diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-test.yml
index 8028aca76..ddce82a7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-test.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ jobs:
     name: CI build test
 
     # run the finalizer for coveralls even if one or more
-    # matrix runs fail.
-    # continue-on-error: true
+    # experimental matrix runs fail.
+    # continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.experimental }}
 
     #runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # use below if running on multiple OS's.
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ jobs:
           # Change distutils.sysconfig... to just sysconfig and SO
           # to EXT_SUFFIX to get valid value.
           if [[ $PYTHON_VERSION == "3."* ]]; then sed -i -e '/PYTHON3_SO=/s/distutils\.//g' -e '/PYTHON3_SO=/s/"SO"/"EXT_SUFFIX"/g' configure; ./configure --prefix=$VIRTUAL_ENV --with-python3 --disable-documentation; fi
-          case "$PYTHON_VERSION" in nightly) echo skipping xapian build;; *) make && sudo make install; esac
+          case "$PYTHON_VERSION" in nightly|3.12*) echo skipping xapian build;; *) make && sudo make install; esac
 
       - name: Install pytest and other packages needed for running tests
         run: pip install flake8 mock pytest pytest-cov requests
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3a51866cd..5729849ab 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # check syntax using:
 # https://config.travis-ci.com/explore
 
+# have commit skip build by adding '[skip travis]' to commit message.
+
 os: linux
 
 language: python
diff --git a/doc/mysql.txt b/doc/mysql.txt
index 985ea7b1e..c0ce01312 100644
--- a/doc/mysql.txt
+++ b/doc/mysql.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ this:
 The MySQL database should not contain any tables. Tests will not 
 drop the database with existing data.
 
+Note that ``rounduptest`` is a well known account. You should delete
+it and the ``rounduptest`` database and create a new user/database for
+production use.
 
 Showing MySQL who's boss
 ========================
diff --git a/doc/postgresql.txt b/doc/postgresql.txt
index 3ad38c5d4..365104159 100644
--- a/doc/postgresql.txt
+++ b/doc/postgresql.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ suggest that you install into a python virtual environment.
 .. _PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org/
 
 
-
 Running the PostgreSQL unit tests
 =================================
 
@@ -36,7 +35,23 @@ the postgresql database on the local machine and create and drop
 databases. See the config values in 'test/db_test_base.py' 
 about which database connection, name and user will be used.
 
+At this time the following command will setup the user::
+
+  sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE ROLE rounduptest WITH CREATEDB LOGIN PASSWORD 'rounduptest';" -U postgres
+
+Note ``rounduptest`` is a well known account, so you should
+remove/disable the account after testing and set up a suitable
+production account. You need to remove any database owned by
+``rounduptest`` first. So something like this should work::
+
+
+  sudo -u postgres psql -c "DROP DATABASE rounduptest;" -U postgres
+  sudo -u postgres psql -c "DROP ROLE rounduptest;" -U postgres
 
+If the ``rounduptest`` database is left in a broken state
+(e.g. because of a crash during testing) dropping the database and
+restarting the tests should fix it.
+   
 Credit
 ======
 
diff --git a/scripts/Docker/Dockerfile b/scripts/Docker/Dockerfile
index 653434ef9..e8ec1f3bb 100644
--- a/scripts/Docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/Docker/Dockerfile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ARG source=local
 ARG pythonversion=3.11
 
 #FROM python:3-alpine
-FROM python@sha256:caafba876f841774905f73df0fcaf7fe3f55aaf9cb48a9e369a41077f860d4a7 as build
+FROM python@sha256:3a619e3c96fd4c5fc5e1998fd4dcb1f1403eb90c4c6409c70d7e80b9468df7df as build
 
 # Inherit global values https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/37345
 ARG appdir
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ RUN if [ -n "$pip_mod" ]; then pip install --no-cache-dir ${pip_mod}; fi
 # build a new smaller docker image for execution. Build image above
 # is 1G in size.
 # FROM python:3-alpine
-FROM python@sha256:caafba876f841774905f73df0fcaf7fe3f55aaf9cb48a9e369a41077f860d4a7
+FROM python@sha256:3a619e3c96fd4c5fc5e1998fd4dcb1f1403eb90c4c6409c70d7e80b9468df7df
 
 # import from global
 ARG appdir