diff --git a/CHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc
index bedc5fcb24d0..aeba9c202cf9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc
@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@ The list below covers the major changes between 7.0.0-rc2 and master only.
 - New ReporterV2 interfaces that can receive a context on `Fetch(ctx, reporter)`, or `Run(ctx, reporter)`. {pull}11981[11981]
 - Generate configuration from `mage` for all Beats. {pull}12618[12618]
 - Add ClientFactory to TCP input source to add SplitFunc/NetworkFuncs per client. {pull}8543[8543]
+- Introduce beat.OutputChooses publisher mode. {pull}12996[12996]
+- Ensure that beat.Processor, beat.ProcessorList, and processors.ProcessorList are compatible and can be composed more easily. {pull}12996[12996]
diff --git a/libbeat/beat/pipeline.go b/libbeat/beat/pipeline.go
index 5743e1cc92a4..d49a10f085bf 100644
--- a/libbeat/beat/pipeline.go
+++ b/libbeat/beat/pipeline.go
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ type PipelineACKHandler struct {
 }
 
 type ProcessorList interface {
+	Processor
 	All() []Processor
 }
 
@@ -144,10 +145,16 @@ type Processor interface {
 type PublishMode uint8
 
 const (
-	// DefaultGuarantees are up to the pipeline configuration, as configured by the
-	// operator.
+	// DefaultGuarantees are up to the pipeline configuration itself.
 	DefaultGuarantees PublishMode = iota
 
+	// OutputChooses mode fully depends on the output and its configuration.
+	// Events might be dropped based on the users output configuration.
+	// In this mode no events are dropped within the pipeline. Events are only removed
+	// after the output has ACKed the events to the pipeline, even if the output
+	// did drop the events.
+	OutputChooses
+
 	// GuaranteedSend ensures events are retried until acknowledged by the output.
 	// Normally guaranteed sending should be used with some client ACK-handling
 	// to update state keeping track of the sending status.
diff --git a/libbeat/processors/processor.go b/libbeat/processors/processor.go
index 89f2fde9a289..56900a70d9d2 100644
--- a/libbeat/processors/processor.go
+++ b/libbeat/processors/processor.go
@@ -40,10 +40,18 @@ type Processor interface {
 	String() string
 }
 
-func New(config PluginConfig) (*Processors, error) {
-	procs := &Processors{
-		log: logp.NewLogger(logName),
+// NewList creates a new empty processor list.
+// Additional processors can be added to the List field.
+func NewList(log *logp.Logger) *Processors {
+	if log == nil {
+		log = logp.NewLogger(logName)
 	}
+	return &Processors{log: log}
+}
+
+// New creates a list of processors from a list of free user configurations.
+func New(config PluginConfig) (*Processors, error) {
+	procs := NewList(nil)
 
 	for _, procConfig := range config {
 		// Handle if/then/else processor which has multiple top-level keys.
diff --git a/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/config.go b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/config.go
index 0a0c2924a08a..70006d417c6d 100644
--- a/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/config.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/config.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func validateClientConfig(c *beat.ClientConfig) error {
 	withDrop := false
 
 	switch m := c.PublishMode; m {
-	case beat.DefaultGuarantees, beat.GuaranteedSend:
+	case beat.DefaultGuarantees, beat.GuaranteedSend, beat.OutputChooses:
 	case beat.DropIfFull:
 		withDrop = true
 	default:
diff --git a/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/pipeline.go b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/pipeline.go
index e8289e28ba52..93d7e6c59f4f 100644
--- a/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/pipeline.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/pipeline.go
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ import (
 // the output clients using a shared work queue for the active outputs.Group.
 // Processors in the pipeline are executed in the clients go-routine, before
 // entering the queue. No filtering/processing will occur on the output side.
+//
+// For client connecting to this pipeline, the default PublishMode is
+// OutputChooses.
 type Pipeline struct {
 	beatInfo beat.Info
 
@@ -273,7 +276,7 @@ func (p *Pipeline) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Connect creates a new client with default settings
+// Connect creates a new client with default settings.
 func (p *Pipeline) Connect() (beat.Client, error) {
 	return p.ConnectWith(beat.ClientConfig{})
 }
@@ -281,6 +284,7 @@ func (p *Pipeline) Connect() (beat.Client, error) {
 // ConnectWith create a new Client for publishing events to the pipeline.
 // The client behavior on close and ACK handling can be configured by setting
 // the appropriate fields in the passed ClientConfig.
+// If not set otherwise the defaut publish mode is OutputChooses.
 func (p *Pipeline) ConnectWith(cfg beat.ClientConfig) (beat.Client, error) {
 	var (
 		canDrop      bool