diff --git a/substrate/.maintain/monitoring/alerting-rules/alerting-rules.yaml b/substrate/.maintain/monitoring/alerting-rules/alerting-rules.yaml
index 3dde038d88..16a27c06d3 100644
--- a/substrate/.maintain/monitoring/alerting-rules/alerting-rules.yaml
+++ b/substrate/.maintain/monitoring/alerting-rules/alerting-rules.yaml
@@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ groups:
   # Others
   ##############################################################################
 
+  - alert: ContinuousTaskEnded
+    expr: '(polkadot_tasks_spawned_total == 1) - on(instance, task_name)
+    (polkadot_tasks_ended_total == 1)'
+    for: 5m
+    labels:
+      severity: warning
+    annotations:
+      message: 'Continuous task {{ $labels.task_name }} on node
+      {{ $labels.instance }} ended unexpectedly.'
+
   - alert: AuthorityDiscoveryDiscoveryFailureHigh
     expr: 'polkadot_authority_discovery_handle_value_found_event_failure /
     ignoring(name)