diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java
index c5f63ced989cf..a6d5c19395b01 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java
@@ -285,9 +285,9 @@ class ActivityMetricsLogger {
         final LaunchingState mLaunchingState;
 
         /** The type can be cold (new process), warm (new activity), or hot (bring to front). */
-        final int mTransitionType;
+        int mTransitionType;
         /** Whether the process was already running when the transition started. */
-        final boolean mProcessRunning;
+        boolean mProcessRunning;
         /** whether the process of the launching activity didn't have any active activity. */
         final boolean mProcessSwitch;
         /** The process state of the launching activity prior to the launch */
@@ -972,6 +972,19 @@ class ActivityMetricsLogger {
             // App isn't attached to record yet, so match with info.
             if (info.mLastLaunchedActivity.info.applicationInfo == appInfo) {
                 info.mBindApplicationDelayMs = info.calculateCurrentDelay();
+                if (info.mProcessRunning) {
+                    // It was HOT/WARM launch, but the process was died somehow right after the
+                    // launch request.
+                    info.mProcessRunning = false;
+                    info.mTransitionType = TYPE_TRANSITION_COLD_LAUNCH;
+                    final String msg = "Process " + info.mLastLaunchedActivity.info.processName
+                            + " restarted";
+                    Slog.i(TAG, msg);
+                    if (info.mLaunchingState.mTraceName != null) {
+                        Trace.instant(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER, msg + "#"
+                                + LaunchingState.sTraceSeqId);
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests.java b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests.java
index 5c3102d870d01..65e77dcd4ca91 100644
--- a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests.java
+++ b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests.java
@@ -182,12 +182,12 @@ public class ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests extends WindowTestsBase {
 
     @Test
     public void testLaunchState() {
-        final ToIntFunction<Boolean> launchTemplate = doRelaunch -> {
+        final ToIntFunction<Runnable> launchTemplate = action -> {
             clearInvocations(mLaunchObserver);
             onActivityLaunched(mTopActivity);
             notifyTransitionStarting(mTopActivity);
-            if (doRelaunch) {
-                mActivityMetricsLogger.notifyActivityRelaunched(mTopActivity);
+            if (action != null) {
+                action.run();
             }
             final ActivityMetricsLogger.TransitionInfoSnapshot info =
                     notifyWindowsDrawn(mTopActivity);
@@ -199,21 +199,27 @@ public class ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests extends WindowTestsBase {
         // Assume that the process is started (ActivityBuilder has mocked the returned value of
         // ATMS#getProcessController) but the activity has not attached process.
         mTopActivity.app = null;
-        assertWithMessage("Warm launch").that(launchTemplate.applyAsInt(false /* doRelaunch */))
+        assertWithMessage("Warm launch").that(launchTemplate.applyAsInt(null))
                 .isEqualTo(WaitResult.LAUNCH_STATE_WARM);
 
         mTopActivity.app = app;
         mNewActivityCreated = false;
-        assertWithMessage("Hot launch").that(launchTemplate.applyAsInt(false /* doRelaunch */))
+        assertWithMessage("Hot launch").that(launchTemplate.applyAsInt(null))
                 .isEqualTo(WaitResult.LAUNCH_STATE_HOT);
 
-        assertWithMessage("Relaunch").that(launchTemplate.applyAsInt(true /* doRelaunch */))
+        assertWithMessage("Relaunch").that(launchTemplate.applyAsInt(
+                () -> mActivityMetricsLogger.notifyActivityRelaunched(mTopActivity)))
                 .isEqualTo(WaitResult.LAUNCH_STATE_RELAUNCH);
 
+        assertWithMessage("Cold launch by restart").that(launchTemplate.applyAsInt(
+                () -> mActivityMetricsLogger.notifyBindApplication(
+                        mTopActivity.info.applicationInfo)))
+                .isEqualTo(WaitResult.LAUNCH_STATE_COLD);
+
         mTopActivity.app = null;
         mNewActivityCreated = true;
         doReturn(null).when(mAtm).getProcessController(app.mName, app.mUid);
-        assertWithMessage("Cold launch").that(launchTemplate.applyAsInt(false /* doRelaunch */))
+        assertWithMessage("Cold launch").that(launchTemplate.applyAsInt(null))
                 .isEqualTo(WaitResult.LAUNCH_STATE_COLD);
     }