diff --git a/internal/elasticsearch/ingest/pipeline.go b/internal/elasticsearch/ingest/pipeline.go
index 660717c80..15b4e6719 100644
--- a/internal/elasticsearch/ingest/pipeline.go
+++ b/internal/elasticsearch/ingest/pipeline.go
@@ -8,14 +8,17 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-package/internal/elasticsearch"
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-package/internal/logger"
 )
 
 type simulatePipelineRequest struct {
@@ -23,16 +26,45 @@ type simulatePipelineRequest struct {
 }
 
 type simulatePipelineResponse struct {
-	Docs []pipelineIngestedDocument `json:"docs"`
+	Docs []struct {
+		ProcessorResults []verboseProcessorResult `json:"processor_results"`
+	} `json:"docs"`
+}
+
+type verboseProcessorResult struct {
+	Processor string                `json:"processor_type"`
+	Status    string                `json:"status"`
+	Doc       pipelineDocument      `json:"doc"`
+	Error     verboseProcessorError `json:"error"`
+	Ignored   struct {
+		Error verboseProcessorError `json:"error"`
+	} `json:"ignored_error"`
+}
+
+type verboseProcessorError struct {
+	Type      string          `json:"type"`
+	Reason    string          `json:"reason"`
+	RootCause json.RawMessage `json:"root_cause"`
+}
+
+func (e verboseProcessorError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("[%s] %s", e.Type, e.Reason)
 }
 
 type pipelineDocument struct {
-	Index  string          `json:"_index"`
-	Source json.RawMessage `json:"_source"`
+	Index  string                 `json:"_index"`
+	Source json.RawMessage        `json:"_source"`
+	Ingest verboseProcessorIngest `json:"_ingest"`
 }
 
-type pipelineIngestedDocument struct {
-	Doc pipelineDocument `json:"doc"`
+type verboseProcessorIngest struct {
+	Pipeline  string    `json:"pipeline"`
+	Timestamp time.Time `json:"timestamp"`
+
+	OnFailurePipeline      string `json:"on_failure_pipeline"`
+	OnFailureMessage       string `json:"on_failure_message"`
+	OnFailureProcessorTag  string `json:"on_failure_processor_tag"`
+	OnFailureProcessorType string `json:"on_failure_processor_type"`
 }
 
 // Pipeline represents a pipeline resource loaded from a file
@@ -90,6 +122,7 @@ func SimulatePipeline(ctx context.Context, api *elasticsearch.API, pipelineName
 	r, err := api.Ingest.Simulate(bytes.NewReader(requestBody),
 		api.Ingest.Simulate.WithContext(ctx),
 		api.Ingest.Simulate.WithPipelineID(pipelineName),
+		api.Ingest.Simulate.WithVerbose(true),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("simulate API call failed (pipelineName: %s): %w", pipelineName, err)
@@ -111,11 +144,59 @@ func SimulatePipeline(ctx context.Context, api *elasticsearch.API, pipelineName
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshalling simulate request failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	handleErrors := func(ingest verboseProcessorIngest, errs []error) []error {
+		var filtered []error
+		for _, err := range errs {
+			var processorError verboseProcessorError
+			if errors.As(err, &processorError) && processorError.Reason == ingest.OnFailureMessage {
+				continue
+			}
+			filtered = append(filtered, err)
+		}
+		return filtered
+	}
+
 	processedEvents := make([]json.RawMessage, len(response.Docs))
+	var errs []error
 	for i, doc := range response.Docs {
-		processedEvents[i] = doc.Doc.Source
+		var source json.RawMessage
+		failed := false
+		for _, result := range doc.ProcessorResults {
+			if result.Doc.Ingest.OnFailureMessage != "" {
+				// This processor is in an on_failure handler, filter out the handled errors
+				// and assume that processing is going on.
+				errs = handleErrors(result.Doc.Ingest, errs)
+				failed = false
+			}
+
+			switch result.Status {
+			case "success":
+				// Keep last successful document.
+				source = result.Doc.Source
+			case "dropped":
+				source = nil
+			case "skipped":
+				continue
+			case "error_ignored":
+				logger.Debugf("error ignored for processor %s: [%s] %s", result.Processor, result.Ignored.Error.Type, result.Ignored.Error.Reason)
+				continue
+			case "error":
+				failed = true
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("error in processor %s: %w", result.Processor, result.Error))
+			case "failed":
+				failed = true
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("%q processor failed", result.Processor))
+			default:
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("unexpected result status %q for processor %q", result.Status, result.Processor))
+			}
+		}
+
+		if !failed {
+			processedEvents[i] = source
+		}
 	}
-	return processedEvents, nil
+
+	return processedEvents, errors.Join(errs...)
 }
 
 func UninstallPipelines(ctx context.Context, api *elasticsearch.API, pipelines []Pipeline) error {