Update IAST setup instructions with APM cost note - #38753
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Added note about APM intake costs even when APM is disabled.
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This PR updates the Runtime Code Analysis (IAST) setup documentation to add a billing clarification about APM-related intake when IAST is enabled, even if APM tracing is turned off.
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- Adds a note in the prerequisites info alert about APM intake costs/usage associated with IAST security traces and spans.
- Adjusts the alert formatting to include a manual line break before the new billing note.
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| <div class="alert alert-info">The Datadog Agent and SDK are the only requirements for IAST. APM tracing and Infrastructure Monitoring are not required; IAST reports findings independently of both. To disable APM or Infrastructure Monitoring, see <a href="#disable-apm-and-infrastructure-monitoring">Disable APM and Infrastructure Monitoring</a>. | ||
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| Even if APM is disabled, APM intake costs are still incurred for ingesting data, such as security traces and spans, to support IAST.</div> |
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Added note about APM intake costs even when APM is disabled.
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