Retry segment download at the start of snap sync #3538
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This PR is a temporary workaround for bug #3537, where some nodes can't download segments reliably on Taurus.
There are two places where segment downloads are used during snap sync:
Until we fix the underlying issue, it seems like adding a retry to the first case would be useful. There's no good reason to exit immediately when we could retry a few times.
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