Fixes

Author: simonkurtz-MSFT

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.4
 
-# Use single-stage build with Python 3.12 (fallback to stable base)
+# Use single-stage build with Python 3.12 (simplified base)
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/python:3.12-bookworm
 
 # Set build arguments
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
 USER root
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt/lists,sharing=locked \
-    apt-get update && \
-    # Remove Python 3.11 and other versions if they exist
-    apt-get remove -y python3.11* python3-minimal python3.11-minimal || true && \    apt-get autoremove -y && \
+    apt-get update && \    # Remove Python 3.11 and other versions if they exist
+    apt-get remove -y python3.11* python3-minimal python3.11-minimal || true && \
+    apt-get autoremove -y && \
     # Install essential packages including core utilities
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         coreutils \

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/git:1": {
       "version": "latest",
       "ppa": true
-    },
-    "_ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2": {
-      "version": "latest",
-      "enableNonRootDocker": "true"
     }
+    // Temporarily disabled docker-in-docker to troubleshoot container startup issues
+    // "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2": {
+    //   "version": "latest",
+    //   "enableNonRootDocker": "true"
+    // }
   },
   "customizations": {
     "vscode": {