AutoML: CI trips with CellTimeoutError

[amotl]

Originally coming from an issue that mixed things up, GH-170, let's get things straight here.

Problem

CI on the AutoML job occasionally trips like this, failing the CI run.

E           nbclient.exceptions.CellTimeoutError: A cell timed out while it was being executed, after 300 seconds.
E           The message was: Cell execution timed out.
E           Here is a preview of the cell contents:
E           -------------------
E           s = setup(data, fh=15, target="total_sales", index="month", log_experiment=True)
E           -------------------

/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.11.6/x64/lib/python3.11/site-packages/nbclient/client.py:801: CellTimeoutError

-- #170 (comment)

Outlook

@andnig suggested at #170 (comment), that maybe the PYTEST_CURRENT_TEST environment variable, and what it is guarding, is not being evaluated correctly.

However, at #170 (comment), we have been able to confirm it works well.

[amotl]

We confirmed that PYTEST_CURRENT_TEST properly guards the compare_models() call. However, the cell timeout here happens within setup() already. Is there a chance to reduce its heavyness in one way or another?

[amotl]

Currently, we see no problems on CI in this regard. Therefore, I am closing the issue. Thanks for your support, @andnig!