diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-jupyterhub-base-images.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-jupyterhub-base-images.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff84d0845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-jupyterhub-base-images.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+name: Deploy base hub images to staging
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - staging
+      - prod
+
+jobs:
+  deploy-hub-images-staging:
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/staging'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Get PR labels
+        id: pr-labels
+        uses: irby/get-labels-on-push@v1.0.1
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Check out the image repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # OR "2" -> To retrieve the preceding commit.
+
+      - name: Pull out any hubs that need deploying from the labels on the merge commit to staging
+        run: |
+          echo "PR labels: ${{ steps.pr-labels.outputs.labels }}"
+          for label in $(echo -e "${{ steps.pr-labels.outputs.labels }}"); do
+            if [[ "$label" == jupyterhub-deployment || "$label" == hub-images ]]; then
+              echo "DEPLOY=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            fi
+          done
+          if [[ -n "${DEPLOY}" ]]; then
+            echo "Deploying base hub images to all deployments"
+          else
+            echo "No hub images to deploy"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Setup python
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pip install --force-reinstall git+https://github.com/shaneknapp/hubploy.git@major-refactor
+
+      - name: Auth to gcloud
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        uses: google-github-actions/auth@v2
+        with:
+          credentials_json: ${{ secrets.GKE_KEY }}
+          project_id: ${{ secrets.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}
+
+      - name: Install Google Cloud SDK
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2
+        with:
+          install_components: 'gke-gcloud-auth-plugin'
+
+      - name: Install SOPS
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ${HOME}/bin
+          curl -sSL https://github.com/getsops/sops/releases/download/v3.9.0/sops-v3.9.0.linux.amd64 -o ${HOME}/bin/sops
+          chmod 755 ${HOME}/bin/sops
+          echo "${HOME}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+      - name: Store SOPS secret in a file
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          cat << EOF > ${HOME}/sops.key
+          ${{ secrets.SOPS_KEY }}
+          EOF
+          echo "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=${HOME}/sops.key" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Install Helm
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+            curl -L https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.13.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -xzf -
+            mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin
+            helm repo add jupyterhub https://jupyterhub.github.io/helm-chart/
+            helm repo update
+
+      - name: Deploy base hub images to staging
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          ignored_directories=("template") # these are directories that we never want to deploy to
+          while read deployment; do
+            for ignored in "${ignored_directories[@]}"; do
+              if [[ "${deployment}" == "${ignored}" ]]; then
+                continue 2 # skip to the next iteration of "while read deployment"
+              fi
+            done
+            echo "Pretending to deploy base hub image to ${deployment}  :P"
+            echo "hubploy deploy --debug ${deployment} hub staging"
+          done < <(ls deployments/ | sed -e 's,/,,g')
+
+  deploy-hub-images-prod:
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/prod'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Get PR labels
+        id: pr-labels
+        uses: irby/get-labels-on-push@v1.0.1
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Check out the image repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # OR "2" -> To retrieve the preceding commit.
+
+      - name: Pull out any hubs that need deploying from the labels on the merge commit to prod
+        run: |
+          echo "PR labels: ${{ steps.pr-labels.outputs.labels }}"
+          for label in $(echo -e "${{ steps.pr-labels.outputs.labels }}"); do
+            if [[ "$label" == jupyterhub-deployment || "$label" == hub-images ]]; then
+              echo "DEPLOY=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            fi
+          done
+          if [[ -n "${DEPLOY}" ]]; then
+            echo "Deploying base hub images to all deployments"
+          else
+            echo "No hub images to deploy"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Setup python
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pip install --force-reinstall git+https://github.com/shaneknapp/hubploy.git@major-refactor
+
+      - name: Auth to gcloud
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        uses: google-github-actions/auth@v2
+        with:
+          credentials_json: ${{ secrets.GKE_KEY }}
+          project_id: ${{ secrets.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}
+
+      - name: Install Google Cloud SDK
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2
+        with:
+          install_components: 'gke-gcloud-auth-plugin'
+
+      - name: Install SOPS
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ${HOME}/bin
+          curl -sSL https://github.com/getsops/sops/releases/download/v3.9.0/sops-v3.9.0.linux.amd64 -o ${HOME}/bin/sops
+          chmod 755 ${HOME}/bin/sops
+          echo "${HOME}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+      - name: Store SOPS secret in a file
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          cat << EOF > ${HOME}/sops.key
+          ${{ secrets.SOPS_KEY }}
+          EOF
+          echo "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=${HOME}/sops.key" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Install Helm
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+            curl -L https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.13.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -xzf -
+            mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin
+            helm repo add jupyterhub https://jupyterhub.github.io/helm-chart/
+            helm repo update
+
+      - name: Deploy base hub images to prod
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          ignored_directories=("template") # these are directories that we never want to deploy to
+          while read deployment; do
+            for ignored in "${ignored_directories[@]}"; do
+              if [[ "${deployment}" == "${ignored}" ]]; then
+                continue 2 # skip to the next iteration of "while read deployment"
+              fi
+            done
+            echo "Pretending to deploy base hub image to ${deployment}  :P"
+            echo "hubploy deploy --debug ${deployment} hub prod"
+          done < <(ls deployments/ | sed -e 's,/,,g')
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-node-placeholder.yaml.disabled b/.github/workflows/deploy-node-placeholder.yaml.disabled
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1099d5ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-node-placeholder.yaml.disabled
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+name: Deploy node placeholder helm chart
+# use echo ${VAR##*: } to get the value of a variable that is a string with a colon in it
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - staging
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Get PR labels
+        id: pr-labels
+        uses: irby/get-labels-on-push@v1.0.1
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Check out the image repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # OR "2" -> To retrieve the preceding commit.
+
+      - name: Check if the nbde placeholder helm chart needs to be deployed
+        run: |
+          echo "PR labels: ${{ steps.pr-labels.outputs.labels }}"
+          for label in $(echo -e "${{ steps.pr-labels.outputs.labels }}"); do
+            if [[ "$label" == node-placeholder-* ]]; then
+              echo "Deploying node placeholder charts!"
+              echo "DEPLOY=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            fi
+          done
+
+      - name: Auth to gcloud
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        uses: google-github-actions/auth@v2
+        with:
+          credentials_json: ${{ secrets.GKE_KEY }}
+          project_id: ${{ secrets.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}
+
+      - name: Install Google Cloud SDK
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2
+        with:
+          install_components: 'gke-gcloud-auth-plugin'
+
+      - name: Install SOPS
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ${HOME}/bin
+          curl -sSL https://github.com/getsops/sops/releases/download/v3.9.0/sops-v3.9.0.linux.amd64 -o ${HOME}/bin/sops
+          chmod 755 ${HOME}/bin/sops
+          echo "${HOME}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+      - name: Store SOPS secret in a file
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          cat << EOF > ${HOME}/sops.key
+          ${{ secrets.SOPS_KEY }}
+          EOF
+          echo "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=${HOME}/sops.key" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Install Helm
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          curl -L https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.13.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -xzf -
+          mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin
+          helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
+          helm repo update
+
+      - name: Activate credentials for cluster
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          sops -d -i deployments/datahub/secrets/gke-key.json
+          gcloud auth \
+            activate-service-account \
+            --key-file deployments/datahub/secrets/gke-key.json \
+          gcloud container clusters \
+            --region=us-central1 --project=ucb-datahub-2018 \
+            get-credentials spring-2024
+
+      - name: Deploy node placeholder helm chart
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          sops -d -i node-placeholder/secrets.yaml
+          helm upgrade \
+            --install --wait \
+            --namespace=node-placeholder node-placeholder node-placeholder \
+            -f node-placeholder/secrets.yaml --debug
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-support.yaml.disabled b/.github/workflows/deploy-support.yaml.disabled
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88442fc9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-support.yaml.disabled
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+name: Deploy support helm chart
+# use echo ${VAR##*: } to get the value of a variable that is a string with a colon in it
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - staging
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Get PR labels
+        id: pr-labels
+        uses: irby/get-labels-on-push@v1.0.1
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Check out the image repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # OR "2" -> To retrieve the preceding commit.
+
+      - name: Check if the support helm chart needs to be deployed
+        run: |
+          echo "PR labels: ${{ steps.pr-labels.outputs.labels }}"
+          for label in $(echo -e "${{ steps.pr-labels.outputs.labels }}"); do
+            if [[ "$label" == support-deployment ]]; then
+              echo "Deploying support charts!"
+              echo "DEPLOY=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            fi
+          done
+
+      - name: Auth to gcloud
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        uses: google-github-actions/auth@v2
+        with:
+          credentials_json: ${{ secrets.GKE_KEY }}
+          project_id: ${{ secrets.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}
+
+      - name: Install Google Cloud SDK
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2
+        with:
+          install_components: 'gke-gcloud-auth-plugin'
+
+      - name: Install SOPS
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ${HOME}/bin
+          curl -sSL https://github.com/getsops/sops/releases/download/v3.9.0/sops-v3.9.0.linux.amd64 -o ${HOME}/bin/sops
+          chmod 755 ${HOME}/bin/sops
+          echo "${HOME}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+      - name: Store SOPS secret in a file
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          cat << EOF > ${HOME}/sops.key
+          ${{ secrets.SOPS_KEY }}
+          EOF
+          echo "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=${HOME}/sops.key" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Install Helm
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          curl -L https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.13.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -xzf -
+          mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin
+          helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
+          helm repo update
+
+      - name: Activate credentials for cluster
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          sops -d -i deployments/datahub/secrets/gke-key.json
+          gcloud auth \
+            activate-service-account \
+            --key-file deployments/datahub/secrets/gke-key.json
+          gcloud container clusters \
+            --region=us-central1 --project=ucb-datahub-2018 \
+            get-credentials spring-2024
+
+      - name: Deploy support helm chart
+        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
+        run: |
+          sops -d -i support/secrets.yaml
+          helm dep up support
+          helm upgrade \
+            --install --wait \
+            --namespace=support \
+            support support/ \
+            -f support/secrets.yaml \
+            --set installCRDs=true --debug
diff --git a/deployments/biology/image/environment.yml b/deployments/biology/image/environment.yml
index 43f807b0c..cc4bee30c 100644
--- a/deployments/biology/image/environment.yml
+++ b/deployments/biology/image/environment.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ dependencies:
 # bug w/notebook and traitlets: https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/issues/7048
 - traitlets=5.9.*
 
+# for MCELLBI201B (FA24) https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/datahub/issues/5988
+- macs2==2.2.9.1
+  
 # For https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/datahub/issues/1846
 # Conda does not have these
 - pip:
diff --git a/deployments/datahub/config/common.yaml b/deployments/datahub/config/common.yaml
index 91206c55f..0eba373f4 100644
--- a/deployments/datahub/config/common.yaml
+++ b/deployments/datahub/config/common.yaml
@@ -207,6 +207,24 @@ jupyterhub:
             subPath: _shared/course/mba-247
             readOnly: true
 
+      # COMPSS 214A, Fall 2024, https://jira-secure.berkeley.edu/browse/DH-311
+      course::1538139::enrollment_type::teacher:
+        extraVolumeMounts:
+          - name: home
+            mountPath: /home/jovyan/compss-214a-readwrite
+            subPath: _shared/course/compss-214a
+      course::1538139::enrollment_type::ta:
+        extraVolumeMounts:
+          - name: home
+            mountPath: /home/jovyan/compss-214a-readwrite
+            subPath: _shared/course/compss-214a
+      course::1538139::enrollment_type::student:
+        extraVolumeMounts:
+          - name: home
+            mountPath: /home/jovyan/compss-214a
+            subPath: _shared/course/compss-214a
+            readOnly: true
+
       course::1534506: # Demog Data Event, April 1 - Sep 30, https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/datahub/issues/5643
         mem_limit: 8192M
         mem_guarantee: 8192M
diff --git a/deployments/logodev/hubploy.yaml b/deployments/logodev/hubploy.yaml
index f6a83f0fd..d532f0a5b 100644
--- a/deployments/logodev/hubploy.yaml
+++ b/deployments/logodev/hubploy.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 images:
   images:
     # temporary update
-    - name: us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/ucb-datahub-2018/user-images/logodev-user-image:a9443779a3a9
+    - name: us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/ucb-datahub-2018/user-images/logodev-user-image:c44b36bfede9
 
 cluster:
   provider: gcloud
diff --git a/node-placeholder/values.yaml b/node-placeholder/values.yaml
index 679e2901c..2c3932b5b 100644
--- a/node-placeholder/values.yaml
+++ b/node-placeholder/values.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ nodePools:
       requests:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 60929654784
-    replicas: 0
+    replicas: 1
   biology:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: biology-pool
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ nodePools:
       requests:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 60929654784
-    replicas: 0
+    replicas: 1
   cee:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: cee-pool
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ nodePools:
       requests:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 60929654784
-    replicas: 0
+    replicas: 1
   data100:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: data100-pool
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ nodePools:
       requests:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 207314055168
-    replicas: 0
+    replicas: 1
   data101:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: data101-pool
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ nodePools:
       requests:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 60929654784
-    replicas: 0
+    replicas: 1
   data102:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: data102-pool
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ nodePools:
       requests:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 60929654784
-    replicas: 0
+    replicas: 1
   data8:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: data8-pool
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ nodePools:
       requests:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 60929654784
-    replicas: 0
+    replicas: 1
   datahub:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: datahub-pool
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ nodePools:
       requests:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 29247442944
-    replicas: 1
+    replicas: 0
   dlab:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: dlab-pool
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ nodePools:
       requests:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 60929654784
-    replicas: 0
+    replicas: 1
   eecs:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: eecs-pool
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ nodePools:
       requests:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 60929654784
-    replicas: 0
+    replicas: 1
   ischool:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: ischool-pool
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ nodePools:
       requests:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 60929654784
-    replicas: 0
+    replicas: 1
   stat159:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: stat159-pool
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ nodePools:
       requests:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 60929654784
-    replicas: 0
+    replicas: 1
   r:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: r-pool
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ nodePools:
       requests:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 60929654784
-    replicas: 0
+    replicas: 1
   small-courses:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: small-courses-pool
@@ -207,4 +207,4 @@ nodePools:
       requests:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 60929654784
-    replicas: 0
+    replicas: 1