diff --git a/changelog/fragments/1669159455-reimplement-processes-route.yaml b/changelog/fragments/1669159455-reimplement-processes-route.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..574fdeedf83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fragments/1669159455-reimplement-processes-route.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Kind can be one of:
+# - breaking-change: a change to previously-documented behavior
+# - deprecation: functionality that is being removed in a later release
+# - bug-fix: fixes a problem in a previous version
+# - enhancement: extends functionality but does not break or fix existing behavior
+# - feature: new functionality
+# - known-issue: problems that we are aware of in a given version
+# - security: impacts on the security of a product or a user’s deployment.
+# - upgrade: important information for someone upgrading from a prior version
+# - other: does not fit into any of the other categories
+kind: feature
+
+# Change summary; a 80ish characters long description of the change.
+summary: reimplement processes route
+
+# Long description; in case the summary is not enough to describe the change
+# this field accommodate a description without length limits.
+description: Re-implement processes route to restore compatibility with the current cloud health checks
+
+# Affected component; a word indicating the component this changeset affects.
+component:
+
+# PR number; optional; the PR number that added the changeset.
+# If not present is automatically filled by the tooling finding the PR where this changelog fragment has been added.
+# NOTE: the tooling supports backports, so it's able to fill the original PR number instead of the backport PR number.
+# Please provide it if you are adding a fragment for a different PR.
+pr: 1773
+
+# Issue number; optional; the GitHub issue related to this changeset (either closes or is part of).
+# If not present is automatically filled by the tooling with the issue linked to the PR number.
+issue: 1731
diff --git a/internal/pkg/agent/application/monitoring/error.go b/internal/pkg/agent/application/monitoring/error.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ebf33d9b7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/pkg/agent/application/monitoring/error.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+// or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+
+package monitoring
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func errorWithStatus(status int, err error) *statusError {
+	return &statusError{
+		err:    err,
+		status: status,
+	}
+}
+
+func errorfWithStatus(status int, msg string, args ...string) *statusError {
+	err := fmt.Errorf(msg, args)
+	return errorWithStatus(status, err)
+}
+
+// StatusError holds correlation between error and a status
+type statusError struct {
+	err    error
+	status int
+}
+
+func (s *statusError) Status() int {
+	return s.status
+}
+
+func (s *statusError) Error() string {
+	return s.err.Error()
+}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/agent/application/monitoring/process.go b/internal/pkg/agent/application/monitoring/process.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63a5270882c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/pkg/agent/application/monitoring/process.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+// or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+
+package monitoring
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/agent/application/coordinator"
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/agent/application/paths"
+)
+
+const processIDKey = "processID"
+
+func processHandler(coord *coordinator.Coordinator, statsHandler func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) error) func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) error {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+
+		vars := mux.Vars(r)
+		id, found := vars[processIDKey]
+
+		if !found {
+			return errorfWithStatus(http.StatusNotFound, "productID not found")
+		}
+
+		if id == "" || id == paths.BinaryName {
+			// proxy stats for elastic agent process
+			return statsHandler(w, r)
+		}
+
+		state := coord.State(false)
+
+		for _, c := range state.Components {
+			if c.Component.ID == id {
+				data := struct {
+					State   string `json:"state"`
+					Message string `json:"message"`
+				}{
+					State:   c.State.State.String(),
+					Message: c.State.Message,
+				}
+
+				bytes, err := json.Marshal(data)
+				var content string
+				if err != nil {
+					content = fmt.Sprintf("Not valid json: %v", err)
+				} else {
+					content = string(bytes)
+				}
+				fmt.Fprint(w, content)
+
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+
+		return errorWithStatus(http.StatusNotFound, fmt.Errorf("matching component %v not found", id))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/agent/application/monitoring/processes.go b/internal/pkg/agent/application/monitoring/processes.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9649778fa51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/pkg/agent/application/monitoring/processes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+// or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+
+package monitoring
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/agent/application/coordinator"
+)
+
+type source struct {
+	Kind    string   `json:"kind"`
+	Outputs []string `json:"outputs"`
+}
+
+type process struct {
+	ID     string `json:"id"`
+	PID    string `json:"pid,omitempty"`
+	Binary string `json:"binary"`
+	Source source `json:"source"`
+}
+
+func sourceFromComponentID(procID string) source {
+	var s source
+	var out string
+	if pos := strings.LastIndex(procID, "-"); pos != -1 {
+		out = procID[pos+1:]
+	}
+	if strings.HasSuffix(out, "monitoring") {
+		s.Kind = "internal"
+	} else {
+		s.Kind = "configured"
+	}
+	s.Outputs = []string{out}
+	return s
+}
+
+func processesHandler(coord *coordinator.Coordinator) func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) error {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+
+		procs := make([]process, 0)
+
+		state := coord.State(false)
+
+		for _, c := range state.Components {
+			if c.Component.InputSpec != nil {
+				procs = append(procs, process{c.Component.ID, c.Component.InputSpec.BinaryName,
+					c.LegacyPID,
+					sourceFromComponentID(c.Component.ID)})
+			}
+		}
+		data := struct {
+			Processes []process `json:"processes"`
+		}{
+			Processes: procs,
+		}
+
+		bytes, err := json.Marshal(data)
+		var content string
+		if err != nil {
+			content = fmt.Sprintf("Not valid json: %v", err)
+		} else {
+			content = string(bytes)
+		}
+		fmt.Fprint(w, content)
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/agent/application/monitoring/server.go b/internal/pkg/agent/application/monitoring/server.go
index ef5a26df9d2..5973ea751b8 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/agent/application/monitoring/server.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/agent/application/monitoring/server.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/api"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/config"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/monitoring"
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/agent/application/coordinator"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pkg/core/logger"
 )
 
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ func NewServer(
 	endpointConfig api.Config,
 	ns func(string) *monitoring.Namespace,
 	tracer *apm.Tracer,
+	coord *coordinator.Coordinator,
+	enableProcessStats bool,
 ) (*api.Server, error) {
 	if err := createAgentMonitoringDrop(endpointConfig.Host); err != nil {
 		// log but ignore
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ func NewServer(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return exposeMetricsEndpoint(log, cfg, ns, tracer)
+	return exposeMetricsEndpoint(log, cfg, ns, tracer, coord, enableProcessStats)
 }
 
 func exposeMetricsEndpoint(
@@ -46,6 +49,8 @@ func exposeMetricsEndpoint(
 	config *config.C,
 	ns func(string) *monitoring.Namespace,
 	tracer *apm.Tracer,
+	coord *coordinator.Coordinator,
+	enableProcessStats bool,
 ) (*api.Server, error) {
 	r := mux.NewRouter()
 	if tracer != nil {
@@ -54,6 +59,12 @@ func exposeMetricsEndpoint(
 	statsHandler := statsHandler(ns("stats"))
 	r.Handle("/stats", createHandler(statsHandler))
 
+	if enableProcessStats {
+		r.Handle("/processes", createHandler(processesHandler(coord)))
+		r.Handle("/processes/{processID}", createHandler(processHandler(coord, statsHandler)))
+		r.Handle("/processes/{processID}/", createHandler(processHandler(coord, statsHandler)))
+	}
+
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 	mux.Handle("/", r)
 
diff --git a/internal/pkg/agent/cmd/run.go b/internal/pkg/agent/cmd/run.go
index e6f9ec8d0f7..5a6a6ce0ba2 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/agent/cmd/run.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/agent/cmd/run.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/service"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics/report"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/agent/application"
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/agent/application/coordinator"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/agent/application/filelock"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/agent/application/info"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/agent/application/monitoring"
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ func run(override cfgOverrider, modifiers ...component.PlatformModifier) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	serverStopFn, err := setupMetrics(logger, cfg.Settings.DownloadConfig.OS(), cfg.Settings.MonitoringConfig, tracer)
+	serverStopFn, err := setupMetrics(logger, cfg.Settings.DownloadConfig.OS(), cfg.Settings.MonitoringConfig, tracer, coord)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ func initTracer(agentName, version string, mcfg *monitoringCfg.MonitoringConfig)
 
 	cfg := mcfg.APM
 
-	// nolint:godox // the TODO is intentional
+	//nolint:godox // the TODO is intentional
 	// TODO(stn): Ideally, we'd use apmtransport.NewHTTPTransportOptions()
 	// but it doesn't exist today. Update this code once we have something
 	// available via the APM Go agent.
@@ -452,6 +453,7 @@ func setupMetrics(
 	operatingSystem string,
 	cfg *monitoringCfg.MonitoringConfig,
 	tracer *apm.Tracer,
+	coord *coordinator.Coordinator,
 ) (func() error, error) {
 	if err := report.SetupMetrics(logger, agentName, version.GetDefaultVersion()); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -463,7 +465,7 @@ func setupMetrics(
 		Host:    monitoring.AgentMonitoringEndpoint(operatingSystem, cfg),
 	}
 
-	s, err := monitoring.NewServer(logger, endpointConfig, monitoringLib.GetNamespace, tracer)
+	s, err := monitoring.NewServer(logger, endpointConfig, monitoringLib.GetNamespace, tracer, coord, isProcessStatsEnabled(cfg))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.New(err, "could not start the HTTP server for the API")
 	}
@@ -472,3 +474,7 @@ func setupMetrics(
 	// return server stopper
 	return s.Stop, nil
 }
+
+func isProcessStatsEnabled(cfg *monitoringCfg.MonitoringConfig) bool {
+	return cfg != nil && cfg.HTTP.Enabled
+}
diff --git a/pkg/component/runtime/manager.go b/pkg/component/runtime/manager.go
index 0c4befc5e2f..d19eda7c9a4 100644
--- a/pkg/component/runtime/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/component/runtime/manager.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ var (
 type ComponentComponentState struct {
 	Component component.Component `yaml:"component"`
 	State     ComponentState      `yaml:"state"`
+	LegacyPID string              `yaml:"-"` // To propagate PID for the /processes, and yes, it was a string
 }
 
 // ComponentUnitDiagnosticRequest used to request diagnostics from specific unit.
@@ -284,9 +285,21 @@ func (m *Manager) State() []ComponentComponentState {
 	states := make([]ComponentComponentState, 0, len(m.current))
 	for _, crs := range m.current {
 		crs.latestMx.RLock()
+		var legacyPID string
+		if crs.runtime != nil {
+			if commandRuntime, ok := crs.runtime.(*CommandRuntime); ok {
+				if commandRuntime != nil {
+					procInfo := commandRuntime.proc
+					if procInfo != nil {
+						legacyPID = fmt.Sprint(commandRuntime.proc.PID)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
 		states = append(states, ComponentComponentState{
 			Component: crs.currComp,
 			State:     crs.latestState.Copy(),
+			LegacyPID: legacyPID,
 		})
 		crs.latestMx.RUnlock()
 	}