test: negative pgrst_db_pool_available in metrics

Proves the failure on https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest/issues/4622.

This doesn't require additional test infra, only nginx. Taking advantage
of the `stream {}` context which is also compatible with unix socket
besides TCP.

test/io/test_io.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from postgrest import (
     is_ipv6,
     reset_statement_timeout,
     run,
+    run_pgproxy,
     set_statement_timeout,
     sleep_until_postgrest_config_reload,
     sleep_until_postgrest_full_reload,
@@ -1808,3 +1809,27 @@ def test_server_timing_transaction_duration(defaultenv, metapostgrest):
         ]
 
         assert 2000 <= response_dur < 3000
+
+
+@pytest.mark.xfail(
+    reason="pgrst_db_pool_available should not go negative on pg network failures",
+    strict=True,
+)
+def test_positive_pool_metric(defaultenv):
+    "When a network failure is caused on the pg connection, pgrst_db_pool_available stays positive"
+
+    with run_pgproxy(defaultenv, proxy_timeout="10ms") as pgproxyhost:
+        env = {**defaultenv, "PGHOST": pgproxyhost}
+
+        with run(env=env, wait_for_readiness=False) as postgrest:
+            time.sleep(2)
+
+            response = postgrest.admin.get("/metrics", timeout=1)
+            assert response.status_code == 200
+
+            metrics = float(
+                re.search(
+                    r"pgrst_db_pool_available (-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?)", response.text
+                ).group(1)
+            )
+            assert metrics >= 0