@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) StateChanged(id string, e libcontainerd.StateInfo) error {

 			c.Reset(false)

 			return err

 		}

+		daemon.LogContainerEvent(c, "start")

 	case libcontainerd.StatePause:

 		c.Paused = true

 		daemon.LogContainerEvent(c, "pause")

@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) containerStart(container *container.Container) (err error)

 		return err

 	}

-	defer daemon.LogContainerEvent(container, "start") // this is logged even on error

 	if err := daemon.containerd.Create(container.ID, *spec, libcontainerd.WithRestartManager(container.RestartManager(true))); err != nil {

 		// if we receive an internal error from the initial start of a container then lets

 		// return it instead of entering the restart loop

@@ -149,6 +148,9 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) containerStart(container *container.Container) (err error)

 		}

 		container.Reset(false)

+

+		// start event is logged even on error

+		daemon.LogContainerEvent(container, "start")

 		return err

 	}

@@ -617,3 +617,44 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestEventsFilterImageInContainerAction(c *check.C) {

 	events := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(out), "\n")

 	c.Assert(len(events), checker.GreaterThan, 1, check.Commentf(out))

 }

+

+func (s *DockerSuite) TestEventsContainerRestart(c *check.C) {

+	dockerCmd(c, "run", "-d", "--name=testEvent", "--restart=on-failure:3", "busybox", "false")

+

+	// wait until test2 is auto removed.

+	waitTime := 10 * time.Second

+	if daemonPlatform == "windows" {

+		// nslookup isn't present in Windows busybox. Is built-in.

+		waitTime = 90 * time.Second

+	}

+

+	err := waitInspect("testEvent", "{{ .State.Restarting }} {{ .State.Running }}", "false false", waitTime)

+	c.Assert(err, checker.IsNil)

+

+	var (

+		createCount int

+		startCount  int

+		dieCount    int

+	)

+	out, _ := dockerCmd(c, "events", "--since=0", fmt.Sprintf("--until=%d", daemonTime(c).Unix()), "-f", "container=testEvent")

+	events := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(out), "\n")

+

+	nEvents := len(events)

+	c.Assert(nEvents, checker.GreaterOrEqualThan, 1) //Missing expected event

+	actions := eventActionsByIDAndType(c, events, "testEvent", "container")

+

+	for _, a := range actions {

+		switch a {

+		case "create":

+			createCount++

+		case "start":

+			startCount++

+		case "die":

+			dieCount++

+		}

+	}

+	c.Assert(createCount, checker.Equals, 1, check.Commentf("testEvent should be created 1 times: %v", actions))

+	c.Assert(startCount, checker.Equals, 4, check.Commentf("testEvent should start 4 times: %v", actions))

+	c.Assert(dieCount, checker.Equals, 4, check.Commentf("testEvent should die 4 times: %v", actions))

+

+}