xxx-crash-reporter.conf:

start on stopped RESULT=failed JOB!=xxx-crash-reporter

env NOTIFY_SERVER="http://my.notification.server.com/notify"

task
console log

script
	case $JOB in
		xxx-*)
			sleep 2
			echo -n "Catching stopped job [$JOB] "
			date
			logfile="/var/log/upstart/${JOB}.log"
			desc_file="$(tempfile)"
			echo "..." >> $desc_file
			tail -n $LOG_LINES "$logfile" >> $desc_file
			echo " -- End of Logfile --" >> $desc_file
			echo "Submitting notification..."
			curl --data-urlencode "application=${JOB}" \
			 	--data-urlencode "even=stopped" \
			 	--data-urlencode "description@$desc_file" "$NOTIFY_SERVER"
			echo "Restarting job..."
			initctl start ${JOB} || true
			rm "$desc_file"
			echo "..done."
			;;
		*)
			;;
	esac

end script