docs: note that client routes are 4.x-only (DRIVER-1043)

[nikagra]

A reader who searches the 3.x docs for PrivateLink, Private Service Connect or client_routes finds nothing at all, which reads like an omission rather than an answer. The feature genuinely does not exist here: DRIVER-437 closed 3.x PrivateLink support as Won't Do, and git grep -icE 'client_?routes|private.?link' returns zero files on scylla-3.x, Java sources included.

• Add a Client routes (PrivateLink / Private Service Connect) section to manual/address_resolution/README.md, in the same slot 4.x uses in manual/core/address_resolution/ so the two lines read in parallel.
• State plainly that 3.x does not support it at any version — added in 4.x, first released in 4.19.0.7, needs ScyllaDB Enterprise 2026.1.
• Answer the obvious follow-up: a custom AddressTranslator is not a substitute, because it translates by address while client routes look each node up by host ID, and 3.x has no CLIENT_ROUTES_CHANGE handling.
• Alternate names (PL, PSC, private link, private service connection, clientroutes) are in the prose deliberately — the theme indexes visible text and these docs have no keyword-metadata mechanism.

Both outbound links go to GitHub on purpose. conf.py's source-read hook rewrites the first path segment of any java-driver.docs.scylladb.com/<x>/… URL to the version being built, so a /stable/… link written here resolves to /scylla-3.x/… — a 404 back inside the 3.x tree. A local build cannot show this (SPHINX_MULTIVERSION_NAME is unset, so the slug defaults to stable); I checked it by running the published conf.py's replacement table against both forms.

Verified: make -C docs test green under -W --keep-going on a cleaned _source; the section renders between "Driver-side address translation" and "EC2 multi-region"; both GitHub links survive intact in the built HTML; all seven of the epic's keywords appear in the rendered text and privatelink, clientrout and psc are all in searchindex.js.

Not visible on the docs site until #1080 publishes scylla-3.x, which in turn waits on #1079 and #1004.

Fixes DRIVER-1043

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The address-resolution documentation now covers private endpoint deployments. It explains how Java Driver 4.x uses system.client_routes and CLIENT_ROUTES_CHANGE to map nodes to private endpoints. It also documents that Java Driver 3.x and custom AddressTranslator implementations do not support this behavior. The document includes links to Java Driver 4.x address-resolution and driver documentation.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to fba51

The documentation is safe to merge operationally, but its terminology and AddressTranslator limitation should be clarified for reader accuracy.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the documentation change: it notes that client routes are limited to Java Driver 4.x.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the documentation addition, the 3.x limitation, the AddressTranslator distinction, link behavior, and verification results.
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manual/address_resolution/README.md-81-83 (1)

81-83: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Describe provider services as deployment terms, not aliases.

AWS PrivateLink, Azure Private Link, and GCP Private Service Connect are services supported by client routes, not alternate names for the driver feature. Keep these terms for search indexing, but rewrite this sentence to avoid implying that they are Java driver features or configuration names. (github.com)

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In `@manual/address_resolution/README.md` around lines 81 - 83, Rewrite the
sentence around client routes to describe AWS PrivateLink, Azure Private Link,
and GCP Private Service Connect as provider services or deployment terms
supported by the feature, not aliases for the Java driver feature or
configuration names; retain the terms for search indexing and keep
client_routes/clientroutes as the actual alternate names.

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manual/address_resolution/README.md-92-93 (1)

92-93: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Qualify the AddressTranslator limitation.

A Java Driver 3.x AddressTranslator does not receive CLIENT_ROUTES_CHANGE events or refresh system.client_routes automatically. However, a custom translator can follow route changes through an independent dynamic mapping source. Replace “cannot follow a route once the server moves it” with “does not automatically receive route-change events or refresh system.client_routes.”

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In `@manual/address_resolution/README.md` around lines 92 - 93, Update the
AddressTranslator limitation text to state that Java Driver 3.x translators do
not automatically receive CLIENT_ROUTES_CHANGE events or refresh
system.client_routes, while avoiding the absolute claim that they cannot follow
moved routes.

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Other comments:
In `@manual/address_resolution/README.md`:
- Around line 81-83: Rewrite the sentence around client routes to describe AWS
PrivateLink, Azure Private Link, and GCP Private Service Connect as provider
services or deployment terms supported by the feature, not aliases for the Java
driver feature or configuration names; retain the terms for search indexing and
keep client_routes/clientroutes as the actual alternate names.
- Around line 92-93: Update the AddressTranslator limitation text to state that
Java Driver 3.x translators do not automatically receive CLIENT_ROUTES_CHANGE
events or refresh system.client_routes, while avoiding the absolute claim that
they cannot follow moved routes.

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