[fix] kafka input Test() panics when broker connection fails

[barkhayot]

• When brokers are unreachable, sarama.NewClient() fails and returns a nil client. The error was only logged without returning, so execution continued to client.Topics() on a nil client, causing a panic instead of a clean error [bug-hunter] Kafka input Test() panics when broker connection fails #49376
• Return the error from sarama.NewClient() immediately so Test() exits cleanly when broker connection fails
• Add suggested test from issue.

Closes #49376.

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The changes modify the Kafka input error handling behavior. When client initialization fails in the Test method of kafkaInput, the function now returns the error immediately instead of logging it and continuing execution. This prevents subsequent operations from attempting to use an invalid client. A new test case TestTestNoPanicOnClientError was added to verify this behavior by attempting client initialization with invalid host/port configuration and asserting that an error is returned.

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[mauri870]

For instance, this is a panic in the input package but in a test-only function, the input itself is not affected. Either way we should prevent panics from happening.

Updated your PR description to include a closes comment.

[barkhayot]

For instance, this is a panic in the input package but in a test-only function, the input itself is not affected. Either way we should prevent panics from happening.

Updated your PR description to include a closes comment.

@mauri870 Thanks for comment! Will be opening a follow-up PR later on to address the same issue in the input itself as well.