diff --git a/docs/changelog/85932.yaml b/docs/changelog/85932.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..db61abcc475a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/85932.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 85932
+summary: Add ability to skip the rest of the processors in a pipeline
+area: Ingest Node
+type: enhancement
+issues: []
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/CompoundProcessor.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/CompoundProcessor.java
index 2910ab11e8c94..459e6c084e798 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/CompoundProcessor.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/CompoundProcessor.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public void execute(IngestDocument ingestDocument, BiConsumer<IngestDocument, Ex
 
     void innerExecute(int currentProcessor, IngestDocument ingestDocument, final BiConsumer<IngestDocument, Exception> handler) {
         assert currentProcessor <= processorsWithMetrics.size();
-        if (currentProcessor == processorsWithMetrics.size()) {
+        if (currentProcessor == processorsWithMetrics.size() || ingestDocument.isSkipCurrentPipeline()) {
             handler.accept(ingestDocument, null);
             return;
         }
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ void innerExecute(int currentProcessor, IngestDocument ingestDocument, final BiC
         Processor processor;
         IngestMetric metric;
         // iteratively execute any sync processors
-        while (currentProcessor < processorsWithMetrics.size() && processorsWithMetrics.get(currentProcessor).v1().isAsync() == false) {
+        while (currentProcessor < processorsWithMetrics.size()
+            && processorsWithMetrics.get(currentProcessor).v1().isAsync() == false
+            && ingestDocument.isSkipCurrentPipeline() == false) {
             processorWithMetric = processorsWithMetrics.get(currentProcessor);
             processor = processorWithMetric.v1();
             metric = processorWithMetric.v2();
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ void innerExecute(int currentProcessor, IngestDocument ingestDocument, final BiC
         }
 
         assert currentProcessor <= processorsWithMetrics.size();
-        if (currentProcessor == processorsWithMetrics.size()) {
+        if (currentProcessor == processorsWithMetrics.size() || ingestDocument.isSkipCurrentPipeline()) {
             handler.accept(ingestDocument, null);
             return;
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestDocument.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestDocument.java
index f471926087ae5..bffecd2cfe990 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestDocument.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestDocument.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public final class IngestDocument {
 
     // Contains all pipelines that have been executed for this document
     private final Set<String> executedPipelines = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+    private boolean skipCurrentPipeline = false;
 
     private boolean doNoSelfReferencesCheck = false;
 
@@ -838,6 +839,7 @@ public void executePipeline(Pipeline pipeline, BiConsumer<IngestDocument, Except
         if (executedPipelines.add(pipeline.getId())) {
             Object previousPipeline = ingestMetadata.put("pipeline", pipeline.getId());
             pipeline.execute(this, (result, e) -> {
+                skipCurrentPipeline = false;
                 executedPipelines.remove(pipeline.getId());
                 if (previousPipeline != null) {
                     ingestMetadata.put("pipeline", previousPipeline);
@@ -880,6 +882,18 @@ public void doNoSelfReferencesCheck(boolean doNoSelfReferencesCheck) {
         this.doNoSelfReferencesCheck = doNoSelfReferencesCheck;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Skips the remaining processors in the current pipeline, except for on failure processors.
+     * If the current pipeline is executed via a pipeline processor, the caller pipeline will not be skipped.
+     */
+    public void skipCurrentPipeline() {
+        this.skipCurrentPipeline = true;
+    }
+
+    boolean isSkipCurrentPipeline() {
+        return skipCurrentPipeline;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object obj) {
         if (obj == this) {
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/CompoundProcessorTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/CompoundProcessorTests.java
index 4bc581594d8a4..1426200383171 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/CompoundProcessorTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/CompoundProcessorTests.java
@@ -532,6 +532,85 @@ public void testMultipleProcessorsDoNotIgnoreFailures() {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testSkipPipeline() throws Exception {
+        TestProcessor processor1 = new TestProcessor(IngestDocument::skipCurrentPipeline);
+        TestProcessor processor2 = new TestProcessor(new RuntimeException("this processor was expected to be skipped"));
+        LongSupplier relativeTimeProvider = mock(LongSupplier.class);
+        when(relativeTimeProvider.getAsLong()).thenReturn(0L);
+        CompoundProcessor compoundProcessor = new CompoundProcessor(
+            false,
+            List.of(processor1, processor2),
+            List.of(),
+            relativeTimeProvider
+        );
+        executeCompound(compoundProcessor, ingestDocument, (result, e) -> {});
+        assertThat(processor1.getInvokedCounter(), equalTo(1));
+        assertStats(0, compoundProcessor, 0, 1, 0, 0);
+        assertThat(processor2.getInvokedCounter(), equalTo(0));
+        assertStats(1, compoundProcessor, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+    }
+
+    public void testSkipAsyncProcessor() throws Exception {
+        TestProcessor processor1 = new TestProcessor(IngestDocument::skipCurrentPipeline) {
+            @Override
+            public boolean isAsync() {
+                return true;
+            }
+        };
+        TestProcessor processor2 = new TestProcessor(new RuntimeException("this processor was expected to be skipped"));
+        LongSupplier relativeTimeProvider = mock(LongSupplier.class);
+        when(relativeTimeProvider.getAsLong()).thenReturn(0L);
+        CompoundProcessor compoundProcessor = new CompoundProcessor(
+            false,
+            List.of(processor1, processor2),
+            List.of(),
+            relativeTimeProvider
+        );
+        executeCompound(compoundProcessor, ingestDocument, (result, e) -> {});
+        assertThat(processor1.getInvokedCounter(), equalTo(1));
+        assertStats(0, compoundProcessor, 0, 1, 0, 0);
+        assertThat(processor2.getInvokedCounter(), equalTo(0));
+        assertStats(1, compoundProcessor, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+    }
+
+    public void testSkipProcessorIgnoreFailure() throws Exception {
+        TestProcessor processor1 = new TestProcessor(doc -> {
+            doc.skipCurrentPipeline();
+            throw new RuntimeException("simulate processor failure after calling skipCurrentPipeline()");
+        });
+        TestProcessor processor2 = new TestProcessor(doc -> {});
+        LongSupplier relativeTimeProvider = mock(LongSupplier.class);
+        when(relativeTimeProvider.getAsLong()).thenReturn(0L);
+        CompoundProcessor compoundProcessor = new CompoundProcessor(true, List.of(processor1, processor2), List.of(), relativeTimeProvider);
+        executeCompound(compoundProcessor, ingestDocument, (result, e) -> {});
+        assertThat(processor1.getInvokedCounter(), equalTo(1));
+        assertStats(0, compoundProcessor, 0, 1, 1, 0);
+        assertThat(processor2.getInvokedCounter(), equalTo(0));
+        assertStats(1, compoundProcessor, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+    }
+
+    public void testDontSkipFailureProcessor() throws Exception {
+        TestProcessor processor = new TestProcessor(doc -> {
+            doc.skipCurrentPipeline();
+            throw new RuntimeException("simulate processor failure after calling skipCurrentPipeline()");
+        });
+        TestProcessor failureProcessor1 = new TestProcessor(doc -> {});
+        TestProcessor failureProcessor2 = new TestProcessor(doc -> {});
+        LongSupplier relativeTimeProvider = mock(LongSupplier.class);
+        when(relativeTimeProvider.getAsLong()).thenReturn(0L);
+        CompoundProcessor compoundProcessor = new CompoundProcessor(
+            false,
+            List.of(processor),
+            List.of(failureProcessor1, failureProcessor2),
+            relativeTimeProvider
+        );
+        executeCompound(compoundProcessor, ingestDocument, (result, e) -> {});
+        assertThat(processor.getInvokedCounter(), equalTo(1));
+        assertStats(0, compoundProcessor, 0, 1, 1, 0);
+        assertThat(failureProcessor1.getInvokedCounter(), equalTo(1));
+        assertThat(failureProcessor2.getInvokedCounter(), equalTo(1));
+    }
+
     private TestProcessor getTestProcessor(String tag, boolean isAsync, boolean shouldThrowException) {
         return new TestProcessor(
             tag,