Update type signature of get_metrics_data() to accept "None" return type

[Ali-Alnosairi]

Description

Fixes #4047

Type of change

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• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• This change requires a documentation update

How Has This Been Tested?

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• Test A

Does This PR Require a Contrib Repo Change?

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• No.

Checklist:

• Followed the style guidelines of this project
• Changelogs have been updated
• Unit tests have been added
• Documentation has been updated

[Ali-Alnosairi]

@ocelotl , @xrmx, @emdneto
would someone please review this PR!

[Ali-Alnosairi]

Hey @emdneto ,
would you please review this PR!