I'd say this isn't a feature, for the fear of the infinite feedback loop.
It would be very easily done,
more so, more newbies are likely to do it and have problems, than people using the feature.
on the rare occasion i'vI've needed to do anything like it, I bounce, as it's much quicker than routing out and back in and then playba k recording.
as far as building metronomes goes, all the sounds are in the media browser so you can quickly get say 4 bars made up in an audio track and them groove clip it, to extend it to as much as you need.