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Add Redis 6.0 security note to tracer compatibility docs#34603

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What does this PR do? What is the motivation?

Add security note recommending trace agent 7.76+ when using Redis clients.
This addresses the Redis 6.0 API change that allows inline credentials,
which are automatically obfuscated starting in trace agent 7.76.

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Waiting for Trace Agent release 7.76

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Add security note recommending trace agent 7.76+ when using Redis clients.
This addresses the Redis 6.0 API change that allows inline credentials,
which are automatically obfuscated starting in trace agent 7.76.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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