Importing clearml fails if server is unreacheable

[Gabsha]

Describe the bug

Since 1.17.0, importing clearml package fails if server is unreacheable.

To reproduce

python3.12 -m venv _venv
source _venv/bin/activate
pip install clearml==1.17.0
python
>>> import clearml
... 
Retrying (Retry(total=239, connect=239, read=240, redirect=240, status=240)) after connection broken by 'ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x7bfd49dc9670>, 'Connection to *X.X.X.X* timed out. (connect timeout=3.0)')': /auth.login

Stack trace after Ctrl+C points to this recent change :

https://github.com/allegroai/clearml/blob/master/clearml/automation/controller.py#L62

Expected behaviour

It is possible to import clearml even if there is no server configured yet (or unreacheable), ideally there would be no import side-effects. Useful for testing, local development, etc.

Environment

SDK : 1.17.0
Server : N/R
Python : 3.12
OS : Linux