Merge branch 'main' into embedded-model-no-audit

Author: bearInTheRoad

.circleci/continue_config.yml

@@ -93,9 +93,13 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Run linters and code style checks
           command: make py-style
-      # - run:
-      #     name: Exercise the benchmarks
-      #     command: make benchmark-ci
+      - unless:
+          condition:
+            equal: ["3.9", << parameters.python_version >>]
+          steps:
+            - run:
+                name: Exercise the benchmarks
+                command: make benchmark-ci
       - run:
           name: Run cicd tests
           command: make cicd-test