From 6bd2f9f0623b876c67c1e426c09099eab7013c5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Trllo <43494761+iLLiCiTiT@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:01:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] don't create connection to get default settings variant

---
 ayon_api/_api.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ayon_api/_api.py b/ayon_api/_api.py
index f0d6809b2..576a244b2 100644
--- a/ayon_api/_api.py
+++ b/ayon_api/_api.py
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 )
 from .server_api import ServerAPI
 from .exceptions import FailedServiceInit
+from .utils import (
+    get_default_settings_variant as _get_default_settings_variant
+)
 
 
 class GlobalServerAPI(ServerAPI):
@@ -502,6 +505,8 @@ def get_default_settings_variant():
         Union[str, None]: name of variant or None.
 
     """
+    if not GlobalContext.is_connection_created():
+        return _get_default_settings_variant()
     con = get_server_api_connection()
     return con.get_default_settings_variant()