diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 0a1538c9ad5..5761e0a9340 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.8.1\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 - elasticsearch output now supports `idle_connection_timeout`. {issue}35616[35615] {pull}36843[36843]
 - Enable early event encoding in the Elasticsearch output, improving cpu and memory use {pull}38572[38572]
 - The environment variable `BEATS_ADD_CLOUD_METADATA_PROVIDERS` overrides configured/default `add_cloud_metadata` providers {pull}38669[38669]
+- When running under Elastic-Agent Kafka output allows dynamic topic in `topic` field {pull}40415[40415]
+- The script processor has a new configuration option that only uses the cached javascript sessions and prevents the creation of new javascript sessions.
 
 *Auditbeat*
 
diff --git a/libbeat/processors/script/javascript/config.go b/libbeat/processors/script/javascript/config.go
index 03415a96d1b..4074ab3f974 100644
--- a/libbeat/processors/script/javascript/config.go
+++ b/libbeat/processors/script/javascript/config.go
@@ -24,14 +24,15 @@ import (
 
 // Config defines the Javascript source files to use for the processor.
 type Config struct {
-	Tag               string                 `config:"tag"`                                  // Processor ID for debug and metrics.
-	Source            string                 `config:"source"`                               // Inline script to execute.
-	File              string                 `config:"file"`                                 // Source file.
-	Files             []string               `config:"files"`                                // Multiple source files.
-	Params            map[string]interface{} `config:"params"`                               // Parameters to pass to script.
-	Timeout           time.Duration          `config:"timeout" validate:"min=0"`             // Execution timeout.
-	TagOnException    string                 `config:"tag_on_exception"`                     // Tag to add to events when an exception happens.
-	MaxCachedSessions int                    `config:"max_cached_sessions" validate:"min=0"` // Max. number of cached VM sessions.
+	Tag                string                 `config:"tag"`                                  // Processor ID for debug and metrics.
+	Source             string                 `config:"source"`                               // Inline script to execute.
+	File               string                 `config:"file"`                                 // Source file.
+	Files              []string               `config:"files"`                                // Multiple source files.
+	Params             map[string]interface{} `config:"params"`                               // Parameters to pass to script.
+	Timeout            time.Duration          `config:"timeout" validate:"min=0"`             // Execution timeout.
+	TagOnException     string                 `config:"tag_on_exception"`                     // Tag to add to events when an exception happens.
+	MaxCachedSessions  int                    `config:"max_cached_sessions" validate:"min=0"` // Max. number of cached VM sessions.
+	OnlyCachedSessions bool                   `config:"only_cached_sessions"`                 // Only use cached VM sessions.
 }
 
 // Validate returns an error if one (and only one) option is not set.
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ func (c Config) Validate() error {
 
 func defaultConfig() Config {
 	return Config{
-		TagOnException:    "_js_exception",
-		MaxCachedSessions: 4,
+		TagOnException:     "_js_exception",
+		MaxCachedSessions:  4,
+		OnlyCachedSessions: false,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/libbeat/processors/script/javascript/session.go b/libbeat/processors/script/javascript/session.go
index 5b08e7d6052..94e344d4e22 100644
--- a/libbeat/processors/script/javascript/session.go
+++ b/libbeat/processors/script/javascript/session.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func newSession(p *goja.Program, conf Config, test bool) (*session, error) {
 	// Measure load times
 	start := time.Now()
 	defer func() {
-		took := time.Now().Sub(start)
+		took := time.Since(start)
 		logger.Debugf("Load of javascript pipeline took %v", took)
 	}()
 	// Setup JS runtime.
@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ func (s *session) runProcessFunc(b *beat.Event) (out *beat.Event, err error) {
 			}
 			err = fmt.Errorf("unexpected panic in javascript processor: %v", r)
 			if s.tagOnException != "" {
-				mapstr.AddTags(b.Fields, []string{s.tagOnException})
+				_ = mapstr.AddTags(b.Fields, []string{s.tagOnException})
 			}
-			appendString(b.Fields, "error.message", err.Error(), false)
+			_ = appendString(b.Fields, "error.message", err.Error(), false)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@ func (s *session) runProcessFunc(b *beat.Event) (out *beat.Event, err error) {
 
 	if _, err = s.processFunc(goja.Undefined(), s.evt.JSObject()); err != nil {
 		if s.tagOnException != "" {
-			mapstr.AddTags(b.Fields, []string{s.tagOnException})
+			_ = mapstr.AddTags(b.Fields, []string{s.tagOnException})
 		}
-		appendString(b.Fields, "error.message", err.Error(), false)
+		_ = appendString(b.Fields, "error.message", err.Error(), false)
 		return b, fmt.Errorf("failed in process function: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -273,8 +273,9 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 type sessionPool struct {
-	New func() *session
-	C   chan *session
+	New                func() *session
+	C                  chan *session
+	NewSessionsAllowed bool
 }
 
 func newSessionPool(p *goja.Program, c Config) (*sessionPool, error) {
@@ -288,14 +289,28 @@ func newSessionPool(p *goja.Program, c Config) (*sessionPool, error) {
 			s, _ := newSession(p, c, false)
 			return s
 		},
-		C: make(chan *session, c.MaxCachedSessions),
+		C:                  make(chan *session, c.MaxCachedSessions),
+		NewSessionsAllowed: !c.OnlyCachedSessions,
 	}
 	pool.Put(s)
 
+	// If we are not allowed to create new sessions, pre-cache requested sessions
+	if !pool.NewSessionsAllowed {
+		for i := 0; i < c.MaxCachedSessions-1; i++ {
+			pool.Put(pool.New())
+		}
+	}
+
 	return &pool, nil
 }
 
 func (p *sessionPool) Get() *session {
+
+	if !p.NewSessionsAllowed {
+		return <-p.C
+	}
+
+	// Try to get a session from the pool, if none is available, create a new one
 	select {
 	case s := <-p.C:
 		return s