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[MoBP] Windows socket exhaustion

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Summary

Rapid-fire tools like Sequencer and Intruder can exhaust Windows sockets, as closed sockets linger briefly. Burp now detects exhaustion, throttles back automatically, and reissues the failed requests.
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