@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) killWithSignal(container *containerpkg.Container, sig int)

 	container.Lock()

 	defer container.Unlock()

-	daemon.stopHealthchecks(container)

-

 	if !container.Running {

 		return errNotRunning(container.ID)

 	}

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (

 	containertypes "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"

 	"github.com/docker/docker/client"

 	"github.com/docker/docker/integration/internal/container"

+	"gotest.tools/assert"

 	"gotest.tools/poll"

 	"gotest.tools/skip"

 )

@@ -32,6 +33,35 @@ func TestHealthCheckWorkdir(t *testing.T) {

 	poll.WaitOn(t, pollForHealthStatus(ctx, client, cID, types.Healthy), poll.WithDelay(100*time.Millisecond))

 }

+// GitHub #37263

+// Do not stop healthchecks just because we sent a signal to the container

+func TestHealthKillContainer(t *testing.T) {

+	skip.If(t, testEnv.OSType == "windows", "Windows only supports SIGKILL and SIGTERM? See https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/39574")

+	defer setupTest(t)()

+

+	ctx := context.Background()

+	client := testEnv.APIClient()

+

+	id := container.Run(t, ctx, client, func(c *container.TestContainerConfig) {

+		c.Config.Healthcheck = &containertypes.HealthConfig{

+			Test:     []string{"CMD-SHELL", "sleep 1"},

+			Interval: time.Second,

+			Retries:  5,

+		}

+	})

+

+	ctxPoll, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 30*time.Second)

+	defer cancel()

+	poll.WaitOn(t, pollForHealthStatus(ctxPoll, client, id, "healthy"), poll.WithDelay(100*time.Millisecond))

+

+	err := client.ContainerKill(ctx, id, "SIGUSR1")

+	assert.NilError(t, err)

+

+	ctxPoll, cancel = context.WithTimeout(ctx, 30*time.Second)

+	defer cancel()

+	poll.WaitOn(t, pollForHealthStatus(ctxPoll, client, id, "healthy"), poll.WithDelay(100*time.Millisecond))

+}

+

 func pollForHealthStatus(ctx context.Context, client client.APIClient, containerID string, healthStatus string) func(log poll.LogT) poll.Result {

 	return func(log poll.LogT) poll.Result {

 		inspect, err := client.ContainerInspect(ctx, containerID)