diff --git a/dwave/cloud/client.py b/dwave/cloud/client.py
index 05bd128..2dd109b 100644
--- a/dwave/cloud/client.py
+++ b/dwave/cloud/client.py
@@ -697,10 +697,10 @@ class Client(object):
                 Force refresh of cached list of solvers/properties.
 
             order_by (callable/str/None, default='avg_load'):
-                Solver sorting key function (or :class:`Solver` attribute/item
-                dot-separated path). By default, solvers are sorted by average
-                load. To explicitly not sort the solvers (and use the API-returned
-                order), set ``order_by=None``.
+                Solver sorting key function (or :class:`~dwave.cloud.solver.Solver`
+                attribute/item dot-separated path). By default, solvers are sorted
+                by average load. To explicitly not sort the solvers (and use the
+                API-returned order), set ``order_by=None``.
 
                 Signature of the `key` `callable` is::
 
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ class Client(object):
         warnings.warn("'solvers' is deprecated in favor of 'get_solvers'.", DeprecationWarning)
         return self.get_solvers(refresh=refresh, **filters)
 
-    def get_solver(self, name=None, refresh=False, **filters):
+    def get_solver(self, name=None, refresh=False, order_by='avg_load', **filters):
         """Load the configuration for a single solver.
 
         Makes a blocking web call to `{endpoint}/solvers/remote/{solver_name}/`, where `{endpoint}`
@@ -1052,13 +1052,15 @@ class Client(object):
                 Dictionary of filters over features this solver has to have. For a list of
                 feature names and values, see: :meth:`~dwave.cloud.client.Client.get_solvers`.
 
-            order_by (callable/str, default='id'):
-                Solver sorting key function (or :class:`Solver` attribute name).
-                By default, solvers are sorted by ID/name.
+            order_by (callable/str/None, default='avg_load'):
+                Solver sorting key function (or :class:`~dwave.cloud.solver.Solver`
+                attribute/item dot-separated path). By default, solvers are sorted by average
+                load. For details, see :meth:`~dwave.cloud.client.Client.get_solvers`.
 
             refresh (bool):
-                Return solver from cache (if cached with ``get_solvers()``),
-                unless set to ``True``.
+                Return solver from cache (if cached with
+                :meth:`~dwave.cloud.client.Client.get_solvers`), unless set to
+                ``True``.
 
         Returns:
             :class:`.Solver`
@@ -1096,7 +1098,7 @@ class Client(object):
         # get the first solver that satisfies all filters
         try:
             logger.debug("Fetching solvers according to filters=%r", filters)
-            return self.get_solvers(refresh=refresh, **filters)[0]
+            return self.get_solvers(refresh=refresh, order_by=order_by, **filters)[0]
         except IndexError:
             raise SolverNotFoundError("Solver with the requested features not available")
 
@@ -1668,7 +1670,7 @@ class Client(object):
 
     @staticmethod
     @retried(_UPLOAD_PART_RETRIES, backoff=_UPLOAD_RETRIES_BACKOFF)
-    def _upload_multipart_part(session, problem_id, part_id, part_stream,
+    def _upload_multipart_part(session, problem_id, part_id, part_generator,
                                uploaded_part_checksum=None):
         """Upload one problem part. Sync http request.
 
@@ -1679,8 +1681,9 @@ class Client(object):
                 Problem id.
             part_id (int):
                 Part number/id.
-            part_stream (:class:`io.BufferedIOBase`/binary-stream-like):
-                Problem part data container that supports `read` operation.
+            part_generator (generator of :class:`io.BufferedIOBase`/binary-stream-like):
+                Callable that produces problem part data container that supports
+                `read` and `seek` operations.
             uploaded_part_checksum (str/None):
                 Checksum of previously uploaded part. Optional, but if specified
                 checksum is verified, and part is uploaded only if checksums
@@ -1692,6 +1695,9 @@ class Client(object):
 
         logger.debug("Uploading part_id=%r of problem_id=%r", part_id, problem_id)
 
+        # generate the mutable part stream from immutable stream generator
+        part_stream = part_generator()
+
         # TODO: work-around to get a checksum of a binary stream (avoid 2x read)
         data = part_stream.read()
         digest = Client._digest(data)
@@ -1808,12 +1814,12 @@ class Client(object):
                 uploaded_parts[part_no] = checksum
         return uploaded_parts
 
-    def _upload_part_worker(self, problem_id, part_no, chunk_stream,
+    def _upload_part_worker(self, problem_id, part_no, chunk_generator,
                             uploaded_part_checksum=None):
 
         with self.create_session() as session:
             part_checksum = self._upload_multipart_part(
-                session, problem_id, part_id=part_no, part_stream=chunk_stream,
+                session, problem_id, part_id=part_no, part_generator=chunk_generator,
                 uploaded_part_checksum=uploaded_part_checksum)
 
             return part_no, part_checksum
@@ -1859,12 +1865,11 @@ class Client(object):
 
             # enqueue all parts, worker skips if checksum matches
             parts = {}
-            streams = collections.OrderedDict(enumerate(chunks))
-            for chunk_no, chunk_stream in streams.items():
+            for chunk_no, chunk_generator in enumerate(chunks.generators()):
                 part_no = chunk_no + 1
                 part_future = self._upload_part_executor.submit(
                     self._upload_part_worker,
-                    problem_id, part_no, chunk_stream,
+                    problem_id, part_no, chunk_generator,
                     uploaded_part_checksum=uploaded_parts.get(part_no))
 
                 parts[part_no] = part_future
diff --git a/dwave/cloud/upload.py b/dwave/cloud/upload.py
index 2b48bb8..85d603b 100644
--- a/dwave/cloud/upload.py
+++ b/dwave/cloud/upload.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import threading
 
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Sized
+from functools import partial
 
 __all__ = ['ChunkedData']
 
@@ -400,3 +401,9 @@ class ChunkedData(object):
     def __iter__(self):
         for idx in range(len(self)):
             yield self.chunk(idx)
+
+    def generators(self):
+        """Iterator of (immutable) chunk generators."""
+
+        for idx in range(len(self)):
+            yield partial(self.chunk, idx=idx)

diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index 12f1726..e5536aa 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -717,6 +717,19 @@ class FeatureBasedSolverSelection(unittest.TestCase):
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             self.client.get_solvers(order_by=list)
 
+    def test_order_by_respects_default_solver(self):
+        """order_by used in isolation should not affect default_solver filters (issue #401)"""
+
+        with Client('endpoint', 'token', solver=dict(name='qpu2')) as client:
+            # mock the network call to fetch all solvers
+            client._fetch_solvers = lambda **kw: self.solvers
+
+            # the default solver is set on client
+            self.assertEqual(client.get_solver(), self.qpu2)
+
+            # the default solver should not change when we add order_by
+            self.assertEqual(client.get_solver(order_by='id'), self.qpu2)
+
     def test_order_by_string(self):
         # sort by Solver inferred properties
         self.assertEqual(self.client.get_solvers(order_by='id'), [self.hybrid, self.qpu1, self.qpu2, self.software])
diff --git a/tests/test_upload.py b/tests/test_upload.py
index baf12a2..6717d1e 100644
--- a/tests/test_upload.py
+++ b/tests/test_upload.py
@@ -358,6 +358,12 @@ class TestChunkedData(unittest.TestCase):
         chunks_expected = [self.data]
         self.verify_chunking(cd, chunks_expected)
 
+    def test_chunk_generators(self):
+        cd = ChunkedData(self.data, chunk_size=3)
+        chunks_expected = [b'012', b'345', b'678', b'9']
+        chunks_generated = [g().read() for g in cd.generators()]
+        self.assertListEqual(chunks_expected, chunks_generated)
+
 
 @unittest.skipUnless(config, "No live server configuration available.")
 class TestMultipartUpload(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -620,7 +626,6 @@ class TestMockedMultipartUpload(unittest.TestCase):
 
             def put(path, data, headers, seq=iter(range(Client._UPLOAD_PART_RETRIES+1))):
                 body = data.read()
-                data.seek(0)
                 headers = json.dumps(sorted(headers.items()))
                 keys = [
                     (

Upload part worker does not recover from failures to correctly retry upload
Individual part problem upload should be retried 2 times in case the upload fails due to any unhandled exception (e.g. SAPI returns `502 Bad Gateway` during overload). This is achieved with the `retried` decorator.

https://github.com/dwavesystems/dwave-cloud-client/blob/88e14e9b745957569d86ca8d8fcd1461ff7101b9/dwave/cloud/client.py#L1670-L1672

The problem is not all arguments are immutable. `part_stream` (uploaded part data binary stream) should always be at the beginning.

We can either always rewind the `part_stream`, or instead to pass in an immutable "chunk/part stream factory".
tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_order_by_respects_default_solver tests/test_upload.py::TestChunkedData::test_chunk_generators tests/test_upload.py::TestMockedMultipartUpload::test_part_upload_retried
tests/test_client.py::ClientFactory::test_client_cert_from_config tests/test_client.py::ClientFactory::test_client_cert_from_kwargs tests/test_client.py::ClientFactory::test_client_type tests/test_client.py::ClientFactory::test_custom_kwargs tests/test_client.py::ClientFactory::test_custom_kwargs_overrides_config tests/test_client.py::ClientFactory::test_default tests/test_client.py::ClientFactory::test_headers_from_config tests/test_client.py::ClientFactory::test_headers_from_kwargs tests/test_client.py::ClientFactory::test_legacy_config_load_fallback tests/test_client.py::ClientFactory::test_solver_features_from_config tests/test_client.py::ClientFactory::test_solver_features_kwargs_override_config tests/test_client.py::ClientFactory::test_solver_name_from_config tests/test_client.py::ClientFactory::test_solver_name_overrides_config_features tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_anneal_schedule tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_availability_combo tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_category tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_default tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_derived_category_properties tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_derived_category_properties_without_category tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_lower_noise_derived_property tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_membership_ops tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_name tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_nested_properties_intermediate_key_lookup tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_nested_properties_leaf_lookup tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_num_qubits tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_online tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_order_by_callable tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_order_by_edgecases tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_order_by_string tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_parameter_availability_check tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_property_availability_check tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_range_boolean_combo tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_range_ops tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_regex tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_relational_ops tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_set_ops tests/test_client.py::FeatureBasedSolverSelection::test_solvers_deprecation tests/test_upload.py::TestGettableABC::test_invalid tests/test_upload.py::TestGettableABC::test_valid tests/test_upload.py::TestGettables::test_gettable_file_critical_section_respected tests/test_upload.py::TestGettables::test_gettable_file_from_disk_file tests/test_upload.py::TestGettables::test_gettable_file_from_file_like tests/test_upload.py::TestGettables::test_gettable_file_from_memory_bytes tests/test_upload.py::TestGettables::test_gettable_file_from_memory_string tests/test_upload.py::TestGettables::test_gettable_memory_from_bytes_like tests/test_upload.py::TestFileView::test_file_interface tests/test_upload.py::TestFileView::test_view_interface tests/test_upload.py::TestChunkedData::test_chunk_size_edges tests/test_upload.py::TestChunkedData::test_chunks_from_bytearray tests/test_upload.py::TestChunkedData::test_chunks_from_bytes tests/test_upload.py::TestChunkedData::test_chunks_from_memory_file tests/test_upload.py::TestChunkedData::test_chunks_from_str tests/test_upload.py::TestMockedMultipartUpload::test_partial_upload tests/test_upload.py::TestMockedMultipartUpload::test_problem_reupload_end_to_end tests/test_upload.py::TestMockedMultipartUpload::test_single_problem_end_to_end