diff --git a/orchestrators/imajin-app/pyproject.toml b/orchestrators/imajin-app/pyproject.toml
index 985f927e..ea1c0fa7 100644
--- a/orchestrators/imajin-app/pyproject.toml
+++ b/orchestrators/imajin-app/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 name = "imajin-app"
 version = "1.0.0"
 description = "Imajin App - Main entry point for image generation services"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = [{ name = "Lilith", email = "dev@atlilith.com" }]
 keywords = ["imajin", "image-generation", "ml", "orchestration", "app"]
@@ -16,18 +16,20 @@ dependencies = [
     # API
     "fastapi>=0.115.0",
     "uvicorn[standard]>=0.32.0",
-    "pydantic>=2.0.0",
+    "pydantic>=2.10.0",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.6.0",
     # Service discovery (federated with lilith-platform)
     "lilith-service-addresses>=1.0.1",
     "pyyaml>=6.0",
     # Lilith service infrastructure
-    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap>=2.3.0",
+    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap>=3.0.0",
     "lilith-ml-exceptions>=0.1.0",
     # Batch pipeline orchestration
     "lilith-pipeline-framework>=1.0.0",
     # Face detection for focal points (GPU coordination handled by downstream services)
     "mediapipe>=0.10.0",
+    # Redis for batch job persistence
+    "redis>=5.0.0",
     # Database (PostgreSQL async)
     "asyncpg>=0.29.0",
     # Numpy for image processing
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-dev = ["pytest>=7.0", "pytest-asyncio>=0.21", "mypy>=1.0"]
+dev = ["pytest>=9.0.0", "pytest-asyncio>=0.21", "mypy>=1.0"]
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/imajin_app"]
@@ -45,18 +47,18 @@ testpaths = ["tests"]
 asyncio_mode = "auto"
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.11"
+python_version = "3.12"
 strict = true
 warn_return_any = true
 warn_unused_configs = true
 
 [[tool.mypy.overrides]]
-module = ["lilith_service_fastapi_bootstrap.*", "lilith_service_addresses.*", "lilith_ml_exceptions.*", "lilith_pipeline_framework.*", "mediapipe.*"]
+module = ["lilith_service_fastapi_bootstrap.*", "lilith_service_addresses.*", "lilith_ml_exceptions.*", "lilith_pipeline_framework.*", "mediapipe.*", "redis.*"]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = "py311"
+target-version = "py312"
 src = ["src", "tests"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
diff --git a/orchestrators/imajin-pipeline/pyproject.toml b/orchestrators/imajin-pipeline/pyproject.toml
index 6d1856d4..008e3c35 100644
--- a/orchestrators/imajin-pipeline/pyproject.toml
+++ b/orchestrators/imajin-pipeline/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 name = "imajin-pipeline"
 version = "1.0.0"
 description = "Imajin pipeline orchestrator - 7-stage image generation"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = [{ name = "Lilith", email = "dev@atlilith.com" }]
 keywords = ["imajin", "pipeline", "orchestration", "image-generation"]
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies = [
     # API
     "fastapi>=0.115.0",
     "uvicorn[standard]>=0.32.0",
-    "pydantic>=2.0.0",
+    "pydantic>=2.10.0",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.6.0",
     # Job storage
     "redis>=5.0.0",
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ background_removal = [
     "rembg>=2.0.50",           # U2Net-based background removal
 ]
 all = ["imajin-pipeline[quality,moderation,anatomy_fix,watermark_removal,controlnet,flux,pulid,background_removal]"]
-dev = ["pytest>=7.0", "pytest-asyncio>=0.21", "mypy>=1.0"]
+dev = ["pytest>=9.0.0", "pytest-asyncio>=0.21", "mypy>=1.0"]
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/image_pipeline"]
@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@ markers = [
 addopts = "-v --strict-markers"
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.10"
+python_version = "3.12"
 strict = true
 warn_return_any = true
 warn_unused_configs = true
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = "py310"
+target-version = "py312"
 src = ["src", "tests"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
diff --git a/services/imajin-aesthetic/service/pyproject.toml b/services/imajin-aesthetic/service/pyproject.toml
index 05d51f90..bae30b62 100644
--- a/services/imajin-aesthetic/service/pyproject.toml
+++ b/services/imajin-aesthetic/service/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ dependencies = [
     "torch>=2.2.0",
     "transformers>=4.40.0",
     "pillow>=10.0.0",
-    "pydantic>=2.9.0",
+    "pydantic>=2.10.0",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.6.0",
     "httpx>=0.27.0",
     "image-reward>=1.5",
+    "slowapi>=0.1.9",
+    # Observability
+    "structlog>=24.0.0",
+    "prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator>=7.0.0",
     # Lilith service infrastructure
-    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap>=2.3.0",
+    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap>=3.0.0",
     "lilith-ml-exceptions>=0.1.0",
 ]
 
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = "function"
 packages = ["src"]
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.11"
+python_version = "3.12"
 strict = true
 warn_return_any = true
 warn_unused_configs = true
@@ -60,7 +64,7 @@ ignore_errors = true
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = "py311"
+target-version = "py312"
 src = ["src", "tests"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
diff --git a/services/imajin-diffusion/service/pyproject.toml b/services/imajin-diffusion/service/pyproject.toml
index a310dc93..4d6c98f0 100644
--- a/services/imajin-diffusion/service/pyproject.toml
+++ b/services/imajin-diffusion/service/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 name = "imajin-diffusion-service"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Imajin diffusion service - SDXL/Diffusers image generation"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = [{ name = "Lilith", email = "dev@atlilith.com" }]
 dependencies = [
@@ -24,16 +24,20 @@ dependencies = [
     # Optional
     "httpx>=0.25.0",
     "redis>=5.0.0",
+    "slowapi>=0.1.9",
+    # Observability
+    "structlog>=24.0.0",
+    "prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator>=7.0.0",
     # GPU coordination
     "model-boss>=3.0.0",
     # Lilith service infrastructure
-    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap>=2.3.0",
+    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap>=3.0.0",
     "lilith-service-addresses>=1.1.0",
     "lilith-ml-exceptions>=0.1.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-dev = ["pytest>=7.0", "pytest-asyncio>=0.21", "httpx>=0.25.0"]
+dev = ["pytest>=9.0.0", "pytest-asyncio>=0.21", "httpx>=0.25.0"]
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src"]
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ markers = [
 addopts = "-v --strict-markers"
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.11"
+python_version = "3.12"
 strict = true
 warn_return_any = true
 warn_unused_configs = true
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ ignore_missing_imports = true
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = "py311"
+target-version = "py312"
 src = ["src", "tests"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
diff --git a/services/imajin-identity/service/pyproject.toml b/services/imajin-identity/service/pyproject.toml
index 69b667ae..4628a825 100644
--- a/services/imajin-identity/service/pyproject.toml
+++ b/services/imajin-identity/service/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "imajin-identity"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Identity recognition service with face embedding, clustering, and photo organization"
-requires-python = ">=3.11"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
 authors = [{ name = "Lilith", email = "lilith@nasty.sh" }]
 keywords = ["face-recognition", "identity", "clustering", "insightface", "photo-organization"]
@@ -29,11 +29,15 @@ dependencies = [
     "numpy>=1.24",
     "opencv-python-headless>=4.8",
 
+    # Observability
+    "structlog>=24.0.0",
+    "prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator>=7.0.0",
+
     # API
     "fastapi>=0.115.0",
     "uvicorn>=0.32.0",
     "httpx>=0.27.0",
-    "pydantic>=2.9.0",
+    "pydantic>=2.10.0",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.6.0",
 
     # CLI
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ imajin-identity = "cli.main:app"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "pytest>=8.0.0",
+    "pytest>=9.0.0",
     "pytest-asyncio>=0.23.0",
     "pytest-cov>=4.1.0",
     "ruff>=0.1.0",
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ packages = ["src"]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = "py311"
+target-version = "py312"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 select = ["E", "F", "W", "I", "UP", "B", "C4", "SIM"]
diff --git a/services/imajin-moderator/client/pyproject.toml b/services/imajin-moderator/client/pyproject.toml
index 11a1d268..5ee461f6 100644
--- a/services/imajin-moderator/client/pyproject.toml
+++ b/services/imajin-moderator/client/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 name = "imajin-moderator-client"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Async Python client for imajin-moderator service"
-requires-python = ">=3.11"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
     "httpx>=0.27.0",
-    "pydantic>=2.9.0",
+    "pydantic>=2.10.0",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 packages = ["src"]
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.11"
+python_version = "3.12"
 strict = true
 warn_return_any = true
 warn_unused_configs = true
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = "py311"
+target-version = "py312"
 src = ["src", "tests"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
diff --git a/services/imajin-moderator/service/pyproject.toml b/services/imajin-moderator/service/pyproject.toml
index d7fce40d..6b093228 100644
--- a/services/imajin-moderator/service/pyproject.toml
+++ b/services/imajin-moderator/service/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 name = "imajin-moderator-service"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Multi-layer content moderation service with PDQ hashing, NSFW detection, and age estimation"
-requires-python = ">=3.11"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
     "fastapi>=0.115.0",
     "uvicorn>=0.32.0",
     "httpx>=0.27.0",
-    "pydantic>=2.9.0",
+    "pydantic>=2.10.0",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.6.0",
     "transformers>=4.40.0",
     "torch>=2.2.0",
@@ -17,14 +17,18 @@ dependencies = [
     "numpy>=1.26.0",
     "insightface>=0.7.3",
     "onnxruntime-gpu>=1.17.0",
+    "slowapi>=0.1.9",
+    # Observability
+    "structlog>=24.0.0",
+    "prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator>=7.0.0",
     # Lilith service infrastructure
-    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap>=2.3.0",
+    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap>=3.0.0",
     "lilith-ml-exceptions>=0.1.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "pytest>=8.0.0",
+    "pytest>=9.0.0",
     "pytest-asyncio>=0.23.0",
     "pytest-cov>=4.1.0",
 ]
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ asyncio_mode = "auto"
 testpaths = ["tests"]
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.11"
+python_version = "3.12"
 strict = true
 warn_return_any = true
 warn_unused_configs = true
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ ignore_missing_imports = true
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = "py311"
+target-version = "py312"
 src = ["src", "tests"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
diff --git a/services/imajin-prompt-generator/pyproject.toml b/services/imajin-prompt-generator/pyproject.toml
index ec51925b..7684d750 100644
--- a/services/imajin-prompt-generator/pyproject.toml
+++ b/services/imajin-prompt-generator/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,19 +7,21 @@ name = "imajin-prompt-generator"
 version = "1.0.0"
 description = "Stage 2: SDXL prompt generation service"
 authors = [{name = "Lilith"}]
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
     "fastapi>=0.115.0",
     "uvicorn[standard]>=0.32.0",
     "pydantic>=2.10.0",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.6.0",
     "httpx>=0.27.0",
-    "pyyaml>=6.0.2",
+    # Observability
+    "structlog>=24.0.0",
+    "prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator>=7.0.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "pytest>=8.0.0",
+    "pytest>=9.0.0",
     "pytest-asyncio>=0.24.0",
     "pytest-cov>=6.0.0",
     "mypy>=1.10.0",
diff --git a/services/imajin-prompt/service/pyproject.toml b/services/imajin-prompt/service/pyproject.toml
index a074fbd3..7f5ad4fc 100644
--- a/services/imajin-prompt/service/pyproject.toml
+++ b/services/imajin-prompt/service/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 name = "imajin-prompt-service"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Imajin prompt service - LLM-powered image prompt generation"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = [{ name = "Lilith", email = "dev@atlilith.com" }]
 keywords = ["imajin", "prompt", "llm", "ollama", "fastapi"]
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
 ]
@@ -24,17 +22,20 @@ dependencies = [
     "fastapi>=0.115.0",
     "uvicorn[standard]>=0.32.0",
     "pydantic>=2.10.0",
-    "pyyaml>=6.0",
+    "pydantic-settings>=2.6.0",
     "tqftw-ollama-provider>=0.1.0",
     "model-boss[gguf]>=3.0.0",
+    # Observability
+    "structlog>=24.0.0",
+    "prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator>=7.0.0",
     # Lilith service infrastructure
-    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap>=2.3.0",
+    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap>=3.0.0",
     "lilith-ml-exceptions>=0.1.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "pytest>=7.0",
+    "pytest>=9.0.0",
     "pytest-asyncio>=0.23",
     "pytest-timeout>=2.3.0",
     "httpx>=0.27.0",
@@ -66,14 +67,14 @@ filterwarnings = [
 ]
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.10"
+python_version = "3.12"
 strict = true
 warn_return_any = true
 warn_unused_configs = true
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = "py310"
+target-version = "py312"
 src = ["src", "tests"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
diff --git a/services/imajin-request-classifier/pyproject.toml b/services/imajin-request-classifier/pyproject.toml
index 538116fa..f6192f85 100644
--- a/services/imajin-request-classifier/pyproject.toml
+++ b/services/imajin-request-classifier/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,25 +7,27 @@ name = "imajin-request-classifier"
 version = "1.0.0"
 description = "Stage 1: Cultural classification for image generation requests"
 authors = [{name = "Lilith"}]
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
     "fastapi>=0.115.0",
     "uvicorn[standard]>=0.32.0",
     "pydantic>=2.10.0",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.6.0",
     "httpx>=0.27.0",
-    "pyyaml>=6.0.2",
     "lilith-ollama-provider>=0.1.0",
     "model-boss>=3.0.0",
+    # Observability
+    "structlog>=24.0.0",
+    "prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator>=7.0.0",
     # Lilith service infrastructure
-    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap>=2.3.0",
+    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap>=3.0.0",
     "lilith-service-addresses[yaml]>=1.1.0",
     "lilith-ml-exceptions>=0.1.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "pytest>=8.0.0",
+    "pytest>=9.0.0",
     "pytest-asyncio>=0.24.0",
     "pytest-cov>=6.0.0",
     "mypy>=1.10.0",
diff --git a/services/imajin-semantic/service/pyproject.toml b/services/imajin-semantic/service/pyproject.toml
index f5bb6efa..47bf0974 100644
--- a/services/imajin-semantic/service/pyproject.toml
+++ b/services/imajin-semantic/service/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,15 +10,19 @@ dependencies = [
     "torch>=2.2.0",
     "transformers>=4.40.0",
     "pillow>=10.0.0",
-    "pydantic>=2.9.0",
+    "pydantic>=2.10.0",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.6.0",
     "httpx>=0.27.0",
+    "slowapi>=0.1.9",
+    # Observability
+    "structlog>=24.0.0",
+    "prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator>=7.0.0",
     # GPU coordination via model-boss (zero-config)
     # Uses REDIS_URL env var (default: redis://localhost:6379)
     # Auto-estimates VRAM from model config
     "model-boss>=3.0.0",
     # Lilith service infrastructure
-    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap>=2.3.0",
+    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap>=3.0.0",
     "lilith-ml-exceptions>=0.1.0",
 ]