diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 17b3f99aac96..b192657d0313 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - '3.9'
+          - '3.10'
 
     # required for poetry action
     # see https://github.com/marketplace/actions/install-poetry-action#running-on-windows
diff --git a/label_studio/core/settings/base.py b/label_studio/core/settings/base.py
index 1c641009e816..6258a78710b3 100644
--- a/label_studio/core/settings/base.py
+++ b/label_studio/core/settings/base.py
@@ -411,7 +411,14 @@
     'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
 )
-STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'core.storage.SkipMissedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
+STORAGES = {
+    'default': {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage',
+    },
+    'staticfiles': {
+        'BACKEND': 'core.storage.SkipMissedManifestStaticFilesStorage',
+    },
+}
 
 # Sessions and CSRF
 SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = bool(int(get_env('SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE', False)))
@@ -648,7 +655,7 @@ def collect_versions_dummy(**kwargs):
 
 if get_env('MINIO_STORAGE_ENDPOINT') and not get_bool_env('MINIO_SKIP', False):
     CLOUD_FILE_STORAGE_ENABLED = True
-    DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage'
+    STORAGES['default']['BACKEND'] = 'storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage'
     AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = get_env('MINIO_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME')
     AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = get_env('MINIO_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY')
     AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = get_env('MINIO_STORAGE_SECRET_KEY')
@@ -661,7 +668,7 @@ def collect_versions_dummy(**kwargs):
 
 if get_env('STORAGE_TYPE') == 's3':
     CLOUD_FILE_STORAGE_ENABLED = True
-    DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'core.storage.CustomS3Boto3Storage'
+    STORAGES['default']['BACKEND'] = 'core.storage.CustomS3Boto3Storage'
     if get_env('STORAGE_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'):
         AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = get_env('STORAGE_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID')
     if get_env('STORAGE_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'):
@@ -681,7 +688,7 @@ def collect_versions_dummy(**kwargs):
 
 if get_env('STORAGE_TYPE') == 'azure':
     CLOUD_FILE_STORAGE_ENABLED = True
-    DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'core.storage.CustomAzureStorage'
+    STORAGES['default']['BACKEND'] = 'core.storage.CustomAzureStorage'
     AZURE_ACCOUNT_NAME = get_env('STORAGE_AZURE_ACCOUNT_NAME')
     AZURE_ACCOUNT_KEY = get_env('STORAGE_AZURE_ACCOUNT_KEY')
     AZURE_CONTAINER = get_env('STORAGE_AZURE_CONTAINER_NAME')
@@ -690,8 +697,7 @@ def collect_versions_dummy(**kwargs):
 
 if get_env('STORAGE_TYPE') == 'gcs':
     CLOUD_FILE_STORAGE_ENABLED = True
-    # DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.gcloud.GoogleCloudStorage'
-    DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'core.storage.AlternativeGoogleCloudStorage'
+    STORAGES['default']['BACKEND'] = 'core.storage.AlternativeGoogleCloudStorage'
     GS_PROJECT_ID = get_env('STORAGE_GCS_PROJECT_ID')
     GS_BUCKET_NAME = get_env('STORAGE_GCS_BUCKET_NAME')
     GS_EXPIRATION = timedelta(seconds=int(get_env('STORAGE_GCS_EXPIRATION_SECS', '86400')))
diff --git a/label_studio/data_manager/managers.py b/label_studio/data_manager/managers.py
index b8d5365233ac..85c433a51250 100644
--- a/label_studio/data_manager/managers.py
+++ b/label_studio/data_manager/managers.py
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ def annotate_annotations_results(queryset):
             )
         )
     else:
-        return queryset.annotate(annotations_results=ArrayAgg('annotations__result', distinct=True))
+        return queryset.annotate(annotations_results=ArrayAgg('annotations__result', distinct=True, default=Value([])))
 
 
 def annotate_predictions_results(queryset):
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ def annotate_predictions_results(queryset):
             )
         )
     else:
-        return queryset.annotate(predictions_results=ArrayAgg('predictions__result', distinct=True))
+        return queryset.annotate(predictions_results=ArrayAgg('predictions__result', distinct=True, default=Value([])))
 
 
 def annotate_annotators(queryset):
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ def annotate_annotators(queryset):
             annotators=Coalesce(GroupConcat('annotations__completed_by'), Value(''), output_field=models.CharField())
         )
     else:
-        return queryset.annotate(annotators=ArrayAgg('annotations__completed_by', distinct=True))
+        return queryset.annotate(annotators=ArrayAgg('annotations__completed_by', distinct=True, default=Value([])))
 
 
 def annotate_predictions_score(queryset):
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ def annotate_annotations_ids(queryset):
     if settings.DJANGO_DB == settings.DJANGO_DB_SQLITE:
         return queryset.annotate(annotations_ids=GroupConcat('annotations__id', output_field=models.CharField()))
     else:
-        return queryset.annotate(annotations_ids=ArrayAgg('annotations__id'))
+        return queryset.annotate(annotations_ids=ArrayAgg('annotations__id', default=Value([])))
 
 
 def annotate_predictions_model_versions(queryset):
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ def annotate_predictions_model_versions(queryset):
             predictions_model_versions=GroupConcat('predictions__model_version', output_field=models.CharField())
         )
     else:
-        return queryset.annotate(predictions_model_versions=ArrayAgg('predictions__model_version'))
+        return queryset.annotate(predictions_model_versions=ArrayAgg('predictions__model_version', default=Value([])))
 
 
 def annotate_avg_lead_time(queryset):
diff --git a/label_studio/projects/serializers.py b/label_studio/projects/serializers.py
index c54be0470f5b..1df08fdd524a 100644
--- a/label_studio/projects/serializers.py
+++ b/label_studio/projects/serializers.py
@@ -3,6 +3,30 @@
 import bleach
 from constants import SAFE_HTML_ATTRIBUTES, SAFE_HTML_TAGS
 from django.db.models import Q
+from label_studio_sdk.label_interface import LabelInterface
+from label_studio_sdk.label_interface.control_tags import (
+    BrushLabelsTag,
+    BrushTag,
+    ChoicesTag,
+    DateTimeTag,
+    EllipseLabelsTag,
+    EllipseTag,
+    HyperTextLabelsTag,
+    KeyPointLabelsTag,
+    KeyPointTag,
+    LabelsTag,
+    NumberTag,
+    ParagraphLabelsTag,
+    PolygonLabelsTag,
+    PolygonTag,
+    RatingTag,
+    RectangleLabelsTag,
+    RectangleTag,
+    TaxonomyTag,
+    TextAreaTag,
+    TimeSeriesLabelsTag,
+    VideoRectangleTag,
+)
 from projects.models import Project, ProjectImport, ProjectOnboarding, ProjectReimport, ProjectSummary
 from rest_flex_fields import FlexFieldsModelSerializer
 from rest_framework import serializers
@@ -66,6 +90,9 @@ class ProjectSerializer(FlexFieldsModelSerializer):
     config_has_control_tags = SerializerMethodField(
         default=None, read_only=True, help_text='Flag to detect is project ready for labeling'
     )
+    config_suitable_for_bulk_annotation = serializers.SerializerMethodField(
+        default=None, read_only=True, help_text='Flag to detect is project ready for bulk annotation'
+    )
     finished_task_number = serializers.IntegerField(default=None, read_only=True, help_text='Finished tasks')
 
     queue_total = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
@@ -82,6 +109,61 @@ def user_id(self):
     def get_config_has_control_tags(project):
         return len(project.get_parsed_config()) > 0
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_config_suitable_for_bulk_annotation(project):
+        li = LabelInterface(project.label_config)
+
+        # List of tags that should not be present
+        disallowed_tags = [
+            LabelsTag,
+            BrushTag,
+            BrushLabelsTag,
+            EllipseTag,
+            EllipseLabelsTag,
+            KeyPointTag,
+            KeyPointLabelsTag,
+            PolygonTag,
+            PolygonLabelsTag,
+            RectangleTag,
+            RectangleLabelsTag,
+            HyperTextLabelsTag,
+            ParagraphLabelsTag,
+            TimeSeriesLabelsTag,
+            VideoRectangleTag,
+        ]
+
+        # Return False if any disallowed tag is present
+        for tag_class in disallowed_tags:
+            if li.find_tags_by_class(tag_class):
+                return False
+
+        # Check perRegion/perItem for expanded list of tags, plus value="no" for Choices/Taxonomy
+        allowed_tags_for_checks = [ChoicesTag, TaxonomyTag, DateTimeTag, NumberTag, RatingTag, TextAreaTag]
+        for tag_class in allowed_tags_for_checks:
+            tags = li.find_tags_by_class(tag_class)
+            for tag in tags:
+                per_region = tag.attr.get('perRegion', 'false').lower() == 'true'
+                per_item = tag.attr.get('perItem', 'false').lower() == 'true'
+                if per_region or per_item:
+                    return False
+                # For ChoicesTag and TaxonomyTag, the value attribute must not be set at all
+                if tag_class in [ChoicesTag, TaxonomyTag]:
+                    if 'value' in tag.attr:
+                        return False
+
+        # For TaxonomyTag, check labeling and apiUrl
+        taxonomy_tags = li.find_tags_by_class(TaxonomyTag)
+        for tag in taxonomy_tags:
+            labeling = tag.attr.get('labeling', 'false').lower() == 'true'
+            if labeling:
+                return False
+            api_url = tag.attr.get('apiUrl', None)
+            if api_url is not None:
+                return False
+
+        # If all checks pass, return True
+        return True
+
     @staticmethod
     def get_parsed_label_config(project):
         return project.get_parsed_config()
@@ -156,6 +238,7 @@ class Meta:
             'finished_task_number',
             'queue_total',
             'queue_done',
+            'config_suitable_for_bulk_annotation',
         ]
 
     def validate_label_config(self, value):
diff --git a/label_studio/tests/config_validation.tavern.yml b/label_studio/tests/config_validation.tavern.yml
index 3dca2afeff3b..0320c072b97d 100644
--- a/label_studio/tests/config_validation.tavern.yml
+++ b/label_studio/tests/config_validation.tavern.yml
@@ -1435,4 +1435,73 @@ stages:
     method: POST
     url: '{django_live_url}/api/projects/{pk}/validate'
   response:
-    status_code: 200
\ No newline at end of file
+    status_code: 200
+
+---
+test_name: check_config_suitable_for_bulk_annotation
+strict: false
+marks:
+- usefixtures:
+  - django_live_url
+stages:
+
+- id: signup
+  type: ref
+
+- name: create classification project
+  request:
+    data:
+      label_config: |
+        <View>
+          <Text name="text" value="$text"/>
+          <Choices name="sentiment" toName="text" choice="single">
+            <Choice value="Positive"/>
+            <Choice value="Neutral"/>
+            <Choice value="Negative"/>
+          </Choices>
+        </View>
+    method: POST
+    url: '{django_live_url}/api/projects'
+  response:
+    status_code: 201
+    save:
+      json:
+        classification_project_id: id
+
+- name: check classification project property
+  request:
+    method: GET
+    url: '{django_live_url}/api/projects/{classification_project_id}'
+  response:
+    status_code: 200
+    json:
+      config_suitable_for_bulk_annotation: true
+
+- name: create object detection project
+  request:
+    data:
+      label_config: |
+        <View>
+          <Image name="image" value="$image"/>
+          <RectangleLabels name="label" toName="image">
+            <Label value="Car"/>
+            <Label value="Tree"/>
+            <Label value="Person"/>
+          </RectangleLabels>
+        </View>
+    method: POST
+    url: '{django_live_url}/api/projects'
+  response:
+    status_code: 201
+    save:
+      json:
+        detection_project_id: id
+
+- name: check object detection project property
+  request:
+    method: GET
+    url: '{django_live_url}/api/projects/{detection_project_id}'
+  response:
+    status_code: 200
+    json:
+      config_suitable_for_bulk_annotation: false
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 2a8e9a36228d..83ea851df632 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ test = ["coverage", "mypy", "pexpect", "ruff", "wheel"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "asgiref"
-version = "3.7.2"
+version = "3.8.1"
 description = "ASGI specs, helper code, and adapters"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.7"
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "asgiref-3.7.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:89b2ef2247e3b562a16eef663bc0e2e703ec6468e2fa8a5cd61cd449786d4f6e"},
-    {file = "asgiref-3.7.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:9e0ce3aa93a819ba5b45120216b23878cf6e8525eb3848653452b4192b92afed"},
+    {file = "asgiref-3.8.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3e1e3ecc849832fe52ccf2cb6686b7a55f82bb1d6aee72a58826471390335e47"},
+    {file = "asgiref-3.8.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c343bd80a0bec947a9860adb4c432ffa7db769836c64238fc34bdc3fec84d590"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -628,7 +628,6 @@ packaging = "*"
 pydantic = [
     {version = ">=1.10.0,<2.0.0 || >2.0.0,<2.0.1 || >2.0.1,<2.4.0 || >2.4.0,<3.0", extras = ["email"], markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\" and python_version < \"4.0\""},
     {version = ">=1.10.0,<2.4.0 || >2.4.0,<3.0", extras = ["email"], markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\" and python_version < \"3.12\""},
-    {version = ">=1.5.1,<2.4.0 || >2.4.0,<3.0", extras = ["email"], markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""},
     {version = ">=1.9.0,<2.4.0 || >2.4.0,<3.0", extras = ["email"], markers = "python_version >= \"3.10\" and python_version < \"3.11\""},
 ]
 pyyaml = ">=6.0.1"
@@ -675,17 +674,17 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django"
-version = "4.2.17"
+version = "5.1.4"
 description = "A high-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design."
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8"
+python-versions = ">=3.10"
 files = [
-    {file = "Django-4.2.17-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3a93350214ba25f178d4045c0786c61573e7dbfa3c509b3551374f1e11ba8de0"},
-    {file = "Django-4.2.17.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6b56d834cc94c8b21a8f4e775064896be3b4a4ca387f2612d4406a5927cd2fdc"},
+    {file = "Django-5.1.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:236e023f021f5ce7dee5779de7b286565fdea5f4ab86bae5338e3f7b69896cf0"},
+    {file = "Django-5.1.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:de450c09e91879fa5a307f696e57c851955c910a438a35e6b4c895e86bedc82a"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-asgiref = ">=3.6.0,<4"
+asgiref = ">=3.8.1,<4"
 sqlparse = ">=0.3.1"
 tzdata = {version = "*", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
 
@@ -787,17 +786,17 @@ Django = ">=3.2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django-filter"
-version = "2.4.0"
+version = "24.3"
 description = "Django-filter is a reusable Django application for allowing users to filter querysets dynamically."
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.5"
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "django-filter-2.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:84e9d5bb93f237e451db814ed422a3a625751cbc9968b484ecc74964a8696b06"},
-    {file = "django_filter-2.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e00d32cebdb3d54273c48f4f878f898dced8d5dfaad009438fe61ebdf535ace1"},
+    {file = "django_filter-24.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c4852822928ce17fb699bcfccd644b3574f1a2d80aeb2b4ff4f16b02dd49dc64"},
+    {file = "django_filter-24.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d8ccaf6732afd21ca0542f6733b11591030fa98669f8d15599b358e24a2cd9c3"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-Django = ">=2.2"
+Django = ">=4.2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django-migration-linter"
@@ -3477,7 +3476,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:bf07ee2fef7014951eeb99f56f39c9bb4af143d8aa3c21b1677805985307da34"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:855fb52b0dc35af121542a76b9a84f8d1cd886ea97c84703eaa6d88e37a2ad28"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:40df9b996c2b73138957fe23a16a4f0ba614f4c0efce1e9406a184b6d07fa3a9"},
-    {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:a08c6f0fe150303c1c6b71ebcd7213c2858041a7e01975da3a99aed1e7a378ef"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:6c22bec3fbe2524cde73d7ada88f6566758a8f7227bfbf93a408a9d86bcc12a0"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:8d4e9c88387b0f5c7d5f281e55304de64cf7f9c0021a3525bd3b1c542da3b0e4"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:d483d2cdf104e7c9fa60c544d92981f12ad66a457afae824d146093b8c294c54"},
@@ -4616,5 +4614,5 @@ uwsgi = ["pyuwsgi", "uwsgitop"]
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
-python-versions = ">=3.9,<4"
-content-hash = "045667fad3d575ef8b624a03314d14107671c0a90211cba420859eedef23a84a"
+python-versions = ">=3.10,<4"
+content-hash = "5124c308584e6f9d7493d37f6d471947f30ab4eaedb1b13c3c6ac9a71c3eaccd"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bbd3e293c08d..b1e374e588cb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ exclude = [
 label-studio = "label_studio.server:main"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.9,<4"
+python = ">=3.10,<4"
 wheel = "<=0.40.0,>=0.38.1"
 appdirs = ">=1.4.3"
 attr = "0.3.1"
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ boto = "^2.49.0"
 boto3 = "^1.28.58"
 botocore = "^1.31.58"
 bleach = "~=5.0.0"
-Django = "~=4.2.13"
+Django = "~=5.1.4"
 django-storages = "1.12.3"
 django-annoying = "0.10.6"
 django-debug-toolbar = "3.2.1"
 django-environ = "0.10.0"
-django-filter = "2.4.0"
+django-filter = "24.3"
 django-model-utils = "4.1.1"
 django-rq = "2.5.1"
 django-cors-headers = "3.6.0"