diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-project/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-project/action.yml
index b2d582986..859254091 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-project/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-project/action.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ runs:
         sudo apt-get update \
         && sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         libcurl4-openssl-dev
-    - name: Set up Python 3.12
+    - name: Set up Python 3.12.2
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: "3.12"
+        python-version: "3.12.2"
     - name: Install poetry
       shell: bash
       run: pip install poetry
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ab8e3178a..90e8e76de 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ bootstrap: generate-version-file ## Set up everything to run the app
 	poetry install --sync --no-root
 	poetry run playwright install --with-deps
 	poetry run pre-commit install
-	source $(NVMSH) --no-use && nvm install && npm ci --no-audit
-	source $(NVMSH) && npm install
+	source $(NVMSH) --no-use && nvm install && npm install
+	source $(NVMSH) && npm ci --no-audit
 	source $(NVMSH) && npm run build
 
 .PHONY: watch-frontend
diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index e99a5ae51..76f3664cd 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -233,6 +233,24 @@ def create_app(application):
     )
     logging.init_app(application)
 
+    # Hopefully will help identify if there is a race condition causing the CSRF errors
+    # that we have occasionally seen in our environments.
+    for key in ("SECRET_KEY", "DANGEROUS_SALT"):
+        try:
+            value = application.config[key]
+        except KeyError:
+            application.logger.error(f"Env Var {key} doesn't exist.")
+        else:
+            try:
+                data_len = len(value.strip())
+            except (TypeError, AttributeError):
+                application.logger.error(f"Env Var {key} invalid type: {type(value)}")
+            else:
+                if data_len:
+                    application.logger.info(f"Env Var {key} is a non-zero length.")
+                else:
+                    application.logger.error(f"Env Var {key} is empty.")
+
     login_manager.login_view = "main.sign_in"
     login_manager.login_message_category = "default"
     login_manager.session_protection = None
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index e443c634e..9b993cc2c 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -3111,5 +3111,5 @@ files = [
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
-python-versions = "^3.12.2"
-content-hash = "b45f2c38493f81bd7fc9d4bfd294b001d71e4082380eb0851d4f3ea8dcdb949c"
+python-versions = "==3.12.2"
+content-hash = "13525f32422aad8324a3bcb3629d326cc847029800d5518e1efd047b887afa8b"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4dd46365a..fbeb26903 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 package-mode = false
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.12.2"
+python = "==3.12.2"
 ago = "~=0.0.95"
 beautifulsoup4 = "^4.12.3"
 blinker = "~=1.8"
diff --git a/runtime.txt b/runtime.txt
index 64f28603a..6e797d468 100644
--- a/runtime.txt
+++ b/runtime.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-python-3.12.x
+python-3.12.2