anchor.diff:  
   *Filebeat*
   
  -- Add experimental option to enable filebeat publisher pipeline to operate asynchonrously {pull}782[782]
   - Add the ability to set a list of tags for each prospector {pull}1092[1092]
   - Add JSON decoding support {pull}1143[1143]
   
  
positive.code: 
  *Winlogbeat*
  
  - Fix invalid `event_id` on Windows XP and Windows 2003 {pull}1153[1153]
  
  ==== Added
  
  *Affecting all Beats*
  
  - Update builds to Golang version 1.6
  - Make Logstash output compression level configurable. {pull}630[630]
  - Add option to Elasticsearch output to pass http parameters in index operations {issue}805[805]
  - Improve Logstash and Elasticsearch backoff behavior. {pull}927[927]
  - Add experimental Kafka output. {pull}942[942]
  - Add config file option to configure GOMAXPROCS. {pull}969[969]
  - Added a `fields` and `fields_under_root` as options available under the `shipper` configuration {pull}1092[1092]
  - Ensure proper shutdown of libbeat. {pull}1075[1075]
  - Add `fields` and `fields_under_root` options under the `shipper` configuration {pull}1092[1092]
  - Add the ability to use a SOCKS5 proxy with the Logstash output {issue}823[823]
  - The `-configtest` flag will now print "Config OK" to stdout on success {pull}1249[1249]
  
negative.code: - Create a proper BPF filter when ICMP is the only enabled protocol {issue}757[757]
  - Check column length in pgsql parser. {issue}565[565]
  - Harden pgsql parser. {issue}565[565]
  
  *Topbeat*
  
  