Add the Redpanda tracer to Cloud docs (#467)

JakeSCahill · web-flow · commit 90c3d22fc1a6 · 2025-12-03T15:32:43.000Z
* Add the Redpanda tracer to Cloud docs

* Update What's new
diff --git a/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc b/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@
 *** xref:develop:connect/components/tracers/about.adoc[]
 **** xref:develop:connect/components/tracers/gcp_cloudtrace.adoc[]
 **** xref:develop:connect/components/tracers/none.adoc[]
+**** xref:develop:connect/components/tracers/redpanda.adoc[]
 
 *** xref:develop:connect/components/metrics/about.adoc[]
 **** xref:develop:connect/components/metrics/none.adoc[]
diff --git a/modules/develop/pages/connect/components/tracers/redpanda.adoc b/modules/develop/pages/connect/components/tracers/redpanda.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+= redpanda
+:page-aliases: components:tracers/redpanda.adoc
+include::redpanda-connect:components:tracers/redpanda.adoc[tag=single-source]
diff --git a/modules/get-started/pages/whats-new-cloud.adoc b/modules/get-started/pages/whats-new-cloud.adoc
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
 
 This page lists new features added to Redpanda Cloud.
 
+== December 2025
+
+=== Redpanda Connect updates
+
+* Tracers:
+** xref:components:tracers/redpanda.adoc[Redpanda]: The Redpanda tracer exports distributed tracing data to a Redpanda topic, enabling you to monitor and debug your Redpanda Connect pipelines. Traces are exported in OpenTelemetry format as JSON, allowing integration with observability platforms like Jaeger, Grafana Tempo, or custom trace consumers.
+
 == November 2025
 
 === Serverless on GCP: beta

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	`2`	`+:page-aliases: components:tracers/redpanda.adoc`
	`3`	`+include::redpanda-connect:components:tracers/redpanda.adoc[tag=single-source]`