diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 46c084c1fd0..b843d3a1add 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.2.0\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 
 *Filebeat*
 
+- Fixed error spam from `add_kubernetes_metadata` processor when running on AKS. {pull}33697[33697]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
@@ -217,31 +218,3 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.2.0\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 *Functionbeat*
 
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diff --git a/filebeat/processor/add_kubernetes_metadata/matchers.go b/filebeat/processor/add_kubernetes_metadata/matchers.go
index b455de98be5..30d68c01cbc 100644
--- a/filebeat/processor/add_kubernetes_metadata/matchers.go
+++ b/filebeat/processor/add_kubernetes_metadata/matchers.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func newLogsPathMatcher(cfg conf.C) (add_kubernetes_metadata.Matcher, error) {
 
 	err := cfg.Unpack(&config)
 	if err != nil || config.LogsPath == "" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("fail to unpack the `logs_path` configuration: %s", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("fail to unpack the `logs_path` configuration: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	logPath := config.LogsPath
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (f *LogPathMatcher) MetadataIndex(event mapstr.M) string {
 	f.logger.Debugf("Incoming log.file.path value: %s", source)
 
 	if !strings.Contains(source, f.LogsPath) {
-		f.logger.Errorf("Error extracting container id - source value does not contain matcher's logs_path '%s'.", f.LogsPath)
+		f.logger.Debugf("log.file.path value does not contain matcher's logs_path '%s', skipping...", f.LogsPath)
 		return ""
 	}
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (f *LogPathMatcher) MetadataIndex(event mapstr.M) string {
 	if f.ResourceType == "pod" {
 		// Pod resource type will extract only the pod UID, which offers less granularity of metadata when compared to the container ID
 		if strings.Contains(source, ".log") && !strings.HasSuffix(source, ".gz") {
-			// Specify a pod resource type when writting logs into manually mounted log volume,
+			// Specify a pod resource type when writing logs into manually mounted log volume,
 			// those logs apper under under "/var/lib/kubelet/pods/<pod_id>/volumes/..."
 			if strings.HasPrefix(f.LogsPath, podKubeletLogsPath()) {
 				pathDirs := strings.Split(source, pathSeparator)