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[docs] Update "Display beta integrations" guidance for Kibana 9.4+ (toggle removed)

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Description

## Summary

Several integration docs instruct users to enable **"Display beta integrations"** on the Kibana Integrations page as if that control always exists. The toggle was **removed in Kibana 9.4+** ([elastic/kibana#252115](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/252115)), so current wording is wrong for 9.4/9.5 and confuses customers who cannot find the control.

We should **not** drop version context entirely: behaviour differs by Kibana version, and docs should say so clearly.

## Behaviour by version
| Kibana version | How to see / use beta (prerelease) integrations |
| --- | --- |
| **< 9.4** | The **"Display beta integrations"** toggle on Browse integrations is required (enable it beneath the category list). |
| **9.4+** | The toggle no longer exists. Many beta / technical-preview packages are searchable by default. |

Reference: [elastic/kibana#252115](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/252115) (`v9.4.0`).

## Affected documentation (known)
1. [Beelzebub](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/integrations/beelzebub) — technical preview admonition *and* setup step that always says to enable the toggle.
Source: `packages/beelzebub/docs/README.md` / `_dev/build/docs/README.md`
2. [Elastic Package Registry](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/integrations/elastic_package_registry) — technical preview admonition with the same always-on toggle instruction.

The technical-preview callout looks shared/templated across packages. A repo-wide / docs-pipeline search for `Display beta integrations` is recommended so we fix the generator/template once where possible.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Search the repository and docs pipeline for “Display beta integrations,” starting with packages/beelzebub/docs/README.md and _dev/build/docs/README.md, then inspect the shared technical-preview template if the wording is generated. Preserve the version distinction: pre-9.4 requires the toggle, while 9.4+ does not. Verify the affected Beelzebub and Elastic Package Registry documentation no longer gives an unconditional instruction.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
handlebars
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
75/100

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