Don't generate a config when disabling logs collection with hints

CHANGELOG.asciidoc

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha1...master[Check the HEAD d
 
 *Filebeat*
 
+- Don't generate incomplete configurations when logs collection is disabled by hints. {pull}9305[9305]
+- Stop runners disabled by hints after previously being started. {pull}9305[9305]
+
 *Heartbeat*
 
 *Journalbeat*

filebeat/autodiscover/builder/hints/logs.go

@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ func (l *logHints) CreateConfig(event bus.Event) []*common.Config {
 		hints, _ = hIface.(common.MapStr)
 	}
 
-	if builder.IsNoOp(hints, l.Key) == true {
-		return []*common.Config{config}
+	if builder.IsNoOp(hints, l.Key) {
+		logp.Debug("hints.builder", "disabled config in event: %+v", event)
+		return []*common.Config{}
 	}
 
 	inputConfig := l.getInputs(hints)

libbeat/autodiscover/builder.go

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (r *registry) BuildBuilder(c *common.Config) (Builder, error) {
 
 // GetConfig creates configs for all builders initialized.
 func (b Builders) GetConfig(event bus.Event) []*common.Config {
-	var configs []*common.Config
+	configs := []*common.Config{}
 
 	for _, builder := range b {
 		if config := builder.CreateConfig(event); config != nil {

libbeat/autodiscover/providers/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go

@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ func TestEmitEvent(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 				},
+				"config": []*common.Config{},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ func TestEmitEvent(t *testing.T) {
 
 			select {
 			case event := <-listener.Events():
-				assert.Equal(t, test.Expected, event)
+				assert.Equal(t, test.Expected, event, test.Message)
 			case <-time.After(2 * time.Second):
 				if test.Expected != nil {
 					t.Fatal("Timeout while waiting for event")