docs: Superset 6.1 documentation catch-up — batch 4 (#39446)

Co-authored-by: Superset Dev <dev@superset.apache.org>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Michael S. Molina <70410625+michael-s-molina@users.noreply.github.com>
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## ETag Support for Thumbnails
Thumbnail and screenshot endpoints return `ETag` response headers based on the cached content digest. Clients can use conditional requests to avoid downloading unchanged images:
```
GET /api/v1/chart/42/thumbnail/
If-None-Match: "abc123..."
→ 304 Not Modified (if unchanged)
→ 200 OK (with new image if changed)
```
This is particularly useful for embedded dashboards and external integrations that periodically poll for updated screenshots — unchanged thumbnails return immediately with no payload.
## Distributed Coordination Backend
Superset supports an optional distributed coordination (`DISTRIBUTED_COORDINATION_CONFIG`) for