diff --git a/platform/core/src/capabilities/PersistenceCapability.js b/platform/core/src/capabilities/PersistenceCapability.js
index d26426d82a..9a499d9b50 100644
--- a/platform/core/src/capabilities/PersistenceCapability.js
+++ b/platform/core/src/capabilities/PersistenceCapability.js
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ define(
          * @constructor
          */
         function PersistenceCapability(persistenceService, SPACE, domainObject) {
+            // Update a domain object's model upon refresh
+            function updateModel(model) {
+                return domainObject.useCapability("mutation", function () {
+                    return model;
+                });
+            }
+
             return {
                 /**
                  * Persist any changes which have been made to this
@@ -37,6 +44,19 @@ define(
                         domainObject.getModel()
                     );
                 },
+                /**
+                 * Update this domain object to match the latest from
+                 * persistence.
+                 * @returns {Promise} a promise which will be resolved
+                 *          when the update is complete
+                 */
+                refresh: function () {
+                    return persistenceService.readObject(
+                        SPACE,
+                        domainObject.getId(),
+                        { cache: false } // Disallow cached reads
+                    ).then(updateModel);
+                },
                 /**
                  * Get the space in which this domain object is persisted;
                  * this is useful when, for example, decided which space a
diff --git a/platform/persistence/cache/src/CachingPersistenceDecorator.js b/platform/persistence/cache/src/CachingPersistenceDecorator.js
index 06e784d928..bb0eff3e69 100644
--- a/platform/persistence/cache/src/CachingPersistenceDecorator.js
+++ b/platform/persistence/cache/src/CachingPersistenceDecorator.js
@@ -126,12 +126,14 @@ define(
                  * @memberof CachingPersistenceDecorator#
                  * @param {string} space the space in which to create the object
                  * @param {string} key the key which identifies the object
+                 * @param {*} options optional parameters
                  * @returns {Promise.<object>} a promise for the object; may
                  *          resolve to undefined (if the object does not exist
                  *          in this space)
                  */
-                readObject: function (space, key) {
-                    return (cache[space] && cache[space][key]) ?
+                readObject: function (space, key, options) {
+                    var force = (options || {}).cache === false;
+                    return (cache[space] && cache[space][key] && !force) ?
                             fastPromise(cache[space][key].value) :
                             persistenceService.readObject(space, key)
                                 .then(putCache(space, key));
diff --git a/platform/persistence/overwrite/src/PersistenceFailureConstants.js b/platform/persistence/overwrite/src/PersistenceFailureConstants.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b91286193d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/persistence/overwrite/src/PersistenceFailureConstants.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/*global define*/
+
+define({
+    REVISION_ERROR_KEY: "revision",
+    OVERWRITE_KEY: "overwrite"
+});
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diff --git a/platform/persistence/overwrite/src/PersistenceFailureDialog.js b/platform/persistence/overwrite/src/PersistenceFailureDialog.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa1d0dbfdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/persistence/overwrite/src/PersistenceFailureDialog.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*global define*/
+
+define(
+    ['./PersistenceFailureConstants'],
+    function (PersistenceFailureConstants) {
+        "use strict";
+
+        var OVERWRITE_CANCEL_OPTIONS = [
+                {
+                    name: "Overwrite",
+                    key: PersistenceFailureConstants.OVERWRITE_KEY
+                },
+                {
+                    name: "Cancel",
+                    key: "cancel"
+                }
+            ],
+            OK_OPTIONS = [ { name: "OK", key: "ok" } ];
+
+        /**
+         * Populates a `dialogModel` to pass to `dialogService.getUserChoise`
+         * in order to choose between Overwrite and Cancel.
+         */
+        function PersistenceFailureDialog(failures) {
+            var revisionErrors = [],
+                otherErrors = [];
+
+            // Place this failure into an appropriate group
+            function categorizeFailure(failure) {
+                // Check if the error is due to object revision
+                var isRevisionError = ((failure || {}).error || {}).key ===
+                    PersistenceFailureConstants.REVISION_ERROR_KEY;
+                // Push the failure into the appropriate group
+                (isRevisionError ? revisionErrors : otherErrors).push(failure);
+            }
+
+            // Separate into revision errors, and other errors
+            failures.forEach(categorizeFailure);
+
+            return {
+                title: "Save Error",
+                template: "persistence-failure-dialog",
+                model: {
+                    revised: revisionErrors,
+                    unrecoverable: otherErrors
+                },
+                options: revisionErrors.length > 0 ?
+                        OVERWRITE_CANCEL_OPTIONS : OK_OPTIONS
+            };
+        }
+
+        return PersistenceFailureDialog;
+    }
+);
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diff --git a/platform/persistence/overwrite/src/PersistenceFailureHandler.js b/platform/persistence/overwrite/src/PersistenceFailureHandler.js
index 2c7b4fc75d..e15890fd63 100644
--- a/platform/persistence/overwrite/src/PersistenceFailureHandler.js
+++ b/platform/persistence/overwrite/src/PersistenceFailureHandler.js
@@ -1,15 +1,35 @@
 /*global define*/
 
 define(
-    [],
-    function () {
+    ['./PersistenceFailureDialog', './PersistenceFailureConstants'],
+    function (PersistenceFailureDialog, PersistenceFailureConstants) {
         "use strict";
 
-        function PersistenceFailureHandler(dialogService) {
-            return {
-                handle: function (failures) {
+        function PersistenceFailureHandler($q, dialogService, persistenceService) {
+            function refresh(failure) {
 
+            }
+
+            function retry(failures) {
+
+            }
+
+            function handleFailures(failures) {
+                var dialogModel = new PersistenceFailureDialog(failures),
+                    revisionErrors = dialogModel.model.revised;
+
+                function handleChoice(key) {
+                    if (key === PersistenceFailureConstants.OVERWRITE_KEY) {
+                        return retry(revisionErrors);
+                    }
                 }
+
+                return dialogService.getUserChoice(dialogModel)
+                    .then(handleChoice);
+            }
+
+            return {
+                handle: handleFailures
             };
         }