diff --git a/awsbackoff_test.go b/awsbackoff_test.go
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+package connector
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/lib/pq"
+	"github.com/sendgridlabs/go-kinesis"
+)
+
+func Test_isRecoverableError(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		err           error
+		isRecoverable bool
+	}{
+		{err: &kinesis.Error{Code: "ProvisionedThroughputExceededException"}, isRecoverable: true},
+		{err: &kinesis.Error{Code: "Throttling"}, isRecoverable: true},
+		{err: &kinesis.Error{Code: "ServiceUnavailable"}, isRecoverable: true},
+		{err: &kinesis.Error{Code: "ExpiredIteratorException"}, isRecoverable: false},
+		{err: &net.OpError{Err: fmt.Errorf("connection reset by peer")}, isRecoverable: true},
+		{err: &net.OpError{Err: fmt.Errorf("unexpected error")}, isRecoverable: false},
+		{err: fmt.Errorf("an arbitrary error"), isRecoverable: false},
+		{err: pq.Error{Message: "The specified S3 prefix 'somefilethatismissing' does not exist"}, isRecoverable: true},
+		{err: pq.Error{Message: "Some other pq error"}, isRecoverable: false},
+	}
+
+	for idx, tc := range testCases {
+		isRecoverable := isRecoverableError(tc.err)
+
+		if isRecoverable != tc.isRecoverable {
+			t.Errorf("test case %d: isRecoverable expected %t, actual %t, for error %+v", idx, tc.isRecoverable, isRecoverable, tc.err)
+		}
+	}
+}