Prometheus datasource: query builder freezes when metrics metadata is undefined (#51929) (#51988)

* add error handling for prom query builder returning undefined metrics metadata

* remove reference to escalation

(cherry picked from commit e51187a474)

Co-authored-by: Brendan O'Handley <brendan.ohandley@grafana.com>

public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/querybuilder/components/PromQueryBuilder.tsx

@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ async function getMetrics(
     await datasource.languageProvider.loadMetricsMetadata();
   }
 
+  // Error handling for when metrics metadata returns as undefined
+  if (!datasource.languageProvider.metricsMetadata) {
+    datasource.languageProvider.metricsMetadata = {};
+  }
+
   let metrics;
   if (query.labels.length > 0) {
     const expr = promQueryModeller.renderLabels(query.labels);