayed. If there is a large file that is being uploaded,
- * extra information about the individual status of an upload can also be displayed
- */
-
-export class UploadStatusReporter {
-  private totalNumberOfFilesToUpload = 0
-  private processedCount = 0
-  private largeUploads = new Map<string, string>()
-  private totalUploadStatus: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined
-  private largeFileUploadStatus: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined
-
-  constructor() {
-    this.totalUploadStatus = undefined
-    this.largeFileUploadStatus = undefined
-  }
-
-  setTotalNumberOfFilesToUpload(fileTotal: number): void {
-    this.totalNumberOfFilesToUpload = fileTotal
-  }
-
-  start(): void {
-    const _this = this
-
-    // displays information about the total upload status every 10 seconds
-    this.totalUploadStatus = setInterval(function() {
-      // display 1 decimal place without any rounding
-      const percentage = _this.formatPercentage(
-        _this.processedCount,
-        _this.totalNumberOfFilesToUpload
-      )
-      info(
-        `Total file(s): ${
-          _this.totalNumberOfFilesToUpload
-        } ---- Processed file #${_this.processedCount} (${percentage.slice(
-          0,
-          percentage.indexOf('.') + 2
-        )}%)`
-      )
-    }, 10000)
-
-    // displays extra information about any large files that take a significant amount of time to upload every 1 second
-    this.largeFileUploadStatus = setInterval(function() {
-      for (const value of Array.from(_this.largeUploads.values())) {
-        info(value)
-      }
-      // delete all entires in the map after displaying the information so it will not be displayed again unless explicitly added
-      _this.largeUploads = new Map<string, string>()
-    }, 1000)
-  }
-
-  updateLargeFileStatus(
-    fileName: string,
-    numerator: number,
-    denomiator: number
-  ): void {
-    // display 1 decimal place without any rounding
-    const percentage = this.formatPercentage(numerator, denomiator)
-    const displayInformation = `Uploading ${fileName} (${percentage.slice(
-      0,
-      percentage.indexOf('.') + 2
-    )}%)`
-
-    // any previously added display information should be overwritten for the specific large file because a map is being used
-    this.largeUploads.set(fileName, displayInformation)
-  }
-
-  stop(): void {
-    if (this.totalUploadStatus) {
-      clearInterval(this.totalUploadStatus)
-    }
-
-    if (this.largeFileUploadStatus) {
-      clearInterval(this.largeFileUploadStatus)
-    }
-  }
-
-  incrementProcessedCount(): void {
-    this.processedCount++
-  }
-
-  private formatPercentage(numerator: number, denominator: number): string {
-    // toFixed() rounds, so use extra precision to display accurate information even though 4 decimal places are not displayed
-    return ((numerator / denominator) * 100).toFixed(4).toString()
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/artifact/src/internal/utils.ts b/packages/artifact/src/internal/utils.ts
index 9919dd10..95e14c00 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/src/internal/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/artifact/src/internal/utils.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,38 @@
-import {debug} from '@actions/core'
+import {debug, info} from '@actions/core'
 import {promises as fs} from 'fs'
 import {HttpCodes, HttpClient} from '@actions/http-client'
 import {BearerCredentialHandler} from '@actions/http-client/auth'
-import {IHeaders} from '@actions/http-client/interfaces'
+import {IHeaders, IHttpClientResponse} from '@actions/http-client/interfaces'
+import {IncomingHttpHeaders} from 'http'
 import {
   getRuntimeToken,
   getRuntimeUrl,
-  getWorkFlowRunId
+  getWorkFlowRunId,
+  getRetryMultiplier,
+  getInitialRetryIntervalInMilliseconds
 } from './config-variables'
 
+/**
+ * Returns a retry time in milliseconds that exponentially gets larger
+ * depending on the amount of retries that have been attempted
+ */
+export function getExponentialRetryTimeInMilliseconds(
+  retryCount: number
+): number {
+  if (retryCount < 0) {
+    throw new Error('RetryCount should not be negative')
+  } else if (retryCount === 0) {
+    return getInitialRetryIntervalInMilliseconds()
+  }
+
+  const minTime =
+    getInitialRetryIntervalInMilliseconds() * getRetryMultiplier() * retryCount
+  const maxTime = minTime * getRetryMultiplier()
+
+  // returns a random number between the minTime (inclusive) and the maxTime (exclusive)
+  return Math.random() * (maxTime - minTime) + minTime
+}
+
 /**
  * Parses a env variable that is a number
  */
@@ -42,11 +66,47 @@ export function isRetryableStatusCode(statusCode?: number): boolean {
   const retryableStatusCodes = [
     HttpCodes.BadGateway,
     HttpCodes.ServiceUnavailable,
-    HttpCodes.GatewayTimeout
+    HttpCodes.GatewayTimeout,
+    HttpCodes.TooManyRequests
   ]
   return retryableStatusCodes.includes(statusCode)
 }
 
+export function isThrottledStatusCode(statusCode?: number): boolean {
+  if (!statusCode) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  return statusCode === HttpCodes.TooManyRequests
+}
+
+/**
+ * Attempts to get the retry-after value from a set of http headers. The retry time
+ * is originally denoted in seconds, so if present, it is converted to milliseconds
+ * @param headers all the headers received when making an http call
+ */
+export function tryGetRetryAfterValueTimeInMilliseconds(
+  headers: IncomingHttpHeaders
+): number | undefined {
+  if (headers['retry-after']) {
+    const retryTime = Number(headers['retry-after'])
+    if (!isNaN(retryTime)) {
+      info(`Retry-After header is present with a value of ${retryTime}`)
+      return retryTime * 1000
+    }
+    info(
+      `Returned retry-after header value: ${retryTime} is non-numeric and cannot be used`
+    )
+    return undefined
+  }
+  info(
+    `No retry-after header was found. Dumping all headers for diagnostic purposes`
+  )
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  console.log(headers)
+  return undefined
+}
+
 export function getContentRange(
   start: number,
   end: number,
@@ -60,27 +120,62 @@ export function getContentRange(
 }
 
 /**
- * Sets all the necessary headers when making HTTP calls
+ * Sets all the necessary headers when downloading an artifact
+ * @param {string} contentType the type of content being uploaded
+ * @param {boolean} isKeepAlive is the same connection being used to make multiple calls
+ * @param {boolean} acceptGzip can we accept a gzip encoded response
+ * @param {string} acceptType the type of content that we can accept
+ * @returns appropriate request options to make a specific http call during artifact download
+ */
+export function getDownloadRequestOptions(
+  contentType: string,
+  isKeepAlive?: boolean,
+  acceptGzip?: boolean
+): IHeaders {
+  const requestOptions: IHeaders = {}
+
+  if (contentType) {
+    requestOptions['Content-Type'] = contentType
+  }
+  if (isKeepAlive) {
+    requestOptions['Connection'] = 'Keep-Alive'
+    // keep alive for at least 10 seconds before closing the connection
+    requestOptions['Keep-Alive'] = '10'
+  }
+  if (acceptGzip) {
+    // if we are expecting a response with gzip encoding, it should be using an octet-stream in the accept header
+    requestOptions['Accept-Encoding'] = 'gzip'
+    requestOptions[
+      'Accept'
+    ] = `application/octet-stream;api-version=${getApiVersion()}`
+  } else {
+    // default to application/json if we are not working with gzip content
+    requestOptions['Accept'] = `application/json;api-version=${getApiVersion()}`
+  }
+
+  return requestOptions
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sets all the necessary headers when uploading an artifact
  * @param {string} contentType the type of content being uploaded
  * @param {boolean} isKeepAlive is the same connection being used to make multiple calls
  * @param {boolean} isGzip is the connection being used to upload GZip compressed content
  * @param {number} uncompressedLength the original size of the content if something is being uploaded that has been compressed
  * @param {number} contentLength the length of the content that is being uploaded
  * @param {string} contentRange the range of the content that is being uploaded
- * @returns appropriate request options to make a specific http call
+ * @returns appropriate request options to make a specific http call during artifact upload
  */
-export function getRequestOptions(
-  contentType?: string,
+export function getUploadRequestOptions(
+  contentType: string,
   isKeepAlive?: boolean,
   isGzip?: boolean,
   uncompressedLength?: number,
   contentLength?: number,
   contentRange?: string
 ): IHeaders {
-  const requestOptions: IHeaders = {
-    // same Accept type for each http call that gets made
-    Accept: `application/json;api-version=${getApiVersion()}`
-  }
+  const requestOptions: IHeaders = {}
+  requestOptions['Accept'] = `application/json;api-version=${getApiVersion()}`
   if (contentType) {
     requestOptions['Content-Type'] = contentType
   }
@@ -99,6 +194,7 @@ export function getRequestOptions(
   if (contentRange) {
     requestOptions['Content-Range'] = contentRange
   }
+
   return requestOptions
 }
 
@@ -114,6 +210,25 @@ export function getArtifactUrl(): string {
   return artifactUrl
 }
 
+/**
+ * Uh oh! Something might have gone wrong during either upload or download. The IHtttpClientResponse object contains information
+ * about the http call that was made by the actions http client. This information might be useful to display for diagnostic purposes, but
+ * this entire object is really big and most of the information is not really useful. This function takes the response object and displays only
+ * the information that we want.
+ *
+ * Certain information such as the TLSSocket and the Readable state are not really useful for diagnostic purposes so they can be avoided.
+ * Other information such as the headers, the response code and message might be useful, so this is displayed.
+ */
+export function displayHttpDiagnostics(response: IHttpClientResponse): void {
+  info(
+    `##### Begin Diagnostic HTTP information #####
+Status Code: ${response.message.statusCode}
+Status Message: ${response.message.statusMessage}
+Header Information: ${JSON.stringify(response.message.headers, undefined, 2)}
+###### End Diagnostic HTTP information ######`
+  )
+}
+
 /**
  * Invalid characters that cannot be in the artifact name or an uploaded file. Will be rejected
  * from the server if attempted to be sent over. These characters are not allowed due to limitations with certain