Merge branch 'main' into speed_up_process_thread

Author: amyreese

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         os: [macOS-latest, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
 
     steps: