diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 96b8525dd..10de28bf2 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /// <reference path="./teambition.ts" />
 import 'tslib'
 
-import { forEach, clone, uuid, concat, dropEle, hasMorePages, pagination, eventToRE } from './utils'
+import { forEach, clone, uuid, concat, dropEle, hasMorePages, pagination, eventToRE, normBulkUpdate } from './utils'
 
-export { hasMorePages, pagination }
+export { hasMorePages, pagination, normBulkUpdate }
 export const Utils = { forEach, clone, uuid, concat, dropEle }
 export { eventParser } from './sockets/EventParser'
 
diff --git a/src/utils/httpclient.ts b/src/utils/httpclient.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..944067244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/httpclient.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { Omit } from './internalTypes'
+import { SDKLogger } from './Logger'
+
+/**
+ * 从类型 T（如 `{ taskIds: TaskId[] }`）上获得给定字段 K
+ * （如 `taskIds`）对应的数组的元素类型（如 `TaskId`）。如果
+ * `T[K]` 不是数组类型，则放弃类型推断，返回 any。
+ */
+export type ArrayPropertyElement<
+  T,
+  K extends keyof T
+> = T[K] extends (infer U)[] ? U : any
+
+/**
+ * 生成的结果类型，替换了类型 T（如 `{ taskIds: TaskId[], isArchived: boolean }`）
+ * 上的字段 K（如 `taskIds`）为字段 S（如 `_id`），而字段 S
+ * 对应的值类型则是字段 K 对应的数组值的元素类型（如 `TaskId`）。
+ * 如果 `T[K]` 不是数组类型，则字段 S（如 `_id`）的类型将是 any。
+ */
+export type NormBulkUpdateResult<
+  T,
+  K extends keyof T,
+  U extends string
+> = Array<Record<U, ArrayPropertyElement<T, K>> & Omit<T, K>>
+
+/**
+ * 将批量 PUT 的返回结果转变为可以直接被缓存层消费的数据。
+ * 用法如：有 response$ 的元素形状为
+ *   `{ taskIds: TaskId[], isArchived: boolean, updated: string }`
+ * 则 `response$.map(normBulkUpdate('taskIds', '_id'))` 将推出元素形状为
+ *   `{ _id: TaskId, isArchived: boolean, updated: string }[]`
+ * 的数据。
+ */
+export const normBulkUpdate = <
+  T extends { [key: string]: any },
+  K extends keyof T = keyof T,
+  U extends string = string
+>(
+  responseIdsField: K,
+  entityIdField: U
+) => (
+  response: T
+): NormBulkUpdateResult<T, K, U> => {
+  if (response == null || typeof response !== 'object') {
+    return []
+  }
+  const { [responseIdsField]: ids, ...rest } = response as any
+  return !ids
+    ? []
+    : ids
+      .map((id: ArrayPropertyElement<T, K>) => {
+        const currentValue = rest[entityIdField]
+
+        if (currentValue == null || currentValue === id /* not likely */) {
+          return { ...rest, [entityIdField]: id }
+        }
+
+        const incoming = `${entityIdField}-${id}`
+        const current = `${entityIdField}-${currentValue}`
+        SDKLogger.warn('normBulkUpdate:' +
+          ` specified key-value pair(${incoming})` +
+          ` conflicts with an existing one(${current}).)`
+        )
+        return rest
+    })
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/index.ts
index dfe59e77e..44003f7dc 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ export * from './helper'
 export * from './internalTypes'
 export { createProxy } from './proxy'
 export { eventToRegexp as eventToRE } from './eventToRegexp'
+export * from './httpclient'
diff --git a/src/utils/internalTypes.ts b/src/utils/internalTypes.ts
index a5da2075c..27d4894bd 100644
--- a/src/utils/internalTypes.ts
+++ b/src/utils/internalTypes.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export type Dict<T> = {
   [key: string]: T
 }
 
+export type Omit<T, K> = Pick<T, Exclude<keyof T, K>>
+
 export type TableInfo = {
   tabName: string,
   pkName: string
diff --git a/test/app.ts b/test/app.ts
index 0cf16af35..6fe98e8ee 100644
--- a/test/app.ts
+++ b/test/app.ts
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ import './mock'
 import './apis'
 import './sockets'
 import './net'
+import './utils/index'
diff --git a/test/utils/httpclient.ts b/test/utils/httpclient.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a6726074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/utils/httpclient.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import { it, describe } from 'tman'
+import { TaskId } from 'teambition-types'
+import { normBulkUpdate } from '../../src/utils'
+
+describe('httpclient utils spec', () => {
+
+  type ResponsePayload = {
+    taskIds: TaskId[]
+    isArchived: boolean
+    updated: string
+  }
+
+  it('normBoldUpdate should produce [] for undefined response', () => {
+    const norm = normBulkUpdate<any>('taskIds', '_id')
+    expect(norm(undefined)).to.deep.equal([])
+    expect(norm(null)).to.deep.equal([])
+    expect(norm('success')).to.deep.equal([])
+  })
+
+  it('normBulkUpdate should produce [] when responseIdsField is undefined', () => {
+    const norm = normBulkUpdate<any>('_taskIds', '_id')
+    expect(norm({
+      taskIds: ['123', '456'],
+      isArchived: true,
+      updated: '2018-08-21T05:43:10.000Z'
+    })).to.deep.equal([])
+  })
+
+  it('normBulkUpdate should produce [] when responseIdsField is empty', () => {
+    const norm = normBulkUpdate<ResponsePayload>('taskIds', '_id')
+    expect(norm({
+      taskIds: [],
+      isArchived: true,
+      updated: '2018-08-21T05:43:10.000Z'
+    })).to.deep.equal([])
+  })
+
+  it('normBulkUpdate should work when responseIdsField and entityIdField are the same', () => {
+    const norm = normBulkUpdate<any>('_id', '_id')
+    expect(norm({
+      _id: ['123' as TaskId, '456' as TaskId],
+      isArchived: true,
+      updated: '2018-08-21T05:43:10.000Z'
+    })).to.deep.equal([
+      { _id: '123', isArchived: true, updated: '2018-08-21T05:43:10.000Z' },
+      { _id: '456', isArchived: true, updated: '2018-08-21T05:43:10.000Z' }
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('normBulkUpdate should work when responseIdsField and entityIdField are different', () => {
+    const norm = normBulkUpdate<ResponsePayload>('taskIds', '_id')
+    expect(norm({
+      taskIds: ['123' as TaskId, '456' as TaskId],
+      isArchived: true,
+      updated: '2018-08-21T05:43:10.000Z'
+    })).to.deep.equal([
+      { _id: '123', isArchived: true, updated: '2018-08-21T05:43:10.000Z' },
+      { _id: '456', isArchived: true, updated: '2018-08-21T05:43:10.000Z' }
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('normBulkUpdate should not overwrite when property conflict happends', () => {
+    const norm = normBulkUpdate<any>(
+      'taskIds',
+      'cid'       // 语义为 backbone 的 client id
+    )
+    expect(norm({
+      taskIds: ['123', '456'],
+      cid: '789', // 语义为 child id
+      isArchived: true,
+      updated: '2018-08-21T05:43:10.000Z'
+    })).to.deep.equal([
+      { cid: '789', isArchived: true, updated: '2018-08-21T05:43:10.000Z' },
+      { cid: '789', isArchived: true, updated: '2018-08-21T05:43:10.000Z' }
+    ])
+  })
+
+})
diff --git a/test/utils/index.ts b/test/utils/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00442d7b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/utils/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+import './httpclient'