Noticed Nathan pointed out the python in the image is 3.9 (see https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELAI-2402) - I looked at the images in prod for nvidia - both the bootc and instructlab images have python 3.9, specifically python3-3.9.18-3.el9_4.6.x86_64

rhelai1/nvidia-bootc-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/rhelai1/bootc-nvidia-rhel9/6679782d4ff5[…]gti-tabs=registry-tokens&rh-tabs-z7iel9tt1=rh-tab-r0esjcgpa

rhelai1/instructlab-nvidia-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/rhelai1/instructlab-nvidia-rhel9/6661ab[…]283459b43?image=6749d3114bfea5c2a298fc2b&architecture=amd64

instuctlab isn't compatible with python 3.9. It requires python 3.10 or 3.11.