diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidruncontrol.cpp
index b7d8c92004f..7c5d815a168 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidruncontrol.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ namespace Internal {
 AndroidRunControl::AndroidRunControl(AndroidRunConfiguration *rc)
     : RunControl(rc, ProjectExplorer::Constants::NORMAL_RUN_MODE)
     , m_runner(new AndroidRunner(this, rc, ProjectExplorer::Constants::NORMAL_RUN_MODE))
-    , m_running(false)
 {
     setRunnable(m_runner->runnable());
     setIcon(Utils::Icons::RUN_SMALL_TOOLBAR);
@@ -54,8 +53,7 @@ AndroidRunControl::~AndroidRunControl()
 
 void AndroidRunControl::start()
 {
-    m_running = true;
-    emit started();
+    reportApplicationStart();
     disconnect(m_runner, 0, this, 0);
 
     connect(m_runner, &AndroidRunner::remoteErrorOutput,
@@ -79,8 +77,7 @@ void AndroidRunControl::handleRemoteProcessFinished(const QString &error)
 {
     appendMessage(error, Utils::ErrorMessageFormat);
     disconnect(m_runner, 0, this, 0);
-    m_running = false;
-    emit finished();
+    reportApplicationStop();
 }
 
 void AndroidRunControl::handleRemoteOutput(const QString &output)
@@ -93,11 +90,6 @@ void AndroidRunControl::handleRemoteErrorOutput(const QString &output)
     appendMessage(output, Utils::StdErrFormatSameLine);
 }
 
-bool AndroidRunControl::isRunning() const
-{
-    return m_running;
-}
-
 QString AndroidRunControl::displayName() const
 {
     return m_runner->displayName();
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidruncontrol.h b/src/plugins/android/androidruncontrol.h
index 472856f7d78..5dc9fffb6b5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidruncontrol.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidruncontrol.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ public:
 
     void start() override;
     StopResult stop() override;
-    bool isRunning() const override;
     QString displayName() const override;
 
 private:
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ private:
     void handleRemoteErrorOutput(const QString &output);
 
     AndroidRunner *const m_runner;
-    bool m_running;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrol.cpp
index 544832013a6..019b0632b54 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrol.cpp
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ void ClangStaticAnalyzerRunControl::start()
     m_success = false;
     emit starting();
 
-    QTC_ASSERT(m_projectInfo.isValid(), emit finished(); return);
+    QTC_ASSERT(m_projectInfo.isValid(), reportApplicationStop(); return);
     const Utils::FileName projectFile = m_projectInfo.project()->projectFilePath();
     appendMessage(tr("Running Clang Static Analyzer on %1").arg(projectFile.toUserOutput())
                   + QLatin1Char('\n'), Utils::NormalMessageFormat);
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ void ClangStaticAnalyzerRunControl::start()
         appendMessage(errorMessage + QLatin1Char('\n'), Utils::ErrorMessageFormat);
         TaskHub::addTask(Task::Error, errorMessage, Debugger::Constants::ANALYZERTASK_ID);
         TaskHub::requestPopup();
-        emit finished();
+        reportApplicationStop();
         return;
     }
 
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ void ClangStaticAnalyzerRunControl::start()
         appendMessage(errorMessage + QLatin1Char('\n'), Utils::ErrorMessageFormat);
         TaskHub::addTask(Task::Error, errorMessage, Debugger::Constants::ANALYZERTASK_ID);
         TaskHub::requestPopup();
-        emit finished();
+        reportApplicationStop();
         return;
     }
     m_clangLogFileDir = temporaryDir.path();
@@ -550,16 +550,15 @@ void ClangStaticAnalyzerRunControl::start()
     qCDebug(LOG) << "Environment:" << m_environment;
     m_runners.clear();
     const int parallelRuns = ClangStaticAnalyzerSettings::instance()->simultaneousProcesses();
-    QTC_ASSERT(parallelRuns >= 1, emit finished(); return);
+    QTC_ASSERT(parallelRuns >= 1, reportApplicationStop(); return);
     m_success = true;
-    m_running = true;
 
     if (m_unitsToProcess.isEmpty()) {
         finalize();
         return;
     }
 
-    emit started();
+    reportApplicationStart();
 
     while (m_runners.size() < parallelRuns && !m_unitsToProcess.isEmpty())
         analyzeNextFile();
@@ -578,16 +577,10 @@ RunControl::StopResult ClangStaticAnalyzerRunControl::stop()
     appendMessage(tr("Clang Static Analyzer stopped by user.") + QLatin1Char('\n'),
                   Utils::NormalMessageFormat);
     m_progress.reportFinished();
-    m_running = false;
-    emit finished();
+    reportApplicationStop();
     return RunControl::StoppedSynchronously;
 }
 
-bool ClangStaticAnalyzerRunControl::isRunning() const
-{
-    return m_running;
-}
-
 void ClangStaticAnalyzerRunControl::analyzeNextFile()
 {
     if (m_progress.isFinished())
@@ -701,8 +694,7 @@ void ClangStaticAnalyzerRunControl::finalize()
     }
 
     m_progress.reportFinished();
-    m_running = false;
-    emit finished();
+    reportApplicationStop();
 }
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrol.h b/src/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrol.h
index ce974bac37f..9776de88d2e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrol.h
+++ b/src/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrol.h
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ public:
 
     void start() override;
     StopResult stop() override;
-    bool isRunning() const override;
 
     bool success() const { return m_success; } // For testing.
     bool supportsReRunning() const override { return false; }
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ private:
     int m_filesAnalyzed;
     int m_filesNotAnalyzed;
     bool m_success;
-    bool m_running = false;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.cpp
index 426b36df042..49e85e98405 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.cpp
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@ DebuggerRunControl *createHelper(RunConfiguration *runConfig, Internal::Debugger
 
 DebuggerRunControl::DebuggerRunControl(RunConfiguration *runConfig, DebuggerEngine *engine)
     : RunControl(runConfig, DebugRunMode),
-      m_engine(engine),
-      m_running(false)
+      m_engine(engine)
 {
     setIcon(ProjectExplorer::Icons::DEBUG_START_SMALL_TOOLBAR);
     connect(this, &RunControl::finished, this, &DebuggerRunControl::handleFinished);
@@ -192,8 +191,8 @@ void DebuggerRunControl::start()
             && m_engine->runParameters().inferior.executable.isEmpty()
             && m_engine->runParameters().interpreter.isEmpty()) {
         appendMessage(tr("No executable specified.") + QLatin1Char('\n'), ErrorMessageFormat);
-        emit started();
-        emit finished();
+        reportApplicationStart();
+        reportApplicationStop();
         return;
     }
 
@@ -226,20 +225,18 @@ void DebuggerRunControl::start()
 
     // We might get a synchronous startFailed() notification on Windows,
     // when launching the process fails. Emit a proper finished() sequence.
-    emit started();
-    m_running = true;
+    reportApplicationStart();
 
     m_engine->startDebugger(this);
 
-    if (m_running)
+    if (isRunning())
         appendMessage(tr("Debugging starts") + QLatin1Char('\n'), NormalMessageFormat);
 }
 
 void DebuggerRunControl::startFailed()
 {
     appendMessage(tr("Debugging has failed") + QLatin1Char('\n'), NormalMessageFormat);
-    m_running = false;
-    emit finished();
+    reportApplicationStop();
     m_engine->handleStartFailed();
 }
 
@@ -288,8 +285,7 @@ RunControl::StopResult DebuggerRunControl::stop()
 
 void DebuggerRunControl::debuggingFinished()
 {
-    m_running = false;
-    emit finished();
+    reportApplicationStop();
 }
 
 void DebuggerRunControl::showMessage(const QString &msg, int channel)
@@ -297,11 +293,6 @@ void DebuggerRunControl::showMessage(const QString &msg, int channel)
     m_engine->showMessage(msg, channel);
 }
 
-bool DebuggerRunControl::isRunning() const
-{
-    return m_running;
-}
-
 DebuggerStartParameters &DebuggerRunControl::startParameters()
 {
     return m_engine->runParameters();
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.h b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.h
index 9a98dbdd2a3..f2c61e21054 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ public:
     void start() override;
     bool promptToStop(bool *prompt = 0) const override;
     StopResult stop() override; // Called from SnapshotWindow.
-    bool isRunning() const override;
     QString displayName() const override;
     bool supportsReRunning() const override;
     void handleApplicationOutput(const QString &msg, int channel);
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@ private:
                        Internal::DebuggerEngine *engine);
 
     Internal::DebuggerEngine *m_engine;
-    bool m_running;
     OutputProcessor *m_outputProcessor = 0;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/ios/iosruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/ios/iosruncontrol.cpp
index cdfa5cf9ac2..16997045327 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ios/iosruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/ios/iosruncontrol.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ namespace Internal {
 IosRunControl::IosRunControl(IosRunConfiguration *rc)
     : RunControl(rc, ProjectExplorer::Constants::NORMAL_RUN_MODE)
     , m_runner(new IosRunner(this, rc, false, QmlDebug::NoQmlDebugServices))
-    , m_running(false)
 {
     setIcon(Utils::Icons::RUN_SMALL_TOOLBAR);
 }
@@ -52,8 +51,7 @@ IosRunControl::~IosRunControl()
 
 void IosRunControl::start()
 {
-    m_running = true;
-    emit started();
+    reportApplicationStart();
     disconnect(m_runner, 0, this, 0);
 
     connect(m_runner, &IosRunner::errorMsg,
@@ -79,8 +77,7 @@ void IosRunControl::handleRemoteProcessFinished(bool cleanEnd)
     else
         appendMessage(tr("Run ended."), Utils::NormalMessageFormat);
     disconnect(m_runner, 0, this, 0);
-    m_running = false;
-    emit finished();
+    reportApplicationStop();
 }
 
 void IosRunControl::handleRemoteOutput(const QString &output)
@@ -93,11 +90,6 @@ void IosRunControl::handleRemoteErrorOutput(const QString &output)
     appendMessage(output, Utils::StdErrFormat);
 }
 
-bool IosRunControl::isRunning() const
-{
-    return m_running;
-}
-
 QString IosRunControl::displayName() const
 {
     return m_runner->displayName();
diff --git a/src/plugins/ios/iosruncontrol.h b/src/plugins/ios/iosruncontrol.h
index 082d94669f0..b60f73d4527 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ios/iosruncontrol.h
+++ b/src/plugins/ios/iosruncontrol.h
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ public:
 
     void start() override;
     StopResult stop() override;
-    bool isRunning() const override;
     QString displayName() const override;
 
 private:
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ private:
     void handleRemoteErrorOutput(const QString &output);
 
     IosRunner *const m_runner;
-    bool m_running;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimruncontrol.cpp
index baff9ad6f3a..b0c4da00226 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimruncontrol.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ namespace Nim {
 
 NimRunControl::NimRunControl(NimRunConfiguration *rc, Core::Id mode)
     : RunControl(rc, mode)
-    , m_running(false)
     , m_runnable(rc->runnable().as<StandardRunnable>())
 {
     connect(&m_applicationLauncher, &ApplicationLauncher::appendMessage,
@@ -54,8 +53,7 @@ NimRunControl::NimRunControl(NimRunConfiguration *rc, Core::Id mode)
 
 void NimRunControl::start()
 {
-    emit started();
-    m_running = true;
+    reportApplicationStart();
     m_applicationLauncher.start(m_runnable);
     setApplicationProcessHandle(ProcessHandle(m_applicationLauncher.applicationPID()));
 }
@@ -66,11 +64,6 @@ ProjectExplorer::RunControl::StopResult NimRunControl::stop()
     return StoppedSynchronously;
 }
 
-bool NimRunControl::isRunning() const
-{
-    return m_running;
-}
-
 void NimRunControl::processStarted()
 {
     // Console processes only know their pid after being started
@@ -79,7 +72,6 @@ void NimRunControl::processStarted()
 
 void NimRunControl::processExited(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus status)
 {
-    m_running = false;
     setApplicationProcessHandle(ProcessHandle());
     QString msg;
     if (status == QProcess::CrashExit) {
@@ -90,7 +82,7 @@ void NimRunControl::processExited(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus status)
                 .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(m_runnable.executable)).arg(exitCode);
     }
     appendMessage(msg + QLatin1Char('\n'), NormalMessageFormat);
-    emit finished();
+    reportApplicationStop();
 }
 
 void NimRunControl::slotAppendMessage(const QString &err, OutputFormat format)
diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimruncontrol.h b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimruncontrol.h
index 530361e2ef8..0eba08e8cea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimruncontrol.h
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimruncontrol.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ public:
 
     void start() override;
     StopResult stop() override;
-    bool isRunning() const override;
 
 private:
     void processStarted();
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ private:
     void slotAppendMessage(const QString &err, Utils::OutputFormat isError);
 
     ProjectExplorer::ApplicationLauncher m_applicationLauncher;
-    bool m_running;
     ProjectExplorer::StandardRunnable m_runnable;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/localapplicationruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/localapplicationruncontrol.cpp
index 22b021ed0af..44826940ea5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/localapplicationruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/localapplicationruncontrol.cpp
@@ -50,14 +50,12 @@ public:
 
     void start() override;
     StopResult stop() override;
-    bool isRunning() const override;
 
 private:
     void processStarted();
     void processExited(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus status);
 
     ApplicationLauncher m_applicationLauncher;
-    bool m_running = false;
 };
 
 LocalApplicationRunControl::LocalApplicationRunControl(RunConfiguration *rc, Core::Id mode)
@@ -79,17 +77,16 @@ void LocalApplicationRunControl::start()
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(runnable().is<StandardRunnable>(), return);
     auto r = runnable().as<StandardRunnable>();
-    emit started();
+    reportApplicationStart();
     if (r.executable.isEmpty()) {
         appendMessage(tr("No executable specified.") + QLatin1Char('\n'), Utils::ErrorMessageFormat);
-        emit finished();
+        reportApplicationStop();
     }  else if (!QFileInfo::exists(r.executable)) {
         appendMessage(tr("Executable %1 does not exist.")
                         .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(r.executable)) + QLatin1Char('\n'),
                       Utils::ErrorMessageFormat);
-        emit finished();
+        reportApplicationStop();
     } else {
-        m_running = true;
         QString msg = tr("Starting %1...").arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(r.executable)) + QLatin1Char('\n');
         appendMessage(msg, Utils::NormalMessageFormat);
         m_applicationLauncher.start(r);
@@ -103,11 +100,6 @@ LocalApplicationRunControl::StopResult LocalApplicationRunControl::stop()
     return StoppedSynchronously;
 }
 
-bool LocalApplicationRunControl::isRunning() const
-{
-    return m_running;
-}
-
 void LocalApplicationRunControl::processStarted()
 {
     // Console processes only know their pid after being started
@@ -116,8 +108,6 @@ void LocalApplicationRunControl::processStarted()
 
 void LocalApplicationRunControl::processExited(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus status)
 {
-    m_running = false;
-    setApplicationProcessHandle(ProcessHandle());
     QString msg;
     QString exe = runnable().as<StandardRunnable>().executable;
     if (status == QProcess::CrashExit)
@@ -125,7 +115,7 @@ void LocalApplicationRunControl::processExited(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatu
     else
         msg = tr("%1 exited with code %2").arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(exe)).arg(exitCode);
     appendMessage(msg + QLatin1Char('\n'), Utils::NormalMessageFormat);
-    emit finished();
+    reportApplicationStop();
 }
 
 // LocalApplicationRunControlFactory
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
index d5e0c6e56f8..443491b1af3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <utils/algorithm.h>
 #include <utils/outputformatter.h>
 #include <utils/checkablemessagebox.h>
+#include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 
 #include <coreplugin/icore.h>
 #include <coreplugin/icontext.h>
@@ -534,10 +535,12 @@ public:
     // A handle to the actual application process.
     Utils::ProcessHandle applicationProcessHandle;
 
+    bool isRunning = false;
+
 #ifdef Q_OS_OSX
     //these two are used to bring apps in the foreground on Mac
-    qint64 internalPid;
     int foregroundCount;
+    qint64 internalPid;
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -662,7 +665,7 @@ void RunControl::setApplicationProcessHandle(const ProcessHandle &handle)
 {
     if (d->applicationProcessHandle != handle) {
         d->applicationProcessHandle = handle;
-        emit applicationProcessHandleChanged();
+        emit applicationProcessHandleChanged(QPrivateSignal());
     }
 }
 
@@ -685,6 +688,11 @@ bool RunControl::promptToStop(bool *optionalPrompt) const
                                   optionalPrompt);
 }
 
+bool RunControl::isRunning() const
+{
+    return d->isRunning;
+}
+
 /*!
     Prompts to terminate the application with the \gui {Do not ask again}
     checkbox.
@@ -732,6 +740,20 @@ void RunControl::bringApplicationToForeground(qint64 pid)
 #endif
 }
 
+void RunControl::reportApplicationStart()
+{
+    d->isRunning = true;
+    emit started(QPrivateSignal());
+}
+
+void RunControl::reportApplicationStop()
+{
+    d->isRunning = false;
+    QTC_CHECK(d->applicationProcessHandle.isValid());
+    setApplicationProcessHandle(Utils::ProcessHandle());
+    emit finished(QPrivateSignal());
+}
+
 void RunControl::bringApplicationToForegroundInternal()
 {
 #ifdef Q_OS_OSX
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h
index 15d7c3abbfe..f50ff7c10b0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h
@@ -361,12 +361,14 @@ public:
 
     virtual bool promptToStop(bool *optionalPrompt = nullptr) const;
     virtual StopResult stop() = 0;
-    virtual bool isRunning() const = 0;
     virtual bool supportsReRunning() const { return true; }
 
+
     virtual QString displayName() const;
     void setDisplayName(const QString &displayName);
 
+    bool isRunning() const;
+
     void setIcon(const Utils::Icon &icon);
     Utils::Icon icon() const;
 
@@ -396,11 +398,14 @@ public slots:
 signals:
     void appendMessageRequested(ProjectExplorer::RunControl *runControl,
                                 const QString &msg, Utils::OutputFormat format);
-    void started();
-    void finished();
-    void applicationProcessHandleChanged();
+    void started(QPrivateSignal); // Use reportApplicationStart!
+    void finished(QPrivateSignal); // Use reportApplicationStop!
+    void applicationProcessHandleChanged(QPrivateSignal); // Use setApplicationProcessHandle
 
 protected:
+    void reportApplicationStart(); // Call this when the application starts to run
+    void reportApplicationStop(); // Call this when the application has stopped for any reason
+
     bool showPromptToStopDialog(const QString &title, const QString &text,
                                 const QString &stopButtonText = QString(),
                                 const QString &cancelButtonText = QString(),
diff --git a/src/plugins/pythoneditor/pythoneditorplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/pythoneditor/pythoneditorplugin.cpp
index 63247699470..f3f4ae18585 100644
--- a/src/plugins/pythoneditor/pythoneditorplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/pythoneditor/pythoneditorplugin.cpp
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ public:
 
     void start() override;
     StopResult stop() override;
-    bool isRunning() const override { return m_running; }
 
 private:
     void processStarted();
@@ -238,7 +237,6 @@ private:
     QString m_commandLineArguments;
     Utils::Environment m_environment;
     ApplicationLauncher::Mode m_runMode;
-    bool m_running;
 };
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -756,7 +754,7 @@ RunControl *PythonRunControlFactory::create(RunConfiguration *runConfiguration,
 // PythonRunControl
 
 PythonRunControl::PythonRunControl(PythonRunConfiguration *rc, Core::Id mode)
-    : RunControl(rc, mode), m_running(false)
+    : RunControl(rc, mode)
 {
     setIcon(Utils::Icons::RUN_SMALL_TOOLBAR);
 
@@ -778,16 +776,15 @@ PythonRunControl::PythonRunControl(PythonRunConfiguration *rc, Core::Id mode)
 
 void PythonRunControl::start()
 {
-    emit started();
+    reportApplicationStart();
     if (m_interpreter.isEmpty()) {
         appendMessage(tr("No Python interpreter specified.") + '\n', Utils::ErrorMessageFormat);
-        emit finished();
+        reportApplicationStop();
     }  else if (!QFileInfo::exists(m_interpreter)) {
         appendMessage(tr("Python interpreter %1 does not exist.").arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(m_interpreter)) + '\n',
                       Utils::ErrorMessageFormat);
-        emit finished();
+        reportApplicationStop();
     } else {
-        m_running = true;
         QString msg = tr("Starting %1...").arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(m_interpreter)) + '\n';
         appendMessage(msg, Utils::NormalMessageFormat);
 
@@ -822,8 +819,6 @@ void PythonRunControl::processStarted()
 
 void PythonRunControl::processExited(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus status)
 {
-    m_running = false;
-    setApplicationProcessHandle(ProcessHandle());
     QString msg;
     if (status == QProcess::CrashExit) {
         msg = tr("%1 crashed")
@@ -833,7 +828,7 @@ void PythonRunControl::processExited(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus status)
                 .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(m_interpreter)).arg(exitCode);
     }
     appendMessage(msg + '\n', Utils::NormalMessageFormat);
-    emit finished();
+    reportApplicationStop();
 }
 
 void PythonRunConfigurationWidget::setInterpreter(const QString &interpreter)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerruncontrol.cpp
index 224e5652cf7..f0a64d2a5a2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerruncontrol.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ public:
     Internal::QmlProfilerTool *m_tool = 0;
     QmlProfilerStateManager *m_profilerState = 0;
     QTimer m_noDebugOutputTimer;
-    bool m_running = false;
 };
 
 //
@@ -96,17 +95,18 @@ QmlProfilerRunControl::QmlProfilerRunControl(RunConfiguration *runConfiguration,
 
 QmlProfilerRunControl::~QmlProfilerRunControl()
 {
-    if (d->m_running && d->m_profilerState)
+    if (isRunning() && d->m_profilerState)
         stop();
     delete d;
 }
 
 void QmlProfilerRunControl::start()
 {
+    reportApplicationStart();
     d->m_tool->finalizeRunControl(this);
-    QTC_ASSERT(d->m_profilerState, finished(); return);
+    QTC_ASSERT(d->m_profilerState, reportApplicationStop(); return);
 
-    QTC_ASSERT(connection().is<AnalyzerConnection>(), finished(); return);
+    QTC_ASSERT(connection().is<AnalyzerConnection>(), reportApplicationStop(); return);
     auto conn = connection().as<AnalyzerConnection>();
 
     if (conn.analyzerPort.isValid())
@@ -115,13 +115,11 @@ void QmlProfilerRunControl::start()
         d->m_noDebugOutputTimer.start();
 
     d->m_profilerState->setCurrentState(QmlProfilerStateManager::AppRunning);
-    d->m_running = true;
     emit starting();
 }
 
 RunControl::StopResult QmlProfilerRunControl::stop()
 {
-    d->m_running = false;
     QTC_ASSERT(d->m_profilerState, return RunControl::StoppedSynchronously);
 
     switch (d->m_profilerState->currentState()) {
@@ -147,11 +145,6 @@ RunControl::StopResult QmlProfilerRunControl::stop()
     return RunControl::StoppedSynchronously;
 }
 
-bool QmlProfilerRunControl::isRunning() const
-{
-    return d->m_running;
-}
-
 void QmlProfilerRunControl::notifyRemoteFinished()
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(d->m_profilerState, return);
@@ -159,8 +152,7 @@ void QmlProfilerRunControl::notifyRemoteFinished()
     switch (d->m_profilerState->currentState()) {
     case QmlProfilerStateManager::AppRunning:
         d->m_profilerState->setCurrentState(QmlProfilerStateManager::AppDying);
-        d->m_running = false;
-        emit finished();
+        reportApplicationStop();
         break;
     case QmlProfilerStateManager::Idle:
         break;
@@ -189,8 +181,7 @@ void QmlProfilerRunControl::cancelProcess()
         return;
     }
     }
-    d->m_running = false;
-    emit finished();
+    reportApplicationStop();
 }
 
 void QmlProfilerRunControl::notifyRemoteSetupFailed(const QString &errorMessage)
@@ -213,8 +204,7 @@ void QmlProfilerRunControl::notifyRemoteSetupFailed(const QString &errorMessage)
     // KILL
     d->m_profilerState->setCurrentState(QmlProfilerStateManager::AppDying);
     d->m_noDebugOutputTimer.stop();
-    d->m_running = false;
-    emit finished();
+    reportApplicationStop();
 }
 
 void QmlProfilerRunControl::wrongSetupMessageBoxFinished(int button)
@@ -256,8 +246,7 @@ void QmlProfilerRunControl::profilerStateChanged()
 {
     switch (d->m_profilerState->currentState()) {
     case QmlProfilerStateManager::Idle:
-        d->m_running = false;
-        emit finished();
+        reportApplicationStop();
         d->m_noDebugOutputTimer.stop();
         break;
     default:
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerruncontrol.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerruncontrol.h
index 49716c05a44..5c7c770755b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerruncontrol.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerruncontrol.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ public:
     void notifyRemoteSetupFailed(const QString &errorMessage) override;
     void start() override;
     StopResult stop() override;
-    bool isRunning() const override;
     void cancelProcess();
     void notifyRemoteFinished() override;
     bool supportsReRunning() const override { return false; }
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxruncontrol.cpp
index 7e9c4951800..5bbd63c18d0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxruncontrol.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ namespace RemoteLinux {
 class RemoteLinuxRunControl::RemoteLinuxRunControlPrivate
 {
 public:
-    bool running;
     DeviceApplicationRunner runner;
 };
 
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ RemoteLinuxRunControl::RemoteLinuxRunControl(RunConfiguration *rc)
 {
     setIcon(Utils::Icons::RUN_SMALL_TOOLBAR);
     setRunnable(rc->runnable());
-
-    d->running = false;
 }
 
 RemoteLinuxRunControl::~RemoteLinuxRunControl()
@@ -56,8 +53,7 @@ RemoteLinuxRunControl::~RemoteLinuxRunControl()
 
 void RemoteLinuxRunControl::start()
 {
-    d->running = true;
-    emit started();
+    reportApplicationStart();
     d->runner.disconnect(this);
     connect(&d->runner, &DeviceApplicationRunner::reportError,
             this, &RemoteLinuxRunControl::handleErrorMessage);
@@ -103,16 +99,10 @@ void RemoteLinuxRunControl::handleProgressReport(const QString &progressString)
     appendMessage(progressString + QLatin1Char('\n'), Utils::NormalMessageFormat);
 }
 
-bool RemoteLinuxRunControl::isRunning() const
-{
-    return d->running;
-}
-
 void RemoteLinuxRunControl::setFinished()
 {
     d->runner.disconnect(this);
-    d->running = false;
-    emit finished();
+    reportApplicationStop();
 }
 
 } // namespace RemoteLinux
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxruncontrol.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxruncontrol.h
index fd988456276..8582d3013b4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxruncontrol.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxruncontrol.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ public:
 
     virtual void start() override;
     virtual StopResult stop() override;
-    virtual bool isRunning() const override;
 
 private:
     void handleErrorMessage(const QString &error);
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindengine.cpp b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindengine.cpp
index 6e08ae66dc4..fb41439943d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindengine.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ ValgrindRunControl::ValgrindRunControl(RunConfiguration *runConfiguration, Core:
 
 void ValgrindRunControl::start()
 {
+    reportApplicationStart();
     emit starting();
     FutureProgress *fp = ProgressManager::addTimedTask(m_progress, progressTitle(), "valgrind", 100);
     fp->setKeepOnFinish(FutureProgress::HideOnFinish);
@@ -101,12 +102,9 @@ void ValgrindRunControl::start()
 
     if (!run->start()) {
         m_progress.cancel();
-        emit finished();
+        reportApplicationStop();
         return;
     }
-
-    m_isRunning = true;
-    emit started();
 }
 
 RunControl::StopResult ValgrindRunControl::stop()
@@ -116,11 +114,6 @@ RunControl::StopResult ValgrindRunControl::stop()
     return AsynchronousStop;
 }
 
-bool ValgrindRunControl::isRunning() const
-{
-    return m_isRunning;
-}
-
 QString ValgrindRunControl::executable() const
 {
     return runnable().as<StandardRunnable>().executable;
@@ -161,10 +154,8 @@ void ValgrindRunControl::handleProgressFinished()
 
 void ValgrindRunControl::runnerFinished()
 {
-    m_isRunning = false;
-
     appendMessage(tr("Analyzing finished.") + QLatin1Char('\n'), NormalMessageFormat);
-    emit finished();
+    reportApplicationStop();
 
     m_progress.reportFinished();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindengine.h b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindengine.h
index d5b0e2ef329..cd3fbfe75da 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindengine.h
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindengine.h
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ public:
 
     void start() override;
     StopResult stop() override;
-    bool isRunning() const override;
     bool supportsReRunning() const override { return false; }
 
     QString executable() const;
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ private:
     QStringList genericToolArguments() const;
 
 private:
-    bool m_isRunning = false;
     bool m_isStopping = false;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/winrt/winrtruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/winrt/winrtruncontrol.cpp
index 2644b92152d..c211a463043 100644
--- a/src/plugins/winrt/winrtruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/winrt/winrtruncontrol.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ void WinRtRunControl::start()
         return;
     if (!startWinRtRunner())
         m_state = StoppedState;
+    else
+        reportApplicationStart();
 }
 
 RunControl::StopResult WinRtRunControl::stop()
@@ -74,16 +76,10 @@ RunControl::StopResult WinRtRunControl::stop()
     return AsynchronousStop;
 }
 
-bool WinRtRunControl::isRunning() const
-{
-    return m_state == StartedState;
-}
-
 void WinRtRunControl::onProcessStarted()
 {
     QTC_CHECK(m_state == StartingState);
     m_state = StartedState;
-    emit started();
 }
 
 void WinRtRunControl::onProcessFinished()
@@ -99,7 +95,7 @@ void WinRtRunControl::onProcessError()
     m_runner->deleteLater();
     m_runner = 0;
     m_state = StoppedState;
-    emit finished();
+    reportApplicationStop();
 }
 
 bool WinRtRunControl::startWinRtRunner()
diff --git a/src/plugins/winrt/winrtruncontrol.h b/src/plugins/winrt/winrtruncontrol.h
index 902ea289a2e..e30f6424a09 100644
--- a/src/plugins/winrt/winrtruncontrol.h
+++ b/src/plugins/winrt/winrtruncontrol.h
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ public:
 
     void start() override;
     StopResult stop() override;
-    bool isRunning() const override;
 
 private:
     enum State { StartingState, StartedState, StoppedState };