diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-testing-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-testing-pull-request.yml
index 3d877cb091a..a8c3641b4df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-testing-pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-testing-pull-request.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   api-specs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
-    name: "check oas' are up to date"
+    name: "check OAS' are up to date"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: setup python environment
@@ -35,11 +35,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           uv venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
           make openapi-specs
-          ./ci/github/helpers/openapi-specs-diff.bash diff \
+          if ! ./ci/github/helpers/openapi-specs-diff.bash diff \
             https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}/refs/heads/${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }} \
-            .
+            .; then \
+            echo "::error:: OAS are not up to date. Run 'make openapi-specs' to update them"; exit 1; \
+          fi
 
-  api-server-backwards-compatibility:
+  api-server-oas-breaking:
     needs: api-specs
     timeout-minutes: 10
     name: "api-server backwards compatibility"
@@ -62,11 +64,11 @@ jobs:
             https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name }}/refs/heads/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}/services/api-server/openapi.json \
             /specs/services/api-server/openapi.json
 
-  oas-backwards-compatibility:
+  all-oas-breaking:
     needs: api-specs
     continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 10
-    name: "oas backwards compatibility"
+    name: "OAS backwards compatibility"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: setup python environment
diff --git a/services/api-server/Makefile b/services/api-server/Makefile
index 39672c9764e..82263c83658 100644
--- a/services/api-server/Makefile
+++ b/services/api-server/Makefile
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ openapi-diff.md: guard-OPENAPI_JSON_BASE_URL openapi.json ## Diffs against a rem
 # SEE https://schemathesis.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html
 APP_URL:=http://$(get_my_ip).nip.io:8006
 
+
 test-api: ## Runs schemathesis against development server (NOTE: make up-devel first)
 	@docker run schemathesis/schemathesis:stable run \
 		"$(APP_URL)/api/v0/openapi.json"
diff --git a/services/api-server/openapi.json b/services/api-server/openapi.json
index ee8d7f9479d..d70ef50e6bc 100644
--- a/services/api-server/openapi.json
+++ b/services/api-server/openapi.json
@@ -5548,6 +5548,7 @@
           "urls": {
             "items": {
               "type": "string",
+              "minLength": 1,
               "format": "uri"
             },
             "type": "array",
@@ -6161,6 +6162,7 @@
           },
           "download_link": {
             "type": "string",
+            "minLength": 1,
             "format": "uri",
             "title": "Download Link"
           }
diff --git a/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt b/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt
index 48d12d8b832..a49ef21c613 100644
--- a/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-aio-pika==9.4.1
+aio-pika==9.5.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-aiocache==0.12.2
+aiocache==0.12.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -11,17 +11,19 @@ aiodebug==2.3.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-aiodocker==0.21.0
+aiodocker==0.24.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-aiofiles==23.2.1
+aiofiles==24.1.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
-aiohttp==3.9.3
+aiohappyeyeballs==2.4.4
+    # via aiohttp
+aiohttp==3.11.10
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -57,25 +59,23 @@ aiopg==1.4.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
-aiormq==6.8.0
+aiormq==6.8.1
     # via aio-pika
 aiosignal==1.3.1
     # via aiohttp
-alembic==1.13.1
+alembic==1.14.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
 annotated-types==0.7.0
     # via pydantic
-anyio==4.3.0
+anyio==4.7.0
     # via
     #   fast-depends
     #   faststream
     #   httpx
     #   starlette
     #   watchfiles
-appdirs==1.4.4
-    # via pint
 arrow==1.3.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -87,16 +87,14 @@ arrow==1.3.0
 asgiref==3.8.1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
 async-timeout==4.0.3
-    # via
-    #   aiopg
-    #   asyncpg
-asyncpg==0.29.0
+    # via aiopg
+asyncpg==0.30.0
     # via sqlalchemy
-attrs==23.2.0
+attrs==24.2.0
     # via
     #   aiohttp
     #   jsonschema
-certifi==2024.2.2
+certifi==2024.8.30
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -129,15 +127,16 @@ certifi==2024.2.2
     #   httpcore
     #   httpx
     #   requests
-cffi==1.16.0
+cffi==1.17.1
     # via cryptography
-charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+charset-normalizer==3.4.0
     # via requests
 click==8.1.7
     # via
+    #   rich-toolkit
     #   typer
     #   uvicorn
-cryptography==42.0.5
+cryptography==44.0.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -168,58 +167,59 @@ cryptography==42.0.5
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
-deprecated==1.2.14
+deprecated==1.2.15
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-api
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
     #   opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
-dnspython==2.6.1
+dnspython==2.7.0
     # via email-validator
-email-validator==2.1.1
+email-validator==2.2.0
     # via
     #   fastapi
     #   pydantic
-fast-depends==2.4.2
+exceptiongroup==1.2.2
+    # via aio-pika
+fast-depends==2.4.12
     # via faststream
-fastapi==0.115.5
+fastapi==0.115.6
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
-    #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
-fastapi-cli==0.0.5
+fastapi-cli==0.0.6
     # via fastapi
-fastapi-pagination==0.12.31
+fastapi-pagination==0.12.32
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
-faststream==0.5.31
+faststream==0.5.33
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 flexcache==0.3
     # via pint
-flexparser==0.3.1
+flexparser==0.4
     # via pint
-frozenlist==1.4.1
+frozenlist==1.5.0
     # via
     #   aiohttp
     #   aiosignal
-googleapis-common-protos==1.65.0
+googleapis-common-protos==1.66.0
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
-greenlet==3.0.3
+greenlet==3.1.1
     # via sqlalchemy
-grpcio==1.66.0
+grpcio==1.68.1
     # via opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
 h11==0.14.0
     # via
     #   httpcore
     #   uvicorn
-httpcore==1.0.5
+httpcore==1.0.7
     # via httpx
-httptools==0.6.1
+httptools==0.6.4
     # via uvicorn
-httpx==0.27.0
+httpx==0.27.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -249,21 +249,22 @@ httpx==0.27.0
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/./constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
     #   fastapi
-idna==3.6
+idna==3.10
     # via
     #   anyio
     #   email-validator
     #   httpx
     #   requests
     #   yarl
-importlib-metadata==8.0.0
+importlib-metadata==8.5.0
     # via opentelemetry-api
-itsdangerous==2.1.2
+itsdangerous==2.2.0
     # via fastapi
-jinja2==3.1.3
+jinja2==3.1.4
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ jsonschema==3.2.0
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-mako==1.3.2
+mako==1.3.7
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -334,17 +335,17 @@ mako==1.3.2
     #   alembic
 markdown-it-py==3.0.0
     # via rich
-markupsafe==2.1.5
+markupsafe==3.0.2
     # via
     #   jinja2
     #   mako
 mdurl==0.1.2
     # via markdown-it-py
-multidict==6.0.5
+multidict==6.1.0
     # via
     #   aiohttp
     #   yarl
-opentelemetry-api==1.27.0
+opentelemetry-api==1.28.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -362,19 +363,19 @@ opentelemetry-api==1.27.0
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
     #   opentelemetry-sdk
     #   opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
-opentelemetry-exporter-otlp==1.27.0
+opentelemetry-exporter-otlp==1.28.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common==1.27.0
+opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common==1.28.2
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
-opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc==1.27.0
+opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc==1.28.2
     # via opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
-opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http==1.27.0
+opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http==1.28.2
     # via opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
-opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.48b0
+opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.49b2
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
@@ -385,45 +386,46 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.48b0
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
-opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg==0.48b0
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg==0.49b2
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
-opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.48b0
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.49b2
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
-opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.48b0
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.49b2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
-opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi==0.48b0
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi==0.49b2
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg
-opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.48b0
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.49b2
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
-opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx==0.48b0
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx==0.49b2
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
-opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging==0.48b0
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging==0.49b2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis==0.48b0
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis==0.49b2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests==0.48b0
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests==0.49b2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-opentelemetry-proto==1.27.0
+opentelemetry-proto==1.28.2
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
-opentelemetry-sdk==1.27.0
+opentelemetry-sdk==1.28.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
-opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.48b0
+opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.49b2
     # via
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi
@@ -432,13 +434,13 @@ opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.48b0
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
     #   opentelemetry-sdk
-opentelemetry-util-http==0.48b0
+opentelemetry-util-http==0.49b2
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
-orjson==3.10.0
+orjson==3.10.12
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -488,37 +490,44 @@ orjson==3.10.0
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
     #   fastapi
-packaging==24.0
+packaging==24.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
 pamqp==3.3.0
     # via aiormq
 parse==1.20.2
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
-pint==0.24.3
+pint==0.24.4
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
-prometheus-client==0.20.0
+platformdirs==4.3.6
+    # via pint
+prometheus-client==0.21.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
     #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
-prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator==6.1.0
+prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator==7.0.0
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
-protobuf==4.25.4
+propcache==0.2.1
+    # via
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   yarl
+protobuf==5.29.1
     # via
     #   googleapis-common-protos
     #   opentelemetry-proto
-psutil==6.0.0
+psutil==6.1.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-psycopg2-binary==2.9.9
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.10
     # via
     #   aiopg
     #   sqlalchemy
 pycparser==2.22
     # via cffi
-pydantic==2.10.2
+pydantic==2.10.3
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -583,7 +592,7 @@ pydantic==2.10.2
     #   pydantic-settings
 pydantic-core==2.27.1
     # via pydantic
-pydantic-extra-types==2.9.0
+pydantic-extra-types==2.10.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -615,9 +624,9 @@ pydantic-settings==2.6.1
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   fastapi
-pygments==2.17.2
+pygments==2.18.0
     # via rich
-pyinstrument==4.6.2
+pyinstrument==5.0.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -629,9 +638,9 @@ python-dotenv==1.0.1
     # via
     #   pydantic-settings
     #   uvicorn
-python-multipart==0.0.9
+python-multipart==0.0.19
     # via fastapi
-pyyaml==6.0.1
+pyyaml==6.0.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -666,7 +675,7 @@ pyyaml==6.0.1
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
     #   fastapi
     #   uvicorn
-redis==5.0.4
+redis==5.2.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -704,20 +713,21 @@ repro-zipfile==0.3.1
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 requests==2.32.3
     # via opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
-rich==13.7.1
+rich==13.9.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   rich-toolkit
     #   typer
-setuptools==69.2.0
-    # via
-    #   jsonschema
-    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
+rich-toolkit==0.12.0
+    # via fastapi-cli
+setuptools==75.6.0
+    # via jsonschema
 shellingham==1.5.4
     # via typer
-six==1.16.0
+six==1.17.0
     # via
     #   jsonschema
     #   python-dateutil
@@ -725,7 +735,7 @@ sniffio==1.3.1
     # via
     #   anyio
     #   httpx
-sqlalchemy==1.4.52
+sqlalchemy==1.4.54
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -759,7 +769,7 @@ sqlalchemy==1.4.52
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
     #   aiopg
     #   alembic
-starlette==0.41.2
+starlette==0.41.3
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -790,22 +800,23 @@ starlette==0.41.2
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   fastapi
-tenacity==8.5.0
+    #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
+tenacity==9.0.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
-toolz==0.12.1
+toolz==1.0.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-tqdm==4.66.2
+tqdm==4.67.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
-typer==0.12.3
+typer==0.15.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -813,13 +824,13 @@ typer==0.12.3
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
     #   fastapi-cli
-types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20240316
+types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20241206
     # via arrow
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
     # via
     #   aiodebug
-    #   aiodocker
     #   alembic
+    #   anyio
     #   fastapi
     #   fastapi-pagination
     #   faststream
@@ -829,8 +840,10 @@ typing-extensions==4.12.2
     #   pint
     #   pydantic
     #   pydantic-core
+    #   pydantic-extra-types
+    #   rich-toolkit
     #   typer
-ujson==5.9.0
+ujson==5.10.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -892,25 +905,26 @@ urllib3==2.2.3
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   requests
-uvicorn==0.29.0
+uvicorn==0.32.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
     #   fastapi
     #   fastapi-cli
-uvloop==0.19.0
+uvloop==0.21.0
     # via uvicorn
-watchfiles==0.21.0
+watchfiles==1.0.0
     # via uvicorn
-websockets==12.0
+websockets==14.1
     # via uvicorn
-wrapt==1.16.0
+wrapt==1.17.0
     # via
     #   deprecated
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
-yarl==1.9.4
+yarl==1.18.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -919,5 +933,5 @@ yarl==1.9.4
     #   aio-pika
     #   aiohttp
     #   aiormq
-zipp==3.20.1
+zipp==3.21.0
     # via importlib-metadata
diff --git a/services/api-server/requirements/_test.txt b/services/api-server/requirements/_test.txt
index e5254193173..a9341530919 100644
--- a/services/api-server/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/services/api-server/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -1,25 +1,29 @@
-aiohttp==3.9.3
+aiohappyeyeballs==2.4.4
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
+    #   aiohttp
+aiohttp==3.11.10
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aioresponses
-aioresponses==0.7.6
+aioresponses==0.7.7
     # via -r requirements/_test.in
 aiosignal==1.3.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aiohttp
-alembic==1.13.1
+alembic==1.14.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   -r requirements/_test.in
-anyio==4.3.0
+anyio==4.7.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   httpx
 asgi-lifespan==2.1.0
     # via -r requirements/_test.in
-attrs==23.2.0
+attrs==24.2.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aiohttp
@@ -33,28 +37,26 @@ aws-sam-translator==1.55.0
     #   cfn-lint
 aws-xray-sdk==2.14.0
     # via moto
-boto3==1.35.25
+boto3==1.35.76
     # via
     #   aws-sam-translator
     #   moto
-boto3-stubs==1.35.25
-    # via types-boto3
-botocore==1.35.25
+botocore==1.35.76
     # via
     #   aws-xray-sdk
     #   boto3
     #   moto
     #   s3transfer
-botocore-stubs==1.35.25
-    # via boto3-stubs
-certifi==2024.2.2
+botocore-stubs==1.35.76
+    # via types-boto3
+certifi==2024.8.30
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   httpcore
     #   httpx
     #   requests
-cffi==1.16.0
+cffi==1.17.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   cryptography
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ cfn-lint==0.72.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/./constraints.txt
     #   moto
-charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+charset-normalizer==3.4.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   requests
@@ -71,9 +73,9 @@ click==8.1.7
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   -r requirements/_test.in
     #   flask
-coverage==7.6.1
+coverage==7.6.8
     # via pytest-cov
-cryptography==42.0.5
+cryptography==44.0.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ ecdsa==0.19.0
     #   moto
     #   python-jose
     #   sshpubkeys
-faker==29.0.0
+faker==33.1.0
     # via -r requirements/_test.in
 flask==2.1.3
     # via
@@ -97,14 +99,14 @@ flask==2.1.3
     #   moto
 flask-cors==5.0.0
     # via moto
-frozenlist==1.4.1
+frozenlist==1.5.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aiohttp
     #   aiosignal
-graphql-core==3.2.4
+graphql-core==3.2.5
     # via moto
-greenlet==3.0.3
+greenlet==3.1.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   sqlalchemy
@@ -112,16 +114,17 @@ h11==0.14.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   httpcore
-httpcore==1.0.5
+httpcore==1.0.7
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   httpx
-httpx==0.27.0
+httpx==0.27.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
+    #   -c requirements/./constraints.txt
     #   respx
-idna==3.6
+idna==3.10
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   anyio
@@ -131,11 +134,11 @@ idna==3.6
     #   yarl
 iniconfig==2.0.0
     # via pytest
-itsdangerous==2.1.2
+itsdangerous==2.2.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   flask
-jinja2==3.1.3
+jinja2==3.1.4
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ jsondiff==2.2.1
     # via moto
 jsonpatch==1.33
     # via cfn-lint
-jsonpickle==3.3.0
+jsonpickle==4.0.0
     # via jschema-to-python
 jsonpointer==3.0.0
     # via jsonpatch
@@ -167,12 +170,12 @@ jsonschema==3.2.0
     #   openapi-spec-validator
 junit-xml==1.9
     # via cfn-lint
-mako==1.3.2
+mako==1.3.7
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   alembic
-markupsafe==2.1.5
+markupsafe==3.0.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   jinja2
@@ -182,12 +185,12 @@ moto==4.0.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/./constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/_test.in
-multidict==6.0.5
+multidict==6.1.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aiohttp
     #   yarl
-mypy==1.12.0
+mypy==1.13.0
     # via sqlalchemy
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0
     # via mypy
@@ -199,9 +202,10 @@ openapi-spec-validator==0.4.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/./constraints.txt
     #   moto
-packaging==24.0
+packaging==24.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
+    #   aioresponses
     #   pytest
 pbr==6.1.0
     # via
@@ -209,6 +213,11 @@ pbr==6.1.0
     #   sarif-om
 pluggy==1.5.0
     # via pytest
+propcache==0.2.1
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   yarl
 pyasn1==0.6.1
     # via
     #   python-jose
@@ -217,17 +226,17 @@ pycparser==2.22
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   cffi
-pyinstrument==4.6.2
+pyinstrument==5.0.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   -r requirements/_test.in
-pyparsing==3.1.4
+pyparsing==3.2.0
     # via moto
 pyrsistent==0.20.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   jsonschema
-pytest==8.3.3
+pytest==8.3.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements/_test.in
     #   pytest-asyncio
@@ -238,7 +247,7 @@ pytest-asyncio==0.23.8
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/_test.in
-pytest-cov==5.0.0
+pytest-cov==6.0.0
     # via -r requirements/_test.in
 pytest-docker==3.1.1
     # via -r requirements/_test.in
@@ -256,7 +265,7 @@ python-jose==3.3.0
     # via moto
 pytz==2024.2
     # via moto
-pyyaml==6.0.1
+pyyaml==6.0.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
@@ -279,17 +288,17 @@ rsa==4.9
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   python-jose
-s3transfer==0.10.2
+s3transfer==0.10.4
     # via boto3
 sarif-om==1.0.4
     # via cfn-lint
-setuptools==69.2.0
+setuptools==75.6.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   jsonschema
     #   moto
     #   openapi-spec-validator
-six==1.16.0
+six==1.17.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   ecdsa
@@ -302,7 +311,7 @@ sniffio==1.3.1
     #   anyio
     #   asgi-lifespan
     #   httpx
-sqlalchemy==1.4.52
+sqlalchemy==1.4.54
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
@@ -314,19 +323,21 @@ sshpubkeys==3.3.1
     # via moto
 types-aiofiles==24.1.0.20240626
     # via -r requirements/_test.in
-types-awscrt==0.21.5
+types-awscrt==0.23.3
     # via botocore-stubs
-types-boto3==1.0.2
+types-boto3==1.35.76
     # via -r requirements/_test.in
-types-s3transfer==0.10.2
-    # via boto3-stubs
+types-s3transfer==0.10.4
+    # via types-boto3
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   alembic
-    #   boto3-stubs
+    #   anyio
+    #   faker
     #   mypy
     #   sqlalchemy2-stubs
+    #   types-boto3
 urllib3==2.2.3
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -339,13 +350,13 @@ werkzeug==2.1.2
     # via
     #   flask
     #   moto
-wrapt==1.16.0
+wrapt==1.17.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aws-xray-sdk
-xmltodict==0.13.0
+xmltodict==0.14.2
     # via moto
-yarl==1.9.4
+yarl==1.18.3
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aiohttp
diff --git a/services/api-server/requirements/_tools.txt b/services/api-server/requirements/_tools.txt
index 795564deb10..ba68de2e0b8 100644
--- a/services/api-server/requirements/_tools.txt
+++ b/services/api-server/requirements/_tools.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-astroid==3.3.4
+astroid==3.3.5
     # via pylint
-black==24.8.0
+black==24.10.0
     # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
-build==1.2.2
+build==1.2.2.post1
     # via pip-tools
 bump2version==1.0.1
     # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
@@ -16,32 +16,32 @@ click==8.1.7
     #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   black
     #   pip-tools
-dill==0.3.8
+dill==0.3.9
     # via pylint
-distlib==0.3.8
+distlib==0.3.9
     # via virtualenv
 filelock==3.16.1
     # via virtualenv
-identify==2.6.1
+identify==2.6.3
     # via pre-commit
 isort==5.13.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
     #   pylint
-jinja2==3.1.3
+jinja2==3.1.4
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   -r requirements/_tools.in
-markupsafe==2.1.5
+markupsafe==3.0.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   jinja2
 mccabe==0.7.0
     # via pylint
-mypy==1.12.0
+mypy==1.13.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ mypy-extensions==1.0.0
     #   mypy
 nodeenv==1.9.1
     # via pre-commit
-packaging==24.0
+packaging==24.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   -c requirements/_test.txt
@@ -60,33 +60,34 @@ packaging==24.0
     #   build
 pathspec==0.12.1
     # via black
-pip==24.2
+pip==24.3.1
     # via pip-tools
 pip-tools==7.4.1
     # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
 platformdirs==4.3.6
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   black
     #   pylint
     #   virtualenv
-pre-commit==3.8.0
+pre-commit==4.0.1
     # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
-pylint==3.3.0
+pylint==3.3.2
     # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
-pyproject-hooks==1.1.0
+pyproject-hooks==1.2.0
     # via
     #   build
     #   pip-tools
-pyyaml==6.0.1
+pyyaml==6.0.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   pre-commit
     #   watchdog
-ruff==0.6.7
+ruff==0.8.2
     # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
-setuptools==69.2.0
+setuptools==75.6.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   -c requirements/_test.txt
@@ -98,9 +99,9 @@ typing-extensions==4.12.2
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   mypy
-virtualenv==20.26.5
+virtualenv==20.28.0
     # via pre-commit
-watchdog==5.0.2
+watchdog==6.0.0
     # via -r requirements/_tools.in
-wheel==0.44.0
+wheel==0.45.1
     # via pip-tools
diff --git a/services/api-server/requirements/constraints.txt b/services/api-server/requirements/constraints.txt
index 6247b000156..2991a5be8b4 100644
--- a/services/api-server/requirements/constraints.txt
+++ b/services/api-server/requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@ aws-sam-translator<1.56.0
 # #   aws-sam-translator<1.55.0 (from -c ./constraints.txt (line 32))
 # #   aws-sam-translator>=1.57.0 (from cfn-lint==0.72.10->-c ./constraints.txt (line 33))
 cfn-lint<0.72.1
+
+# due to https://github.com/lundberg/respx/pull/278
+httpx!=0.28.0
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/api/v0/openapi.yaml b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/api/v0/openapi.yaml
index db975aa23c3..bc73e5441d2 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/api/v0/openapi.yaml
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/api/v0/openapi.yaml
@@ -396,6 +396,12 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope_list_ApiKeyGet__'
+        '409':
+          description: Conflict
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvelopedError'
         '404':
           description: Not Found
           content:
@@ -421,6 +427,12 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope_ApiKeyCreateResponse_'
+        '409':
+          description: Conflict
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvelopedError'
         '404':
           description: Not Found
           content:
@@ -450,6 +462,12 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope_ApiKeyGet_'
+        '409':
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvelopedError'
+          description: Conflict
         '404':
           content:
             application/json:
@@ -474,6 +492,12 @@ paths:
       responses:
         '204':
           description: Successful Response
+        '409':
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvelopedError'
+          description: Conflict
         '404':
           content:
             application/json:
@@ -6765,6 +6789,11 @@ components:
       title: ApiKeyCreateRequest
     ApiKeyCreateResponse:
       properties:
+        id:
+          type: string
+          maxLength: 100
+          minLength: 1
+          title: Id
         displayName:
           type: string
           minLength: 3
@@ -6777,11 +6806,6 @@ components:
           title: Expiration
           description: Time delta from creation time to expiration. If None, then
             it does not expire.
-        id:
-          type: string
-          maxLength: 100
-          minLength: 1
-          title: Id
         apiBaseUrl:
           type: string
           title: Apibaseurl
@@ -6793,8 +6817,8 @@ components:
           title: Apisecret
       type: object
       required:
-      - displayName
       - id
+      - displayName
       - apiBaseUrl
       - apiKey
       - apiSecret