[receiver/kafkametrics] Fix the issue with incorrect cluster admin in…

…itialization in consumer scraper

.chloggen/kafkametricsreceiver-cluster-admin-init.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
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+note: Fix incorrect cluster admin initialization in consumer scraper
+
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+issues: [36818]
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receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/consumer_scraper.go

@@ -49,15 +49,18 @@ func (s *consumerScraper) scrape(context.Context) (pmetric.Metrics, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return pmetric.Metrics{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to create client in consumer scraper: %w", err)
 		}
-		clusterAdmin, err := newClusterAdmin(s.config.Brokers, s.saramaConfig)
+		s.client = client
+	}
+
+	if s.clusterAdmin == nil {
+		admin, err := newClusterAdmin(s.config.Brokers, s.saramaConfig)
 		if err != nil {
-			if client != nil {
-				_ = client.Close()
+			if s.client != nil {
+				_ = s.client.Close()
 			}
 			return pmetric.Metrics{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to create cluster admin in consumer scraper: %w", err)
 		}
-		s.client = client
-		s.clusterAdmin = clusterAdmin
+		s.clusterAdmin = admin
 	}
 
 	cgs, listErr := s.clusterAdmin.ListConsumerGroups()