Python version upgraded from 3.8 to 3.12

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # See here for image contents: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.166.1/containers/python-3/.devcontainer/base.Dockerfile
 
 # [Choice] Python version: 3, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6
-ARG VARIANT="3.8"
+ARG VARIANT="3.12"
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM="linux/amd64"
 FROM --platform="${TARGETPLATFORM}" mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/python:dev-${VARIANT}-bullseye
 

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
     "context": "..",
     "dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
     "args": {
-      // To ensure that the group ID for the docker group in the container
-      // matches the group ID on the host, add this to your .bash_profile on the host
+      // To ensure that the group ID for the docker group in  container
+      // matches the group ID on the host, add this to your .bash_profile on  host
       // 		export DOCKER_GROUP_ID=$(getent group docker | awk -F ":" '{ print $3 }')
       "DOCKER_GROUP_ID": "${localEnv:DOCKER_GROUP_ID}",
       "INTERACTIVE": "true"

airlock_processor/Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # To enable ssh & remote debugging on app service change the base image to the one below
 # FROM mcr.microsoft.com/azure-functions/python:4-python3.8-appservice as base
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/azure-functions/python:4-python3.8-slim as base
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/azure-functions/python:4-python3.12-slim as base
 
 COPY requirements.txt /
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r /requirements.txt

api_app/Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.8-slim-bullseye as base
+FROM python:3.12-slim-bullseye as base
 COPY requirements.txt /.
 RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 

resource_processor/vmss_porter/Dockerfile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
-FROM python:3.8-slim-bullseye
+FROM python:3.12-slim-bullseye
 
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 

templates/shared_services/certs/Dockerfile.tmpl

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile-upstream:1.4.0
-FROM --platform=linux/amd64 python:3.8-slim-bullseye
+FROM --platform=linux/amd64 python:3.12-slim-bullseye
 
 # PORTER_INIT
 

templates/workspace_services/mlflow/mlflow-server/docker/Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.8-bullseye
+FROM python:3.12-slim-bullseye
 
 # Install MLflow Python Packages
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir psycopg2==2.9.5 mlflow==2.0.1 azure-storage-blob==12.14.1