diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 12ec547b2f9..e00d2fcd60f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -123,6 +123,34 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.2.0\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 - Fix error when trying to use `include_message` parser {issue}35440[35440]
 - Fix handling of IPv6 unspecified addresses in TCP input. {issue}35064[35064] {pull}35637[35637]
 
+*Heartbeat*
+
+- Fix panics when parsing dereferencing invalid parsed url. {pull}34702[34702]
+- Fix broken zip URL monitors. NOTE: Zip URL Monitors will be removed in version 8.7 and replaced with project monitors. {pull}33723[33723]
+- Fix integration hashing to prevent reloading all when updated. {pull}34697[34697]
+- Fix release of job limit semaphore when context is cancelled. {pull}34697[34697]
+- Fix bug where states.duration_ms was incorrect type. {pull}33563[33563]
+- Fix handling of long UDP messages in UDP input. {issue}33836[33836] {pull}33837[33837]
+- Fix browser monitor summary reporting as up when monitor is down. {issue}33374[33374] {pull}33819[33819]
+- Fix beat capabilities on Docker image. {pull}33584[33584]
+- Fix serialization of state duration to avoid scientific notation. {pull}34280[34280]
+- Enable nodejs engine strict validation when bundling synthetics. {pull}34470[34470]
+with the ecs field name `container`. {pull}34403[34403]
+automatic splitting at root level, if root level element is an array. {pull}34155[34155]
+- Fix broken mapping for state.ends field. {pull}34891[34891]
+- Fix issue using projects in airgapped environments by disabling npm audit. {pull}34936[34936]
+- Fix broken state ID location naming. {pull}35336[35336]
+- Fix project monitor temp directories permission to include group access. {pull}35398[35398]
+- Fix output pipeline exit on run_once. {pull}35376[35376]
+- Fix formatting issue with socket trace timeout. {pull}35434[35434]
+- Fix serialization of processors when running diagnostics. {pull}35698[35698]
+
+*Heartbeat*
+
+
+*Heartbeat*
+
+
 *Heartbeat*
 
 
diff --git a/libbeat/publisher/processing/default.go b/libbeat/publisher/processing/default.go
index a8ec007562e..e3a2c961a92 100644
--- a/libbeat/publisher/processing/default.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/processing/default.go
@@ -261,9 +261,13 @@ func newBuilder(
 // Processors returns a string description of the processor config
 func (b *builder) Processors() []string {
 	procList := []string{}
-	for _, proc := range b.processors.list {
-		procList = append(procList, proc.String())
+
+	if b.processors != nil {
+		for _, proc := range b.processors.list {
+			procList = append(procList, proc.String())
+		}
 	}
+
 	return procList
 }
 
diff --git a/libbeat/publisher/processing/default_test.go b/libbeat/publisher/processing/default_test.go
index ef58dc97b8e..6fe05785037 100644
--- a/libbeat/publisher/processing/default_test.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/processing/default_test.go
@@ -480,6 +480,14 @@ func TestProcessingClose(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, factoryProcessor.closed)
 }
 
+func TestProcessingDiagnostics(t *testing.T) {
+	factory, err := MakeDefaultSupport(true, nil)(beat.Info{}, logp.L(), config.NewConfig())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	p := factory.Processors()
+	assert.Empty(t, p)
+}
+
 func fromJSON(in string) mapstr.M {
 	var tmp mapstr.M
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(in), &tmp)