Redpanda Connect GA (#343)

* Redpanda Connect GA

* update beta/LA features in Cloud Overview

* add the What's New in Cloud

* remove beta badge from BYOVPC on GCP

* update admonition for BYOVPC/BYOVNet

* Update modules/get-started/pages/whats-new-cloud.adoc

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Co-authored-by: micheleRP <[email protected]>

Author: jrkinley

modules/develop/pages/connect/about.adoc

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 Redpanda Connect in Redpanda Cloud lets you quickly build and deploy streaming data pipelines on your clusters from a fully-integrated UI or using the pass:a,m[xref:{tag-pipeline-service}[Data Plane API\]]. 
 
-include::develop:partial$availability-message.adoc[]
-
 Choose from a xref:develop:connect/components/catalog.adoc[wide range of connectors] to suit your use case, including connectors to: 
 
 * Integrate data sources (xref:components:inputs/about.adoc[inputs])

modules/develop/pages/connect/connect-quickstart.adoc

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ Learn how to build, run, and update a data pipeline on a Redpanda Cloud cluster
 
 This quickstart introduces you to Redpanda Connect for Redpanda Cloud. Using a single YAML configuration file, you can quickly build streaming data pipelines from scratch. No third-party connectors are required. 
 
-include::develop:partial$availability-message.adoc[]
-
 == Prerequisites
 
 A Redpanda Cloud account for Serverless, Dedicated, or standard BYOC. If you don't already have an account, https://redpanda.com/try-redpanda/cloud-trial[sign up for a free trial^].

modules/develop/partials/availability-message.adoc

@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ Features in limited availability are production-ready and are covered by Redpand
 
 The following features are currently in limited availability in Redpanda Cloud:
 
-* Redpanda Connect for Dedicated and BYOC (excluding BYOVNet on Azure)
 * Serverless
 * Dedicated and BYOC for Azure
 * BYOVPC for GCP
@@ -275,7 +274,6 @@ Features in beta are available for testing and feedback. They are not covered by
 
 The following features are currently in beta in Redpanda Cloud:
 
-* Redpanda Connect on Serverless and BYOVPC/BYOVNet
 * BYOVPC for AWS  
 * BYOVNet for Azure
 * Integration with Apache Iceberg

modules/get-started/pages/cloud-overview.adoc

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 = Enable Redpanda Connect on an Existing BYOVPC Cluster on GCP
 :description: Add Redpanda Connect to your existing BYOVPC cluster.
-:page-beta: true
 
-include::shared:partial$feature-flag-rpcn.adoc[]
 
 To enable Redpanda Connect on an existing BYOVPC cluster, you must update your configuration. You can also create xref:get-started:cluster-types/byoc/gcp/vpc-byo-gcp.adoc[a new BYOVPC cluster] with Redpanda Connect already enabled.
 

modules/get-started/pages/cluster-types/byoc/gcp/enable-rpcn-byovpc-gcp.adoc

@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@ This page lists new features added to Redpanda Cloud.
 
 == July 2025
 
-=== Serverless cluster connections
+=== Redpanda Connect in Redpanda Cloud: GA
+
+xref:develop:connect/about.adoc[Redpanda Connect] is now generally available (GA) in all Redpanda Cloud clusters: BYOC (including BYOVPC/BYOVNet), Dedicated, and Serverless. 
+
+xref:develop:connect/components/catalog.adoc[Choose from a range of connectors, processors, and other components] to quickly build and deploy streaming data pipelines or AI applications from the xref:develop:connect/connect-quickstart.adoc[Cloud UI] or using the pass:a,m[xref:{tag-pipeline-service}[Data Plane API\]]. Comprehensive metrics, monitoring, and per pipeline scaling are also available. To start using Redpanda Connect, xref:develop:connect/connect-quickstart.adoc[try this quickstart].
+
+For more detailed information about recent component updates, see xref:redpanda-connect:ROOT:whats_new_rpcn.adoc[What's New in Redpanda Connect].
+
+=== Serverless client connections
 
 xref:get-started:cluster-types/serverless.adoc[Serverless] clusters have a new usage limit of 10,000 connections.
 

modules/get-started/pages/whats-new-cloud.adoc

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [IMPORTANT]
 ====
 
-* BYOVPC/BYOVNet is an add-on feature that may require an additional purchase. To unlock this feature for your account, contact your Redpanda account team or https://www.redpanda.com/price-estimator[Redpanda Sales^]. 
-* Redpanda Connect is in beta for BYOVPC clusters.
+BYOVPC/BYOVNet is an add-on feature that may require an additional purchase. To unlock this feature for your account, contact your Redpanda account team or https://www.redpanda.com/price-estimator[Redpanda Sales^]. 
 ====