diff --git a/.zuul.d/project.yaml b/.zuul.d/project.yaml
index 7618af0c68..9f650e7106 100644
--- a/.zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - project:
     templates:
-      - openstack-python3-jobs
+      - openstack-python3-jobs-kolla
       - openstack-python3-jobs-arm64
       - openstack-cover-jobs
       - check-requirements
diff --git a/.zuul.d/python3-jobs.yaml b/.zuul.d/python3-jobs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3b182e67f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.zuul.d/python3-jobs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+- project-template:
+    name: openstack-python3-jobs-kolla
+    # NOTE(gmann): We are using this generic template for python version
+    # testing. When a new development cycle starts, we need to do two things:
+    # 1. Update this template for the python version jobs as per the
+    #    new development cycle tetsing runtime defined by TC
+    #    https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/runtimes/
+    #    Use the 'branches' variant to run the applicable python version
+    #    jobs.
+    # 2. Make sure the previous cycle applicable jobs continue to run for
+    #    the new stable branch. Use the 'branches' variant to run the
+    #    applicable python version jobs.
+    description: |
+      Runs unit tests for an OpenStack Python project under the CPython
+      version 3 releases designated for testing the latest release.
+    check:
+      jobs:
+        - openstack-tox-pep8
+        - openstack-tox-py38:
+            voting: false
+        - openstack-tox-py311
diff --git a/docker/glance/glance-base/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/glance/glance-base/Dockerfile.j2
index bb0f071801..8da968219e 100644
--- a/docker/glance/glance-base/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/glance/glance-base/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ LABEL maintainer="{{ maintainer }}" name="{{ image_name }}" build-date="{{ build
     ] %}
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if base_distro_tag.startswith('24.04') %}
+RUN {{ macros.upper_constraints_version_change("taskflow", "5.6.0", "5.8.0") }}
+{% endif %}
+
 {{ macros.install_packages(glance_base_packages | customizable("packages")) }}
 
 ADD glance-base-archive /glance-base-source
diff --git a/docker/ironic/ironic-base/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/ironic/ironic-base/Dockerfile.j2
index 4b4681b673..3ae0484e0e 100644
--- a/docker/ironic/ironic-base/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/ironic/ironic-base/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="{{ maintainer }}" name="{{ image_name }}" build-date="{{ build
 
 {% import "macros.j2" as macros with context %}
 
-{{ macros.configure_user(name='ironic') }}
+{{ macros.configure_user(name='ironic', shell='/bin/bash') }}
 
 ADD ironic-base-archive /ironic-base-source
 ADD ironic_sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/kolla_ironic_sudoers
diff --git a/docker/ironic/ironic-base/extend_start.sh b/docker/ironic/ironic-base/extend_start.sh
index e3b1d4e2dc..dc6b05caaf 100644
--- a/docker/ironic/ironic-base/extend_start.sh
+++ b/docker/ironic/ironic-base/extend_start.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 LOG_PATH=/var/log/kolla/ironic
+METRICS_PATH=/var/lib/ironic-metrics
 
 if [[ ! -d "${LOG_PATH}" ]]; then
     mkdir -p "${LOG_PATH}"
 fi
+if [[ ! -d "${METRICS_PATH}" ]]; then
+    sudo mkdir -p "${METRICS_PATH}"
+fi
 if [[ $(stat -c %a "${LOG_PATH}") != "755" ]]; then
     chmod 755 "${LOG_PATH}"
 fi
+if [[ $(stat -c %U:%G "${METRICS_PATH}") != "ironic:ironic" ]]; then
+    sudo chown ironic:ironic "${METRICS_PATH}"
+fi
+if [[ $(stat -c %a "${METRICS_PATH}") != "2775" ]]; then
+    sudo chmod 2775 "${METRICS_PATH}"
+fi
 
 . /usr/local/bin/kolla_ironic_extend_start
diff --git a/docker/ironic/ironic-base/ironic_sudoers b/docker/ironic/ironic-base/ironic_sudoers
index 3e7c843f39..1a3f32e1af 100644
--- a/docker/ironic/ironic-base/ironic_sudoers
+++ b/docker/ironic/ironic-base/ironic_sudoers
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 ironic ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /var/lib/kolla/venv/bin/ironic-rootwrap /etc/ironic/rootwrap.conf *
+ironic ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /bin/mkdir -p /var/lib/ironic-metrics, /usr/bin/mkdir -p /var/lib/ironic-metrics
+ironic ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /bin/chown ironic\:ironic /var/lib/ironic-metrics, /usr/bin/chown ironic\:ironic /var/lib/ironic-metrics
+ironic ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /bin/chmod 2755 /var/lib/ironic-metrics, /usr/bin/chmod 2775 /var/lib/ironic-metrics
diff --git a/kolla/image/unbuildable.py b/kolla/image/unbuildable.py
index 8a6eb52509..9fb8d334ea 100644
--- a/kolla/image/unbuildable.py
+++ b/kolla/image/unbuildable.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     # Issues for SHA1 keys:
     # https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/41036
     'centos': {
+        "bifrost-base",          # Failing after unmaintained switch
         "hacluster-pcs",         # Missing crmsh package
         "nova-spicehtml5proxy",  # Missing spicehtml5 package
         "ovsdpdk",               # Not supported on CentOS
@@ -31,11 +32,13 @@
     },
 
     'debian': {
+        "bifrost-base",          # Failing after unmaintained switch
         "openvswitch-netcontrold",
         # https://bugs.launchpad.net/kolla/+bug/2027668
     },
 
     'rocky': {
+        "bifrost-base",          # Failing after unmaintained switch
         "collectd",              # Missing libpqos.so.4()(64bit)
         "hacluster-pcs",         # Missing crmsh package
         "nova-spicehtml5proxy",  # Missing spicehtml5 package
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@
     },
 
     'ubuntu': {
+        "bifrost-base",          # Failing after unmaintained switch
     },
 
     'ubuntu+aarch64': {
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/taskflow_bump_glance-21e7652d218767d7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/taskflow_bump_glance-21e7652d218767d7.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3b00b82ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/taskflow_bump_glance-21e7652d218767d7.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Bump taskflow to 5.8.0 to address ``No module named 'asyncore'`` error
+    in Ubuntu Noble container images.