diff --git a/filebeat/channel/runner.go b/filebeat/channel/runner.go
index 792c3055285..52034d0e5a2 100644
--- a/filebeat/channel/runner.go
+++ b/filebeat/channel/runner.go
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func (f *onCreateFactory) Create(pipeline beat.PipelineConnector, cfg *conf.C) (
 // configuration file settings.
 //
 // Common settings ensured by this factory wrapper:
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 //  - *fields*: common fields to be added to the pipeline
 //  - *fields_under_root*: select at which level to store the fields
 //  - *tags*: add additional tags to the events
@@ -85,6 +86,19 @@ func (f *onCreateFactory) Create(pipeline beat.PipelineConnector, cfg *conf.C) (
 //  - *index*: Configure the index name for events to be collected from this input
 //  - *type*: implicit event type
 //  - *service.type*: implicit event type
+=======
+//   - *fields*: common fields to be added to the pipeline
+//   - *fields_under_root*: select at which level to store the fields
+//   - *tags*: add additional tags to the events
+//   - *processors*: list of local processors to be added to the processing pipeline
+//   - *keep_null*: keep or remove 'null' from events to be published
+//   - *_module_name* (hidden setting): Add fields describing the module name
+//   - *_ fileset_name* (hidden setting):
+//   - *pipeline*: Configure the ES Ingest Node pipeline name to be used for events from this input
+//   - *index*: Configure the index name for events to be collected from this input
+//   - *type*: implicit event type
+//   - *service.type*: implicit event type
+>>>>>>> 3d917c8519 (Add test for the processor re-use issue (#34870))
 func RunnerFactoryWithCommonInputSettings(info beat.Info, f cfgfile.RunnerFactory) cfgfile.RunnerFactory {
 	return wrapRunnerCreate(f,
 		func(
diff --git a/filebeat/channel/runner_mock_test.go b/filebeat/channel/runner_mock_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e784d833e9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filebeat/channel/runner_mock_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package channel
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/beat"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/cfgfile"
+
+	conf "github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/config"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+type runnerFactoryMock struct {
+	clientCount int
+	cfgs        []beat.ClientConfig
+}
+
+func (r *runnerFactoryMock) Create(p beat.PipelineConnector, config *conf.C) (cfgfile.Runner, error) {
+	// When using the connector multiple times to create a client
+	// it's using the same editor function for creating a new client
+	// with a modified configuration that includes predefined processing.
+	// This is why we must make sure nothing is re-used from one client to another.
+	for i := 0; i < r.clientCount; i++ {
+		client, err := p.ConnectWith(beat.ClientConfig{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// storing the config that the client was created with
+		// it's needed for the `Assert` later
+		r.cfgs = append(r.cfgs, client.(*clientMock).cfg)
+	}
+	return &struct {
+		cfgfile.Runner
+	}{}, nil
+}
+
+func (runnerFactoryMock) CheckConfig(config *conf.C) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Assert runs various checks for the clients created by the wrapped pipeline connector
+// We check that the processing configuration does not reference the same addresses as before,
+// re-using some parts of the processing configuration will result in various issues, such as:
+// * closing processors multiple times
+// * using closed processors
+// * modifiying an object shared by multiple pipeline clients
+func (r runnerFactoryMock) Assert(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	// we need to make sure `Assert` is called after `Create`
+	require.Len(t, r.cfgs, r.clientCount)
+
+	t.Run("new processing configuration each time", func(t *testing.T) {
+		for i, c1 := range r.cfgs {
+			for j, c2 := range r.cfgs {
+				if i == j {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				require.NotSamef(t, c1.Processing, c2.Processing, "processing configuration cannot be re-used")
+				require.NotSamef(t, c1.Processing.Meta, c2.Processing.Meta, "`Processing.Meta` cannot be re-used")
+				require.NotSamef(t, c1.Processing.Fields, c2.Processing.Fields, "`Processing.Fields` cannot be re-used")
+				require.NotSamef(t, c1.Processing.Processor, c2.Processing.Processor, "`Processing.Processor` cannot be re-used")
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("new processors each time", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var processors []beat.Processor
+		for _, c := range r.cfgs {
+			processors = append(processors, c.Processing.Processor.All()...)
+		}
+
+		require.NotEmptyf(t, processors, "for this test the list of processors cannot be empty")
+
+		for i, p1 := range processors {
+			for j, p2 := range processors {
+				if i == j {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				require.NotSamef(t, p1, p2, "processors must not be re-used")
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+type clientMock struct {
+	cfg beat.ClientConfig
+}
+
+func (clientMock) Publish(beat.Event)      {}
+func (clientMock) PublishAll([]beat.Event) {}
+func (clientMock) Close() error            { return nil }
+
+type pipelineConnectorMock struct{}
+
+func (pipelineConnectorMock) ConnectWith(cfg beat.ClientConfig) (beat.Client, error) {
+	client := &clientMock{
+		cfg: cfg,
+	}
+	return client, nil
+}
+
+func (pipelineConnectorMock) Connect() (beat.Client, error) {
+	return &clientMock{}, nil
+}
diff --git a/filebeat/channel/runner_test.go b/filebeat/channel/runner_test.go
index a4facbdad6a..1d2d9812d86 100644
--- a/filebeat/channel/runner_test.go
+++ b/filebeat/channel/runner_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/beat/events"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/processors"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/processors/actions"
+	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/processors/add_cloud_metadata"
+	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/processors/add_kubernetes_metadata"
 	conf "github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/config"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/mapstr"
 )
@@ -211,3 +213,39 @@ func makeProcessors(procs ...processors.Processor) *processors.Processors {
 	procList.List = procs
 	return procList
 }
+
+func TestRunnerFactoryWithCommonInputSettings(t *testing.T) {
+
+	// we use `add_kubernetes_metadata` and `add_cloud_metadata`
+	// for testing because initially the problem we've discovered
+	// was visible with these 2 processors.
+	configYAML := `
+processors:
+  - add_kubernetes_metadata: ~
+  - add_cloud_metadata: ~
+keep_null: true
+publisher_pipeline:
+  disable_host: true
+type: "filestream"
+service.type: "module"
+pipeline: "test"
+index: "%{[fields.log_type]}-%{[agent.version]}-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}"
+`
+	cfg, err := conf.NewConfigWithYAML([]byte(configYAML), configYAML)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	b := beat.Info{} // not important for the test
+	rf := &runnerFactoryMock{
+		clientCount: 3, // we will create 3 clients from the wrapped pipeline
+	}
+	pcm := &pipelineConnectorMock{} // creates mock pipeline clients and will get wrapped
+
+	rfwc := RunnerFactoryWithCommonInputSettings(b, rf)
+
+	// create a wrapped runner, our mock runner will
+	// create the given amount of clients here using the wrapped pipeline connector.
+	_, err = rfwc.Create(pcm, cfg)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	rf.Assert(t)
+}