Merge branch 'main' into ODSC-65657/ignore_config_validation

Author: VipulMascarenhas

.github/workflows/run-unittests-default_setup.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: "[Py3.8-3.11] - Default Tests"
+name: "[Py3.9-3.11] - Default Tests"
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4