Y26-017 - As a developer (Steve) I would like to upgrade to Rails 8.1 to ensure the application does not accrue technical debt and is still secure

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Describe the Housekeeping
As a developer (Steve) I would like to upgrade to Rails 8.1 to ensure the application does not accrue technical debt and is still secure

Blocking issues
There will need to be an update in JSON API resource to fix the underlying issue

Additional context
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