fix retry plugin for async requests

[dbu]

Q	A
Bug?	yes
New Feature?	no
Version	1.8

Actual Behavior

RetryPlugin used in an async request waits for the response, making the request effectively synchronous.

Expected Behavior

The request stays asynchronous and the RetryPlugin returns an appropriate promise.

Possible Solutions

An attempt was made in #101 but had to be reverted in #111 because of #109.
There is a WIP in #110 but somebody needs to pick that up and revert #111, then test everything in #110 until it works correctly.