Airthings BLE startup slows down the whole HASS startup process

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The problem

My Airthings BLE integration is delaying my whole HAC startup. HAC is unavailable until Airthings BLE manages to load. Sometimes also it doesn't even load the sensors, and there seems to be an expiry time, after which HAC finally loads. But I don't know how to determine what that expiry time is.

Is there a way to tell HASS to load Airthings BLE in the background by default and ignore it at startup?

Here are a couple of lines from my logs:

Config entry 'Airthings Wave Plus (098976)' for airthings_ble integration not ready yet: Unable to fetch data: M:A:C:A:D:R:E:S:S - M:A:C:A:D:R:E:S:S: Failed to connect after 7 attempt(s): [org.bluez.Error.Failed] Software caused connection abort; Retrying in background
10:14:56 AM – (WARNING) config_entries.py

Waiting on integrations to complete setup: airthings_ble
10:14:50 AM – (WARNING) bootstrap.py

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2023.9.0

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Container

Integration causing the issue

airthings_ble

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/airthings_ble

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

Config entry 'Airthings Wave Plus (098976)' for airthings_ble integration not ready yet: Unable to fetch data: M:A:C:A:D:R:E:S:S - M:A:C:A:D:R:E:S:S: Failed to connect after 7 attempt(s): [org.bluez.Error.Failed] Software caused connection abort; Retrying in background
10:14:56 AM – (WARNING) config_entries.py

Waiting on integrations to complete setup: airthings_ble
10:14:50 AM – (WARNING) bootstrap.py

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Hey there @vincegio, @lastrada, mind taking a look at this issue as it has been labeled with an integration (airthings_ble) you are listed as a code owner for? Thanks!

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