feat(common.shim): Enable metric tracking within external plugins

[Wimmelwaldi]

Summary

• This PR enables external plugins to use metric tracking within their isolated environment

Checklist

• No AI generated code was used in this PR

Related issues

resolves #15572

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armhf.deb	i386.rpm	freebsd_armv7.tar.gz
i386.deb	ppc64le.rpm	freebsd_i386.tar.gz
mips.deb	riscv64.rpm	linux_amd64.tar.gz
mipsel.deb	s390x.rpm	linux_arm64.tar.gz
ppc64el.deb	x86_64.rpm	linux_armel.tar.gz
riscv64.deb		linux_armhf.tar.gz
s390x.deb		linux_i386.tar.gz
		linux_mips.tar.gz
		linux_mipsel.tar.gz
		linux_ppc64le.tar.gz
		linux_riscv64.tar.gz
		linux_s390x.tar.gz

[powersj]

Thanks for the PR @Wimmelwaldi I assume you were able to test this and confirmed it resolved your request as well?

[powersj]

@Wimmelwaldi could you confirm you were able to use the artifacts to resolve your issue?

[Wimmelwaldi]

@powersj Sorry for the late reply. I was on vacation.

Yes, I can confirm that this has solved my issue.
I deliberately ignored inputs/shim here, as this is deprecated. If any parts of the code still have this dependency, they should rather be adapted.

[powersj]

Thanks for confirming!

[srebhan]

Approved with huge thank you @Wimmelwaldi!