def client(application, api_client):
    """
    Client configured not to retry requests.

    By default, the failed requests are retried by the api_client.
    As 404 is the desired outcome of one of the tests, the client is
    configured not to retry requests to avoid long time execution.
    """
    # this will ensure all is up
    assert application.test_request().status_code == 200

    return api_client(disable_retry_status_list={404})