diff --git a/internal/pkg/otel/translate/otelconfig.go b/internal/pkg/otel/translate/otelconfig.go
index 122f4f954e3..f68d52dc7fb 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/otel/translate/otelconfig.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/otel/translate/otelconfig.go
@@ -510,8 +510,11 @@ func translateEsOutputToExporter(cfg *config.C, logger *logp.Logger) (map[string
 	// we also want to use dynamic log ids
 	esConfig["logs_dynamic_id"] = map[string]any{"enabled": true}
 
-	// for compatibility with beats, we want bodymap mapping
-	esConfig["mapping"] = map[string]any{"mode": "bodymap"}
+	// logs failed documents at debug level
+	esConfig["telemetry"] = map[string]any{
+		"log_failed_docs_input": true,
+	}
+
 	return esConfig, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/pkg/otel/translate/otelconfig_test.go b/internal/pkg/otel/translate/otelconfig_test.go
index ac453abe955..51a86d3ad25 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/otel/translate/otelconfig_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/otel/translate/otelconfig_test.go
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ func TestGetOtelConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			"logs_dynamic_id": map[string]any{
 				"enabled": true,
 			},
+			"telemetry": map[string]any{
+				"log_failed_docs_input": true,
+			},
 			"auth": map[string]any{
 				"authenticator": "beatsauth/_agent-component/" + outputName,
 			},
diff --git a/pkg/testing/fixture.go b/pkg/testing/fixture.go
index bb9e45d771e..81010fbce3b 100644
--- a/pkg/testing/fixture.go
+++ b/pkg/testing/fixture.go
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ func (f *Fixture) Run(ctx context.Context, states ...State) error {
 
 // Exec provides a way of performing subcommand on the prepared Elastic Agent binary.
 func (f *Fixture) Exec(ctx context.Context, args []string, opts ...process.CmdOption) ([]byte, error) {
+	f.t.Helper()
 	err := f.EnsurePrepared(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to prepare before exec: %w", err)
diff --git a/testing/integration/ess/beat_receivers_test.go b/testing/integration/ess/beat_receivers_test.go
index 3777e13569c..c7531f9b8d7 100644
--- a/testing/integration/ess/beat_receivers_test.go
+++ b/testing/integration/ess/beat_receivers_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pkg/component"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8"
 
 	"github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
@@ -980,3 +982,257 @@ func genIgnoredFields(goos string) []string {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// TestSensitiveLogsESExporter tests sensitive logs from ex-exporter are not sent to fleet
+func TestSensitiveLogsESExporter(t *testing.T) {
+	// The ES exporter logs the original document on indexing failure only if
+	// the "telemetry::log_failed_docs_input" setting is enabled and the log level is set to debug.
+	info := define.Require(t, define.Requirements{
+		Group: integration.Default,
+		Local: true,
+		OS: []define.OS{
+			{Type: define.Windows},
+			{Type: define.Linux},
+			{Type: define.Darwin},
+		},
+		Stack: &define.Stack{},
+	})
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	numEvents := 50
+	// Create the data file to ingest
+	inputFile, err := os.CreateTemp(tmpDir, "input.txt")
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to create temp file to hold data to ingest")
+	inputFilePath := inputFile.Name()
+
+	// these messages will fail to index as message is expected to be of integer type
+	for i := 0; i < numEvents; i++ {
+		_, err = inputFile.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("Line %d\n", i)))
+		require.NoErrorf(t, err, "failed to write line %d to temp file", i)
+	}
+	err = inputFile.Close()
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to close data temp file")
+
+	fixture, err := define.NewFixtureFromLocalBuild(t, define.Version())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Create the otel configuration file
+	type otelConfigOptions struct {
+		InputPath  string
+		ESEndpoint string
+		ESApiKey   string
+		Namespace  string
+	}
+	esEndpoint, err := integration.GetESHost()
+	require.NoError(t, err, "error getting elasticsearch endpoint")
+	esApiKey, err := createESApiKey(info.ESClient)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "error creating API key")
+	require.True(t, len(esApiKey.Encoded) > 1, "api key is invalid %q", esApiKey)
+	decodedApiKey, err := getDecodedApiKey(esApiKey)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	configTemplate := `
+inputs:
+  - type: filestream
+    id: filestream-e2e
+    use_output: default
+    _runtime_experimental: otel
+    streams:
+      - id: e2e
+        data_stream:
+          dataset: sensitive
+          namespace: {{ .Namespace }}
+        paths:
+          - {{.InputPath}}
+        prospector.scanner.fingerprint.enabled: false
+        file_identity.native: ~
+outputs:
+  default:
+    type: elasticsearch
+    hosts: [{{.ESEndpoint}}]
+    api_key: "{{.ESApiKey}}"
+agent:
+  monitoring:
+    enabled: true
+    metrics: false
+    logs: true
+    _runtime_experimental: otel
+agent.logging.level: debug
+agent.logging.stderr: true
+`
+	index := "logs-sensitive-" + info.Namespace
+	var configBuffer bytes.Buffer
+	require.NoError(t,
+		template.Must(template.New("config").Parse(configTemplate)).Execute(&configBuffer,
+			otelConfigOptions{
+				InputPath:  inputFilePath,
+				ESEndpoint: esEndpoint,
+				ESApiKey:   decodedApiKey,
+				Namespace:  info.Namespace,
+			}))
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), 5*time.Minute)
+	defer cancel()
+	err = fixture.Prepare(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = fixture.Configure(ctx, configBuffer.Bytes())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	cmd, err := fixture.PrepareAgentCommand(ctx, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "cannot prepare Elastic-Agent command: %w", err)
+
+	err = setStrictMapping(info.ESClient, index)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "could not set strict mapping due to %v", err)
+
+	timestamp := time.Now().UTC().Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z")
+
+	output := strings.Builder{}
+	cmd.Stderr = &output
+	cmd.Stdout = &output
+
+	err = cmd.Start()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Make sure the Elastic-Agent process is not running before
+	// exiting the test
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		// Ignore the error because we cancelled the context,
+		// and that always returns an error
+		_ = cmd.Wait()
+		if t.Failed() {
+			t.Log("Elastic-Agent output:")
+			t.Log(output.String())
+		}
+	})
+
+	require.EventuallyWithT(t, func(collect *assert.CollectT) {
+		var statusErr error
+		status, statusErr := fixture.ExecStatus(ctx)
+		assert.NoError(collect, statusErr)
+		assertBeatsHealthy(collect, &status, component.OtelRuntimeManager, 2)
+	}, 1*time.Minute, 1*time.Second)
+
+	// Check 1:
+	// Ensure sensitive logs from ES exporter are not shipped to ES
+	rawQuery := map[string]any{
+		"query": map[string]any{
+			"bool": map[string]any{
+				"must": map[string]any{
+					"match_phrase": map[string]any{
+						// this message comes from ES exporter
+						"message": "failed to index document; input may contain sensitive data",
+					},
+				},
+				"filter": map[string]any{"range": map[string]any{"@timestamp": map[string]any{"gte": timestamp}}},
+			},
+		},
+		"sort": []map[string]any{
+			{"@timestamp": map[string]any{"order": "asc"}},
+		},
+	}
+
+	var monitoringDoc estools.Documents
+	assert.EventuallyWithT(t,
+		func(ct *assert.CollectT) {
+			findCtx, findCancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), 10*time.Second)
+			defer findCancel()
+
+			monitoringDoc, err = estools.PerformQueryForRawQuery(findCtx, rawQuery, "logs-elastic_agent-default*", info.ESClient)
+			require.NoError(ct, err)
+
+			assert.GreaterOrEqual(ct, monitoringDoc.Hits.Total.Value, 1)
+		},
+		2*time.Minute, 5*time.Second,
+		"Expected at least %d log, got %d", 1, monitoringDoc.Hits.Total.Value)
+
+	inputField := monitoringDoc.Hits.Hits[0].Source["input"]
+	inputFieldStr, ok := inputField.(string)
+	if ok {
+		// we check if it contains the original message line
+		assert.NotContains(t, inputFieldStr, "message: Line", "monitoring logs contain original input")
+	}
+
+	// Check 2:
+	// Ensure event logs from elastic owned components is not shipped i.e drop_processor works correctly
+	rawQuery = map[string]any{
+		"query": map[string]any{
+			"bool": map[string]any{
+				"must": map[string]any{
+					"match": map[string]any{
+						// event logs contain a special field on them
+						"log.type": "event",
+					},
+				},
+				"filter": map[string]any{"range": map[string]any{"@timestamp": map[string]any{"gte": timestamp}}},
+			},
+		},
+		"sort": []map[string]any{
+			{"@timestamp": map[string]any{"order": "asc"}},
+		},
+	}
+
+	findCtx, findCancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), 10*time.Second)
+	defer findCancel()
+
+	docs, err := estools.GetLogsForIndexWithContext(findCtx, info.ESClient, "logs-elastic_agent*", map[string]interface{}{
+		"log.type": "event",
+	})
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Zero(t, docs.Hits.Total.Value)
+}
+
+// setStrictMapping takes es client and index name
+// and sets strict mapping for that index.
+// Useful to reproduce mapping conflicts required for testing
+func setStrictMapping(client *elasticsearch.Client, index string) error {
+	// Define the body
+	body := map[string]interface{}{
+		"index_patterns": []string{index + "*"},
+		"template": map[string]interface{}{
+			"mappings": map[string]interface{}{
+				"dynamic": "strict",
+				"properties": map[string]interface{}{
+					"@timestamp": map[string]string{"type": "date"},
+					"message":    map[string]string{"type": "integer"}, // we set message type to integer to cause mapping conflict
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		"priority": 500,
+	}
+
+	// Marshal body to JSON
+	jsonData, err := json.Marshal(body)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	esEndpoint, err := integration.GetESHost()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error getting elasticsearch endpoint: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Create a context
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// Build request
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPut,
+		esEndpoint+"/_index_template/no-dynamic-template",
+		bytes.NewReader(jsonData))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not create http request to ES server: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Set content type header
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	resp, err := client.Perform(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error performing request: %v", err)
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return fmt.Errorf("incorrect response code: %v", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}