diff --git a/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/bulk/NoopBulkAction.java b/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/bulk/NoopBulkAction.java
index 2bfd3b0cc8ed..40c65aee7007 100644
--- a/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/bulk/NoopBulkAction.java
+++ b/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/bulk/NoopBulkAction.java
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.plugin.noop.action.bulk;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkResponse;
 
-public class NoopBulkAction extends Action<BulkResponse> {
+public class NoopBulkAction extends StreamableResponseAction<BulkResponse> {
     public static final String NAME = "mock:data/write/bulk";
 
     public static final NoopBulkAction INSTANCE = new NoopBulkAction();
diff --git a/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/search/NoopSearchAction.java b/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/search/NoopSearchAction.java
index 9b390e1ffddb..aa316ae435ac 100644
--- a/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/search/NoopSearchAction.java
+++ b/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/search/NoopSearchAction.java
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ public class NoopSearchAction extends Action<SearchResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public SearchResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<SearchResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return SearchResponse::new;
diff --git a/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/GrokProcessorGetAction.java b/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/GrokProcessorGetAction.java
index 1141a4cf7e89..ee2f49390b8d 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/GrokProcessorGetAction.java
+++ b/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/GrokProcessorGetAction.java
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.ingest.common;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.HandledTransportAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import static org.elasticsearch.ingest.common.IngestCommonPlugin.GROK_PATTERNS;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.GET;
 
-public class GrokProcessorGetAction extends Action<GrokProcessorGetAction.Response> {
+public class GrokProcessorGetAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GrokProcessorGetAction.Response> {
 
     static final GrokProcessorGetAction INSTANCE = new GrokProcessorGetAction();
     static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/ingest/processor/grok/get";
diff --git a/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/MultiSearchTemplateAction.java b/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/MultiSearchTemplateAction.java
index a9a44d047158..573c5888991d 100644
--- a/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/MultiSearchTemplateAction.java
+++ b/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/MultiSearchTemplateAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class MultiSearchTemplateAction extends Action<MultiSearchTemplateRespons
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public MultiSearchTemplateResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<MultiSearchTemplateResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return MultiSearchTemplateResponse::new;
diff --git a/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/SearchTemplateAction.java b/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/SearchTemplateAction.java
index 5d905ec39e1a..7bd57154e26f 100644
--- a/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/SearchTemplateAction.java
+++ b/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/SearchTemplateAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class SearchTemplateAction extends Action<SearchTemplateResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public SearchTemplateResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<SearchTemplateResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return SearchTemplateResponse::new;
diff --git a/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessContextAction.java b/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessContextAction.java
index c947de1fd82d..4abad4d78af3 100644
--- a/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessContextAction.java
+++ b/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessContextAction.java
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ public class PainlessContextAction extends Action<PainlessContextAction.Response
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessExecuteAction.java b/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessExecuteAction.java
index 32b61f9c38ba..349a3281b4ca 100644
--- a/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessExecuteAction.java
+++ b/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessExecuteAction.java
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ public class PainlessExecuteAction extends Action<PainlessExecuteAction.Response
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
+    public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
+        return Response::new;
     }
 
     public static class Request extends SingleShardRequest<Request> implements ToXContentObject {
diff --git a/modules/rank-eval/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalAction.java b/modules/rank-eval/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalAction.java
index 54e89fe0e98b..664377786f87 100644
--- a/modules/rank-eval/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalAction.java
+++ b/modules/rank-eval/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalAction.java
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.index.rankeval;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for explaining evaluating search ranking results.
  */
-public class RankEvalAction extends Action<RankEvalResponse> {
+public class RankEvalAction extends StreamableResponseAction<RankEvalResponse> {
 
     public static final RankEvalAction INSTANCE = new RankEvalAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/read/rank_eval";
diff --git a/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RethrottleAction.java b/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RethrottleAction.java
index 3cb2c60c6237..513b4261bdf5 100644
--- a/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RethrottleAction.java
+++ b/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RethrottleAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class RethrottleAction extends Action<ListTasksResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public ListTasksResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<ListTasksResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return ListTasksResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/Action.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/Action.java
index f0df6202072a..0037533797d2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/Action.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/Action.java
@@ -26,15 +26,27 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequestOptions;
 /**
  * A generic action. Should strive to make it a singleton.
  */
-public abstract class Action<Response extends ActionResponse> {
+public class Action<Response extends ActionResponse> {
 
     private final String name;
+    private final Writeable.Reader<Response> responseReader;
 
     /**
      * @param name The name of the action, must be unique across actions.
+     * @deprecated Pass a {@link Writeable.Reader} with {@link }
      */
+    @Deprecated
     protected Action(String name) {
+        this(name, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param name The name of the action, must be unique across actions.
+     * @param responseReader A reader for the response type
+     */
+    public Action(String name, Writeable.Reader<Response> responseReader) {
         this.name = name;
+        this.responseReader = responseReader;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -44,23 +56,11 @@ public abstract class Action<Response extends ActionResponse> {
         return this.name;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new response instance.
-     * @deprecated Implement {@link #getResponseReader()} instead and make this method throw an
-     *             {@link UnsupportedOperationException}
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public abstract Response newResponse();
-
     /**
      * Get a reader that can create a new instance of the class from a {@link org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput}
      */
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
-        return in -> {
-            Response response = newResponse();
-            response.readFrom(in);
-            return response;
-        };
+        return responseReader;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/Action2.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/StreamableResponseAction.java
similarity index 53%
rename from server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/Action2.java
rename to server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/StreamableResponseAction.java
index 791e0a2e4227..c7eecfc35d73 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/Action2.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/StreamableResponseAction.java
@@ -19,29 +19,33 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action;
 
-
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
 
 /**
- * An action for which the response class implements {@link org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable}.
+ * An action for with the response type implements {@link org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Streamable}.
+ * @deprecated Use {@link Action} directly and provide a {@link Writeable.Reader}
  */
-public class Action2<Response extends ActionResponse> extends Action<Response> {
-    private final Writeable.Reader<Response> responseReader;
+@Deprecated
+public abstract class StreamableResponseAction<Response extends ActionResponse> extends Action<Response> {
 
-    public Action2(String name, Writeable.Reader<Response> responseReader) {
+    protected StreamableResponseAction(String name) {
         super(name);
-        this.responseReader = responseReader;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get a reader that can create a new instance of the class from a {@link org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput}
+     * Creates a new response instance.
+     * @deprecated Implement {@link #getResponseReader()} instead and make this method throw an
+     *             {@link UnsupportedOperationException}
      */
-    public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
-        return responseReader;
+    @Deprecated
+    public abstract Response newResponse();
+
+    @Override
+    public final Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
+        return in -> {
+            Response response = newResponse();
+            response.readFrom(in);
+            return response;
+        };
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/allocation/ClusterAllocationExplainAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/allocation/ClusterAllocationExplainAction.java
index 19d5378b305e..b4b348ae97ee 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/allocation/ClusterAllocationExplainAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/allocation/ClusterAllocationExplainAction.java
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.allocation;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for explaining shard allocation for a shard in the cluster
  */
-public class ClusterAllocationExplainAction extends Action<ClusterAllocationExplainResponse> {
+public class ClusterAllocationExplainAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ClusterAllocationExplainResponse> {
 
     public static final ClusterAllocationExplainAction INSTANCE = new ClusterAllocationExplainAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/allocation/explain";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/AddVotingConfigExclusionsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/AddVotingConfigExclusionsAction.java
index 6fdd324fa47c..20f1e3c50443 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/AddVotingConfigExclusionsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/AddVotingConfigExclusionsAction.java
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ public class AddVotingConfigExclusionsAction extends Action<AddVotingConfigExclu
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AddVotingConfigExclusionsResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Reader<AddVotingConfigExclusionsResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AddVotingConfigExclusionsResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/ClearVotingConfigExclusionsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/ClearVotingConfigExclusionsAction.java
index 49b578f48adf..6cafcb7653f9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/ClearVotingConfigExclusionsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/ClearVotingConfigExclusionsAction.java
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ public class ClearVotingConfigExclusionsAction extends Action<ClearVotingConfigE
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public ClearVotingConfigExclusionsResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Reader<ClearVotingConfigExclusionsResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return ClearVotingConfigExclusionsResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthAction.java
index 0cd148ee231e..ceb2a145fb64 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class ClusterHealthAction extends Action<ClusterHealthResponse> {
+public class ClusterHealthAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ClusterHealthResponse> {
 
     public static final ClusterHealthAction INSTANCE = new ClusterHealthAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/health";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsAction.java
index 4ea7ee5bc3bb..317fa984163e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.hotthreads;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class NodesHotThreadsAction extends Action<NodesHotThreadsResponse> {
+public class NodesHotThreadsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<NodesHotThreadsResponse> {
 
     public static final NodesHotThreadsAction INSTANCE = new NodesHotThreadsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/nodes/hot_threads";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoAction.java
index edc5ed7e83f0..b860f07c8ff9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class NodesInfoAction extends Action<NodesInfoResponse> {
+public class NodesInfoAction extends StreamableResponseAction<NodesInfoResponse> {
 
     public static final NodesInfoAction INSTANCE = new NodesInfoAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/nodes/info";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/reload/NodesReloadSecureSettingsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/reload/NodesReloadSecureSettingsAction.java
index 19e8fc1929c5..0a0c8a74fe9d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/reload/NodesReloadSecureSettingsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/reload/NodesReloadSecureSettingsAction.java
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.reload;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 public class NodesReloadSecureSettingsAction
-        extends Action<NodesReloadSecureSettingsResponse> {
+        extends StreamableResponseAction<NodesReloadSecureSettingsResponse> {
 
     public static final NodesReloadSecureSettingsAction INSTANCE = new NodesReloadSecureSettingsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/nodes/reload_secure_settings";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsAction.java
index bc8c81ef1e0f..1febe1b4872f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.stats;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class NodesStatsAction extends Action<NodesStatsResponse> {
+public class NodesStatsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<NodesStatsResponse> {
 
     public static final NodesStatsAction INSTANCE = new NodesStatsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/nodes/stats";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/cancel/CancelTasksAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/cancel/CancelTasksAction.java
index 23cb69cf807f..39532d18519c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/cancel/CancelTasksAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/cancel/CancelTasksAction.java
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ public class CancelTasksAction extends Action<CancelTasksResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public CancelTasksResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<CancelTasksResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return CancelTasksResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/get/GetTaskAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/get/GetTaskAction.java
index 4e88963de4c9..cdb5bbc39068 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/get/GetTaskAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/get/GetTaskAction.java
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.tasks.get;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for retrieving a list of currently running tasks
  */
-public class GetTaskAction extends Action<GetTaskResponse> {
+public class GetTaskAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetTaskResponse> {
     public static final String TASKS_ORIGIN = "tasks";
 
     public static final GetTaskAction INSTANCE = new GetTaskAction();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/list/ListTasksAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/list/ListTasksAction.java
index abba798c83cc..ffec4aed0569 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/list/ListTasksAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/list/ListTasksAction.java
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ public class ListTasksAction extends Action<ListTasksResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public ListTasksResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<ListTasksResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return ListTasksResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/usage/NodesUsageAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/usage/NodesUsageAction.java
index 6bc6dce54945..34d864e1476f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/usage/NodesUsageAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/usage/NodesUsageAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.usage;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class NodesUsageAction extends Action<NodesUsageResponse> {
+public class NodesUsageAction extends StreamableResponseAction<NodesUsageResponse> {
 
     public static final NodesUsageAction INSTANCE = new NodesUsageAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/nodes/usage";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/remote/RemoteInfoAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/remote/RemoteInfoAction.java
index 3b998049daaa..a3f2b2d406a9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/remote/RemoteInfoAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/remote/RemoteInfoAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.remote;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public final class RemoteInfoAction extends Action<RemoteInfoResponse> {
+public final class RemoteInfoAction extends StreamableResponseAction<RemoteInfoResponse> {
 
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/remote/info";
     public static final RemoteInfoAction INSTANCE = new RemoteInfoAction();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/delete/DeleteRepositoryAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/delete/DeleteRepositoryAction.java
index 205521a6b6f4..f4b5cb2559f6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/delete/DeleteRepositoryAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/delete/DeleteRepositoryAction.java
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ public class DeleteRepositoryAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/get/GetRepositoriesAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/get/GetRepositoriesAction.java
index eac4d971b60a..7987f26c01b9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/get/GetRepositoriesAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/get/GetRepositoriesAction.java
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ public class GetRepositoriesAction extends Action<GetRepositoriesResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public GetRepositoriesResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<GetRepositoriesResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return GetRepositoriesResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/put/PutRepositoryAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/put/PutRepositoryAction.java
index ea021f6ba674..1e070c5ed98d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/put/PutRepositoryAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/put/PutRepositoryAction.java
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ public class PutRepositoryAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/verify/VerifyRepositoryAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/verify/VerifyRepositoryAction.java
index 743b0a57f3aa..67580e6bf812 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/verify/VerifyRepositoryAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/verify/VerifyRepositoryAction.java
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.repositories.verify;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Unregister repository action
  */
-public class VerifyRepositoryAction extends Action<VerifyRepositoryResponse> {
+public class VerifyRepositoryAction extends StreamableResponseAction<VerifyRepositoryResponse> {
 
     public static final VerifyRepositoryAction INSTANCE = new VerifyRepositoryAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/repository/verify";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/ClusterRerouteAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/ClusterRerouteAction.java
index c341618729cd..e92a136f838c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/ClusterRerouteAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/ClusterRerouteAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class ClusterRerouteAction extends Action<ClusterRerouteResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public ClusterRerouteResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<ClusterRerouteResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return ClusterRerouteResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/settings/ClusterUpdateSettingsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/settings/ClusterUpdateSettingsAction.java
index c23a05338f29..9c359b919eee 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/settings/ClusterUpdateSettingsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/settings/ClusterUpdateSettingsAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class ClusterUpdateSettingsAction extends Action<ClusterUpdateSettingsRes
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public ClusterUpdateSettingsResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<ClusterUpdateSettingsResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return ClusterUpdateSettingsResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsAction.java
index 869aecf09543..cb323c6494df 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class ClusterSearchShardsAction extends Action<ClusterSearchShardsRespons
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public ClusterSearchShardsResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<ClusterSearchShardsResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return ClusterSearchShardsResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/create/CreateSnapshotAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/create/CreateSnapshotAction.java
index d37132a1d81e..988ac070fb75 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/create/CreateSnapshotAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/create/CreateSnapshotAction.java
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.create;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Create snapshot action
  */
-public class CreateSnapshotAction extends Action<CreateSnapshotResponse> {
+public class CreateSnapshotAction extends StreamableResponseAction<CreateSnapshotResponse> {
 
     public static final CreateSnapshotAction INSTANCE = new CreateSnapshotAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/snapshot/create";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/delete/DeleteSnapshotAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/delete/DeleteSnapshotAction.java
index 1413f0df0686..8cf746e84605 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/delete/DeleteSnapshotAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/delete/DeleteSnapshotAction.java
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ public class DeleteSnapshotAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/GetSnapshotsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/GetSnapshotsAction.java
index b77130f1875b..9b4ca545044a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/GetSnapshotsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/GetSnapshotsAction.java
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ public class GetSnapshotsAction extends Action<GetSnapshotsResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public GetSnapshotsResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<GetSnapshotsResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return GetSnapshotsResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotAction.java
index e633ce43e66c..8cf8d461f4eb 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotAction.java
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.restore;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Restore snapshot action
  */
-public class RestoreSnapshotAction extends Action<RestoreSnapshotResponse> {
+public class RestoreSnapshotAction extends StreamableResponseAction<RestoreSnapshotResponse> {
 
     public static final RestoreSnapshotAction INSTANCE = new RestoreSnapshotAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/snapshot/restore";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotsStatusAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotsStatusAction.java
index ea28d26b40ff..09ca89f5d521 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotsStatusAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotsStatusAction.java
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.status;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Snapshots status action
  */
-public class SnapshotsStatusAction extends Action<SnapshotsStatusResponse> {
+public class SnapshotsStatusAction extends StreamableResponseAction<SnapshotsStatusResponse> {
 
     public static final SnapshotsStatusAction INSTANCE = new SnapshotsStatusAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/snapshot/status";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateAction.java
index f48df06d53c6..0087cf8d4f5e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.state;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class ClusterStateAction extends Action<ClusterStateResponse> {
+public class ClusterStateAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ClusterStateResponse> {
 
     public static final ClusterStateAction INSTANCE = new ClusterStateAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/state";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsAction.java
index 049ce62d9df4..2e1aa0d023d7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.stats;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class ClusterStatsAction extends Action<ClusterStatsResponse> {
+public class ClusterStatsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ClusterStatsResponse> {
 
     public static final ClusterStatsAction INSTANCE = new ClusterStatsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/stats";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/DeleteStoredScriptAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/DeleteStoredScriptAction.java
index 1e07090ea01c..307440adfeee 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/DeleteStoredScriptAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/DeleteStoredScriptAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class DeleteStoredScriptAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/GetStoredScriptAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/GetStoredScriptAction.java
index e8015a448749..6b4c229ebdd3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/GetStoredScriptAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/GetStoredScriptAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.storedscripts;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class GetStoredScriptAction extends Action<GetStoredScriptResponse> {
+public class GetStoredScriptAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetStoredScriptResponse> {
 
     public static final GetStoredScriptAction INSTANCE = new GetStoredScriptAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/script/get";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/PutStoredScriptAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/PutStoredScriptAction.java
index 7168667af0e1..673299f275b5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/PutStoredScriptAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/PutStoredScriptAction.java
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ public class PutStoredScriptAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksAction.java
index 296c65146a03..adfe1054038a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.tasks;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class PendingClusterTasksAction extends Action<PendingClusterTasksResponse> {
+public class PendingClusterTasksAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PendingClusterTasksResponse> {
 
     public static final PendingClusterTasksAction INSTANCE = new PendingClusterTasksAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/task";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesAction.java
index 38b1844e73a1..a0582ae704b6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class IndicesAliasesAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesAction.java
index db423c2aaaa0..9f88d9a16c19 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.alias.get;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class GetAliasesAction extends Action<GetAliasesResponse> {
+public class GetAliasesAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetAliasesResponse> {
 
     public static final GetAliasesAction INSTANCE = new GetAliasesAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/aliases/get";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeAction.java
index 27b623776fa9..cbd24a1fa883 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeAction.java
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ public class AnalyzeAction extends Action<AnalyzeAction.Response> {
         return Response::new;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     /**
      * A request to analyze a text associated with a specific index. Allow to provide
      * the actual analyzer name to perform the analysis with.
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheAction.java
index e5bdd53bdc7a..3dd135d9655f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.cache.clear;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class ClearIndicesCacheAction extends Action<ClearIndicesCacheResponse> {
+public class ClearIndicesCacheAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ClearIndicesCacheResponse> {
 
     public static final ClearIndicesCacheAction INSTANCE = new ClearIndicesCacheAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/cache/clear";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/close/CloseIndexAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/close/CloseIndexAction.java
index 2d87b75273c2..d4c3bc4503d6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/close/CloseIndexAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/close/CloseIndexAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class CloseIndexAction extends Action<CloseIndexResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public CloseIndexResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<CloseIndexResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return CloseIndexResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/create/CreateIndexAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/create/CreateIndexAction.java
index fd55ec4bf0bf..620e1cc9f4ae 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/create/CreateIndexAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/create/CreateIndexAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class CreateIndexAction extends Action<CreateIndexResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public CreateIndexResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<CreateIndexResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return CreateIndexResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexAction.java
index 9bb7b2d880a2..0e45a77e7280 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class DeleteIndexAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/FlushAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/FlushAction.java
index 60d5b43a6c18..721eae72ee02 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/FlushAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/FlushAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.flush;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class FlushAction extends Action<FlushResponse> {
+public class FlushAction extends StreamableResponseAction<FlushResponse> {
 
     public static final FlushAction INSTANCE = new FlushAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/flush";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/SyncedFlushAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/SyncedFlushAction.java
index 5005cd2ec087..b3af28dd2397 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/SyncedFlushAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/SyncedFlushAction.java
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.flush;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 
-public class SyncedFlushAction extends Action<SyncedFlushResponse> {
+public class SyncedFlushAction extends StreamableResponseAction<SyncedFlushResponse> {
 
     public static final SyncedFlushAction INSTANCE = new SyncedFlushAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/synced_flush";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/ForceMergeAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/ForceMergeAction.java
index 51095435343c..6b9866afa7a2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/ForceMergeAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/ForceMergeAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.forcemerge;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class ForceMergeAction extends Action<ForceMergeResponse> {
+public class ForceMergeAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ForceMergeResponse> {
 
     public static final ForceMergeAction INSTANCE = new ForceMergeAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/forcemerge";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexAction.java
index 86396f246a41..e2c663cb7da3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.get;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class GetIndexAction extends Action<GetIndexResponse> {
+public class GetIndexAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetIndexResponse> {
 
     public static final GetIndexAction INSTANCE = new GetIndexAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/get";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetFieldMappingsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetFieldMappingsAction.java
index d372d8cf93f3..97cb7b3943d9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetFieldMappingsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetFieldMappingsAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class GetFieldMappingsAction extends Action<GetFieldMappingsResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public GetFieldMappingsResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<GetFieldMappingsResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return GetFieldMappingsResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsAction.java
index 8bae685fff5d..6b64cdec306e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class GetMappingsAction extends Action<GetMappingsResponse> {
+public class GetMappingsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetMappingsResponse> {
 
     public static final GetMappingsAction INSTANCE = new GetMappingsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/mappings/get";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/TransportGetFieldMappingsIndexAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/TransportGetFieldMappingsIndexAction.java
index 1272846c70c2..919961431d6f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/TransportGetFieldMappingsIndexAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/TransportGetFieldMappingsIndexAction.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action2;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get.GetFieldMappingsResponse.FieldMappingMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.single.shard.TransportSingleShardAction;
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ public class TransportGetFieldMappingsIndexAction
         extends TransportSingleShardAction<GetFieldMappingsIndexRequest, GetFieldMappingsResponse> {
 
     private static final String ACTION_NAME = GetFieldMappingsAction.NAME + "[index]";
-    public static final Action<GetFieldMappingsResponse> ACTION_INSTANCE = new Action2<>(ACTION_NAME, GetFieldMappingsResponse::new);
+    public static final Action<GetFieldMappingsResponse> ACTION_INSTANCE = new Action<>(ACTION_NAME, GetFieldMappingsResponse::new);
 
     protected final ClusterService clusterService;
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/put/PutMappingAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/put/PutMappingAction.java
index a4cc37f552ee..117b378bbe5c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/put/PutMappingAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/put/PutMappingAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class PutMappingAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/open/OpenIndexAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/open/OpenIndexAction.java
index 6d53a3a72d3e..95cb4d4a78ea 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/open/OpenIndexAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/open/OpenIndexAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class OpenIndexAction extends Action<OpenIndexResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public OpenIndexResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<OpenIndexResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return OpenIndexResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/recovery/RecoveryAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/recovery/RecoveryAction.java
index bfe261b58843..cea3db524958 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/recovery/RecoveryAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/recovery/RecoveryAction.java
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.recovery;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Recovery information action
  */
-public class RecoveryAction extends Action<RecoveryResponse> {
+public class RecoveryAction extends StreamableResponseAction<RecoveryResponse> {
 
     public static final RecoveryAction INSTANCE = new RecoveryAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:monitor/recovery";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/refresh/RefreshAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/refresh/RefreshAction.java
index b0dac076b2f4..63815fe2dcf3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/refresh/RefreshAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/refresh/RefreshAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.refresh;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class RefreshAction extends Action<RefreshResponse> {
+public class RefreshAction extends StreamableResponseAction<RefreshResponse> {
 
     public static final RefreshAction INSTANCE = new RefreshAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/refresh";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/rollover/RolloverAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/rollover/RolloverAction.java
index 091dc1e09e1a..e7cc53dbf44d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/rollover/RolloverAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/rollover/RolloverAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class RolloverAction extends Action<RolloverResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public RolloverResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<RolloverResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return RolloverResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/IndicesSegmentsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/IndicesSegmentsAction.java
index 669c31d6b087..b236bf0cc227 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/IndicesSegmentsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/IndicesSegmentsAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.segments;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class IndicesSegmentsAction extends Action<IndicesSegmentResponse> {
+public class IndicesSegmentsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<IndicesSegmentResponse> {
 
     public static final IndicesSegmentsAction INSTANCE = new IndicesSegmentsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:monitor/segments";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsAction.java
index e4149aaf8f15..4aa4fe57814a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.settings.get;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class GetSettingsAction extends Action<GetSettingsResponse> {
+public class GetSettingsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetSettingsResponse> {
 
     public static final GetSettingsAction INSTANCE = new GetSettingsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:monitor/settings/get";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/UpdateSettingsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/UpdateSettingsAction.java
index acf07668ad34..af7750cff793 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/UpdateSettingsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/UpdateSettingsAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class UpdateSettingsAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shards/IndicesShardStoresAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shards/IndicesShardStoresAction.java
index d3ce0077d5e9..3016633caeb7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shards/IndicesShardStoresAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shards/IndicesShardStoresAction.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.shards;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for {@link TransportIndicesShardStoresAction}
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
  * Shard store information reports which nodes hold shard copies, how recent they are
  * and any exceptions on opening the shard index or from previous engine failures
  */
-public class IndicesShardStoresAction extends Action<IndicesShardStoresResponse> {
+public class IndicesShardStoresAction extends StreamableResponseAction<IndicesShardStoresResponse> {
 
     public static final IndicesShardStoresAction INSTANCE = new IndicesShardStoresAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:monitor/shard_stores";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ResizeAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ResizeAction.java
index 6169d4a20010..e36adb3def63 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ResizeAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ResizeAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class ResizeAction extends Action<ResizeResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public ResizeResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<ResizeResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return ResizeResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ShrinkAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ShrinkAction.java
index 3aef52f1636e..7c8c58e4864e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ShrinkAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ShrinkAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class ShrinkAction extends Action<ResizeResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public ResizeResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<ResizeResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return ResizeResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsAction.java
index 6765279eb6b8..5b91f3f31e5e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class IndicesStatsAction extends Action<IndicesStatsResponse> {
+public class IndicesStatsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<IndicesStatsResponse> {
 
     public static final IndicesStatsAction INSTANCE = new IndicesStatsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:monitor/stats";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/delete/DeleteIndexTemplateAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/delete/DeleteIndexTemplateAction.java
index 2f3dd877f8a9..c4a5bdc43819 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/delete/DeleteIndexTemplateAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/delete/DeleteIndexTemplateAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class DeleteIndexTemplateAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesAction.java
index ac00b80079ca..3202fa3d6c80 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesAction.java
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.get;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class GetIndexTemplatesAction extends Action<GetIndexTemplatesResponse> {
+public class GetIndexTemplatesAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetIndexTemplatesResponse> {
 
     public static final GetIndexTemplatesAction INSTANCE = new GetIndexTemplatesAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/template/get";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateAction.java
index 9af753bbfdcb..88c3b9bb09d6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class PutIndexTemplateAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/UpgradeStatusAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/UpgradeStatusAction.java
index 57506b615d69..6545008486a9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/UpgradeStatusAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/UpgradeStatusAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.upgrade.get;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class UpgradeStatusAction extends Action<UpgradeStatusResponse> {
+public class UpgradeStatusAction extends StreamableResponseAction<UpgradeStatusResponse> {
 
     public static final UpgradeStatusAction INSTANCE = new UpgradeStatusAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:monitor/upgrade";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/UpgradeAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/UpgradeAction.java
index 7ec83930e44b..ea5f511741a9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/UpgradeAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/UpgradeAction.java
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.upgrade.post;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Upgrade index/indices action.
  */
-public class UpgradeAction extends Action<UpgradeResponse> {
+public class UpgradeAction extends StreamableResponseAction<UpgradeResponse> {
 
     public static final UpgradeAction INSTANCE = new UpgradeAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/upgrade";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/UpgradeSettingsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/UpgradeSettingsAction.java
index f830ebff3dd8..324e796d214d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/UpgradeSettingsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/UpgradeSettingsAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class UpgradeSettingsAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/ValidateQueryAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/ValidateQueryAction.java
index 93151dd8a2ba..2b0b21e28bcb 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/ValidateQueryAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/ValidateQueryAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.validate.query;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class ValidateQueryAction extends Action<ValidateQueryResponse> {
+public class ValidateQueryAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ValidateQueryResponse> {
 
     public static final ValidateQueryAction INSTANCE = new ValidateQueryAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/validate/query";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkAction.java
index f835b57a38b4..ee5f32e1cfa8 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkAction.java
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.bulk;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequestOptions;
 
-public class BulkAction extends Action<BulkResponse> {
+public class BulkAction extends StreamableResponseAction<BulkResponse> {
 
     public static final BulkAction INSTANCE = new BulkAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/write/bulk";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportShardBulkAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportShardBulkAction.java
index 771010d673d6..d66c3ab0a96c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportShardBulkAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportShardBulkAction.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRunnable;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.DocWriteRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.DocWriteResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.delete.DeleteRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.delete.DeleteResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ import java.util.function.LongSupplier;
 public class TransportShardBulkAction extends TransportWriteAction<BulkShardRequest, BulkShardRequest, BulkShardResponse> {
 
     public static final String ACTION_NAME = BulkAction.NAME + "[s]";
-    public static final Action<BulkShardResponse> ACTION_INSTANCE = new Action<>(ACTION_NAME) {
+    public static final Action<BulkShardResponse> ACTION_INSTANCE = new StreamableResponseAction<>(ACTION_NAME) {
         @Override
         public BulkShardResponse newResponse() {
             return new BulkShardResponse();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/delete/DeleteAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/delete/DeleteAction.java
index d78b6f60bffc..1d43fb102a6d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/delete/DeleteAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/delete/DeleteAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.delete;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class DeleteAction extends Action<DeleteResponse> {
+public class DeleteAction extends StreamableResponseAction<DeleteResponse> {
 
     public static final DeleteAction INSTANCE = new DeleteAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/write/delete";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/explain/ExplainAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/explain/ExplainAction.java
index ba5618ce7de2..2546de35e544 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/explain/ExplainAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/explain/ExplainAction.java
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ public class ExplainAction extends Action<ExplainResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public ExplainResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<ExplainResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return ExplainResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/FieldCapabilitiesAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/FieldCapabilitiesAction.java
index 39c6ecce308e..0cec94839c2a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/FieldCapabilitiesAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/FieldCapabilitiesAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.fieldcaps;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class FieldCapabilitiesAction extends Action<FieldCapabilitiesResponse> {
+public class FieldCapabilitiesAction extends StreamableResponseAction<FieldCapabilitiesResponse> {
 
     public static final FieldCapabilitiesAction INSTANCE = new FieldCapabilitiesAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/read/field_caps";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/TransportFieldCapabilitiesIndexAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/TransportFieldCapabilitiesIndexAction.java
index e7eadf9af0eb..c043fc42e063 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/TransportFieldCapabilitiesIndexAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/TransportFieldCapabilitiesIndexAction.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action.fieldcaps;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action2;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.single.shard.TransportSingleShardAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ public class TransportFieldCapabilitiesIndexAction extends TransportSingleShardA
 
     private static final String ACTION_NAME = FieldCapabilitiesAction.NAME + "[index]";
     public static final Action<FieldCapabilitiesIndexResponse> ACTION_INSTANCE =
-        new Action2<>(ACTION_NAME, FieldCapabilitiesIndexResponse::new);
+        new Action<>(ACTION_NAME, FieldCapabilitiesIndexResponse::new);
 
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetAction.java
index 05d1b6c5a4c0..383029090c50 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class GetAction extends Action<GetResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public GetResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<GetResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return GetResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetAction.java
index 9b69e33239b8..cfb90e1cceea 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.get;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class MultiGetAction extends Action<MultiGetResponse> {
+public class MultiGetAction extends StreamableResponseAction<MultiGetResponse> {
 
     public static final MultiGetAction INSTANCE = new MultiGetAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/read/mget";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/TransportShardMultiGetAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/TransportShardMultiGetAction.java
index a639795946e2..78ce6fda6c4b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/TransportShardMultiGetAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/TransportShardMultiGetAction.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.get;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action2;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportActions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.single.shard.TransportSingleShardAction;
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 public class TransportShardMultiGetAction extends TransportSingleShardAction<MultiGetShardRequest, MultiGetShardResponse> {
 
     private static final String ACTION_NAME = MultiGetAction.NAME + "[shard]";
-    public static final Action<MultiGetShardResponse> ACTION_INSTANCE = new Action2<>(ACTION_NAME, MultiGetShardResponse::new);
+    public static final Action<MultiGetShardResponse> ACTION_INSTANCE = new Action<>(ACTION_NAME, MultiGetShardResponse::new);
 
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexAction.java
index 4f3e6068a2a2..6515f75f083a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.index;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class IndexAction extends Action<IndexResponse> {
+public class IndexAction extends StreamableResponseAction<IndexResponse> {
 
     public static final IndexAction INSTANCE = new IndexAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/write/index";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/DeletePipelineAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/DeletePipelineAction.java
index c2842340ba44..111974915547 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/DeletePipelineAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/DeletePipelineAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class DeletePipelineAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/GetPipelineAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/GetPipelineAction.java
index b2305227ac67..ac699ea8c323 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/GetPipelineAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/GetPipelineAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.ingest;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class GetPipelineAction extends Action<GetPipelineResponse> {
+public class GetPipelineAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetPipelineResponse> {
 
     public static final GetPipelineAction INSTANCE = new GetPipelineAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/ingest/pipeline/get";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/PutPipelineAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/PutPipelineAction.java
index b614c847b4f7..06038141e90d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/PutPipelineAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/PutPipelineAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class PutPipelineAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulatePipelineAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulatePipelineAction.java
index afeb4e01fb0f..6d05c9fb690c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulatePipelineAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulatePipelineAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.ingest;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class SimulatePipelineAction extends Action<SimulatePipelineResponse> {
+public class SimulatePipelineAction extends StreamableResponseAction<SimulatePipelineResponse> {
 
     public static final SimulatePipelineAction INSTANCE = new SimulatePipelineAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/ingest/pipeline/simulate";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/main/MainAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/main/MainAction.java
index 831ddd0983fa..9d38e913f773 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/main/MainAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/main/MainAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.main;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class MainAction extends Action<MainResponse> {
+public class MainAction extends StreamableResponseAction<MainResponse> {
 
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/main";
     public static final MainAction INSTANCE = new MainAction();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollAction.java
index 660ed1ee1786..101d002d6984 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.search;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class ClearScrollAction extends Action<ClearScrollResponse> {
+public class ClearScrollAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ClearScrollResponse> {
 
     public static final ClearScrollAction INSTANCE = new ClearScrollAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/read/scroll/clear";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchAction.java
index 9017a7b94ecb..fe1efc1e2d05 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class MultiSearchAction extends Action<MultiSearchResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public MultiSearchResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<MultiSearchResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return MultiSearchResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAction.java
index d665595e8d34..dfa8d66098c5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class SearchAction extends Action<SearchResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public SearchResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<SearchResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return SearchResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchScrollAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchScrollAction.java
index 0b4adfc1ba55..6c5cf0e46f07 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchScrollAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchScrollAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class SearchScrollAction extends Action<SearchResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public SearchResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<SearchResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return SearchResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsAction.java
index a894b3480f10..e3fa0d17cf11 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.termvectors;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class MultiTermVectorsAction extends Action<MultiTermVectorsResponse> {
+public class MultiTermVectorsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<MultiTermVectorsResponse> {
 
     public static final MultiTermVectorsAction INSTANCE = new MultiTermVectorsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/read/mtv";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TermVectorsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TermVectorsAction.java
index 9b223eed3a3c..12c11bff8325 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TermVectorsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TermVectorsAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class TermVectorsAction extends Action<TermVectorsResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public TermVectorsResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<TermVectorsResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return TermVectorsResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TransportShardMultiTermsVectorAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TransportShardMultiTermsVectorAction.java
index aca955748df2..f3d63378cfc7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TransportShardMultiTermsVectorAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TransportShardMultiTermsVectorAction.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.termvectors;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportActions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.single.shard.TransportSingleShardAction;
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ public class TransportShardMultiTermsVectorAction extends
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
 
     private static final String ACTION_NAME = MultiTermVectorsAction.NAME + "[shard]";
-    public static final Action<MultiTermVectorsShardResponse> ACTION_INSTANCE = new Action<>(ACTION_NAME) {
+    public static final Action<MultiTermVectorsShardResponse> ACTION_INSTANCE = new StreamableResponseAction<>(ACTION_NAME) {
         @Override
         public MultiTermVectorsShardResponse newResponse() {
             return new MultiTermVectorsShardResponse();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateAction.java
index 1c8c80b61cef..5835f7c88dbe 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.update;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class UpdateAction extends Action<UpdateResponse> {
+public class UpdateAction extends StreamableResponseAction<UpdateResponse> {
 
     public static final UpdateAction INSTANCE = new UpdateAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/write/update";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/DeleteByQueryAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/DeleteByQueryAction.java
index c7cfe28e2c0b..97c4708ec1eb 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/DeleteByQueryAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/DeleteByQueryAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.index.reindex;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class DeleteByQueryAction extends Action<BulkByScrollResponse> {
+public class DeleteByQueryAction extends StreamableResponseAction<BulkByScrollResponse> {
 
     public static final DeleteByQueryAction INSTANCE = new DeleteByQueryAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/write/delete/byquery";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/ReindexAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/ReindexAction.java
index 86d0c96602a3..945b080ca239 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/ReindexAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/ReindexAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.index.reindex;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class ReindexAction extends Action<BulkByScrollResponse> {
+public class ReindexAction extends StreamableResponseAction<BulkByScrollResponse> {
     public static final ReindexAction INSTANCE = new ReindexAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/write/reindex";
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/UpdateByQueryAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/UpdateByQueryAction.java
index 250a267ea255..d758a9c41133 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/UpdateByQueryAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/UpdateByQueryAction.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.index.reindex;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class UpdateByQueryAction extends Action<BulkByScrollResponse> {
+public class UpdateByQueryAction extends StreamableResponseAction<BulkByScrollResponse> {
     public static final UpdateByQueryAction INSTANCE = new UpdateByQueryAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/write/update/byquery";
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseActions.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseActions.java
index 3f292a7c8d15..a8805c1c5cdf 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseActions.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseActions.java
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.index.seqno;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.single.shard.SingleShardRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.single.shard.TransportSingleShardAction;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public class RetentionLeaseActions {
 
     }
 
-    public static class Add extends Action<Response> {
+    public static class Add extends StreamableResponseAction<Response> {
 
         public static final Add INSTANCE = new Add();
         public static final String ACTION_NAME = "indices:admin/seq_no/add_retention_lease";
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public class RetentionLeaseActions {
 
     }
 
-    public static class Renew extends Action<Response> {
+    public static class Renew extends StreamableResponseAction<Response> {
 
         public static final Renew INSTANCE = new Renew();
         public static final String ACTION_NAME = "indices:admin/seq_no/renew_retention_lease";
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public class RetentionLeaseActions {
 
     }
 
-    public static class Remove extends Action<Response> {
+    public static class Remove extends StreamableResponseAction<Response> {
 
         public static final Remove INSTANCE = new Remove();
         public static final String ACTION_NAME = "indices:admin/seq_no/remove_retention_lease";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/CompletionPersistentTaskAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/CompletionPersistentTaskAction.java
index d34374bb5202..b43a60e3a137 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/CompletionPersistentTaskAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/CompletionPersistentTaskAction.java
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.persistent;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeRequest;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
  * Action that is used by executor node to indicate that the persistent action finished or failed on the node and needs to be
  * removed from the cluster state in case of successful completion or restarted on some other node in case of failure.
  */
-public class CompletionPersistentTaskAction extends Action<PersistentTaskResponse> {
+public class CompletionPersistentTaskAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PersistentTaskResponse> {
 
     public static final CompletionPersistentTaskAction INSTANCE = new CompletionPersistentTaskAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/persistent/completion";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/RemovePersistentTaskAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/RemovePersistentTaskAction.java
index 8f122dab0c51..1ca3cc3dc09d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/RemovePersistentTaskAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/RemovePersistentTaskAction.java
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.persistent;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeRequest;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class RemovePersistentTaskAction extends Action<PersistentTaskResponse> {
+public class RemovePersistentTaskAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PersistentTaskResponse> {
 
     public static final RemovePersistentTaskAction INSTANCE = new RemovePersistentTaskAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/persistent/remove";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/StartPersistentTaskAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/StartPersistentTaskAction.java
index 1b0c973a3ce4..443c2582aef2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/StartPersistentTaskAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/StartPersistentTaskAction.java
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.persistent;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeRequest;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 /**
  *  This action can be used to add the record for the persistent action to the cluster state.
  */
-public class StartPersistentTaskAction extends Action<PersistentTaskResponse> {
+public class StartPersistentTaskAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PersistentTaskResponse> {
 
     public static final StartPersistentTaskAction INSTANCE = new StartPersistentTaskAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/persistent/start";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction.java
index 22c7f74e3c8e..5f8eb38a7c52 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction.java
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.persistent;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeRequest;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 
-public class UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction extends Action<PersistentTaskResponse> {
+public class UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PersistentTaskResponse> {
 
     public static final UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction INSTANCE = new UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/persistent/update_status";
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionModuleTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionModuleTests.java
index ac07c18b0418..4cd74b4e51cb 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionModuleTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionModuleTests.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class ActionModuleTests extends ESTestCase {
             protected void doExecute(Task task, FakeRequest request, ActionListener<ActionResponse> listener) {
             }
         }
-        class FakeAction extends Action<ActionResponse> {
+        class FakeAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ActionResponse> {
             protected FakeAction() {
                 super("fake");
             }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionTests.java
index a7dca3f098d0..46a7f97653e3 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionTests.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 public class ActionTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     public void testEquals() {
-        class FakeAction extends Action<ActionResponse> {
+        class FakeAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ActionResponse> {
             protected FakeAction(String name) {
                 super(name);
             }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TestTaskPlugin.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TestTaskPlugin.java
index c9b65714e62b..4ece1a75c288 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TestTaskPlugin.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TestTaskPlugin.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.FailedNodeException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.IndicesRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.TaskOperationFailure;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.BaseNodeRequest;
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ public class TestTaskPlugin extends Plugin implements ActionPlugin, NetworkPlugi
         }
     }
 
-    public static class TestTaskAction extends Action<NodesResponse> {
+    public static class TestTaskAction extends StreamableResponseAction<NodesResponse> {
 
         public static final TestTaskAction INSTANCE = new TestTaskAction();
         public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/tasks/test";
@@ -464,11 +465,6 @@ public class TestTaskPlugin extends Plugin implements ActionPlugin, NetworkPlugi
             super(NAME);
         }
 
-        @Override
-        public UnblockTestTasksResponse newResponse() {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-        }
-
         @Override
         public Writeable.Reader<UnblockTestTasksResponse> getResponseReader() {
             return UnblockTestTasksResponse::new;
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/settings/InternalOrPrivateSettingsPlugin.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/settings/InternalOrPrivateSettingsPlugin.java
index b55253e208a9..e0dcf430785f 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/settings/InternalOrPrivateSettingsPlugin.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/settings/InternalOrPrivateSettingsPlugin.java
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.indices.settings;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class InternalOrPrivateSettingsPlugin extends Plugin implements ActionPlu
         return Arrays.asList(INDEX_INTERNAL_SETTING, INDEX_PRIVATE_SETTING);
     }
 
-    public static class UpdateInternalOrPrivateAction extends Action<UpdateInternalOrPrivateAction.Response> {
+    public static class UpdateInternalOrPrivateAction extends StreamableResponseAction<UpdateInternalOrPrivateAction.Response> {
 
         public static final UpdateInternalOrPrivateAction INSTANCE = new UpdateInternalOrPrivateAction();
         private static final String NAME = "indices:admin/settings/update-internal-or-private-index";
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/TestPersistentTasksPlugin.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/TestPersistentTasksPlugin.java
index 0b5c432d5978..c0f7ac38e9aa 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/TestPersistentTasksPlugin.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/TestPersistentTasksPlugin.java
@@ -404,11 +404,6 @@ public class TestPersistentTasksPlugin extends Plugin implements ActionPlugin, P
             super(NAME);
         }
 
-        @Override
-        public TestTasksResponse newResponse() {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-        }
-
         @Override
         public Writeable.Reader<TestTasksResponse> getResponseReader() {
             return TestTasksResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardChangesAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardChangesAction.java
index 03495d34f291..c9499e67a893 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardChangesAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardChangesAction.java
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@ public class ShardChangesAction extends Action<ShardChangesAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/bulk/BulkShardOperationsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/bulk/BulkShardOperationsAction.java
index a85e5c50e840..98f3e918503a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/bulk/BulkShardOperationsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/bulk/BulkShardOperationsAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ccr.action.bulk;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class BulkShardOperationsAction extends Action<BulkShardOperationsResponse> {
+public class BulkShardOperationsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<BulkShardOperationsResponse> {
 
     public static final BulkShardOperationsAction INSTANCE = new BulkShardOperationsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/write/bulk_shard_operations[s]";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction.java
index c4651e877fad..5bdc1df75535 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction.java
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ public class ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction extends Action<ClearCcrRestoreSessionA
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public ClearCcrRestoreSessionResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<ClearCcrRestoreSessionResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return ClearCcrRestoreSessionResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/DeleteInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/DeleteInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java
index 93d432fe93fe..b6f014811851 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/DeleteInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/DeleteInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ public class DeleteInternalCcrRepositoryAction extends Action<DeleteInternalCcrR
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public DeleteInternalCcrRepositoryResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<DeleteInternalCcrRepositoryResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return DeleteInternalCcrRepositoryResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/GetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/GetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction.java
index 37dfc84f46a0..64ac8c21881a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/GetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/GetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction.java
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ public class GetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction extends Action<GetCcrRestoreFileChunkA
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public GetCcrRestoreFileChunkResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<GetCcrRestoreFileChunkResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return GetCcrRestoreFileChunkResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutCcrRestoreSessionAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutCcrRestoreSessionAction.java
index 91ec057ac4eb..ed2d811b3b56 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutCcrRestoreSessionAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutCcrRestoreSessionAction.java
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ public class PutCcrRestoreSessionAction extends Action<PutCcrRestoreSessionActio
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public PutCcrRestoreSessionResponse newResponse() {
-        return new PutCcrRestoreSessionResponse();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<PutCcrRestoreSessionAction.PutCcrRestoreSessionResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return PutCcrRestoreSessionAction.PutCcrRestoreSessionResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java
index 397137ffb494..40ba9ab34212 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ public class PutInternalCcrRepositoryAction extends Action<PutInternalCcrReposit
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public PutInternalCcrRepositoryResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<PutInternalCcrRepositoryResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return PutInternalCcrRepositoryResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/DeleteLicenseAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/DeleteLicenseAction.java
index 261f0318c985..18430399572a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/DeleteLicenseAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/DeleteLicenseAction.java
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ public class DeleteLicenseAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetBasicStatusAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetBasicStatusAction.java
index be97ff59172f..3b7b6d45c1c5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetBasicStatusAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetBasicStatusAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.license;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class GetBasicStatusAction extends Action<GetBasicStatusResponse> {
+public class GetBasicStatusAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetBasicStatusResponse> {
 
     public static final GetBasicStatusAction INSTANCE = new GetBasicStatusAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/license/basic_status";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetLicenseAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetLicenseAction.java
index a6f19ea95b1e..5db3c9cb335d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetLicenseAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetLicenseAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.license;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class GetLicenseAction extends Action<GetLicenseResponse> {
+public class GetLicenseAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetLicenseResponse> {
 
     public static final GetLicenseAction INSTANCE = new GetLicenseAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/license/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetTrialStatusAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetTrialStatusAction.java
index 69c14e1b6dc8..2b47f25e5baa 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetTrialStatusAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetTrialStatusAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.license;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class GetTrialStatusAction extends Action<GetTrialStatusResponse> {
+public class GetTrialStatusAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetTrialStatusResponse> {
 
     public static final GetTrialStatusAction INSTANCE = new GetTrialStatusAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/license/trial_status";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/PostStartBasicAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/PostStartBasicAction.java
index 446ff45501bd..4b8ac56df965 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/PostStartBasicAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/PostStartBasicAction.java
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ public class PostStartBasicAction extends Action<PostStartBasicResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public PostStartBasicResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<PostStartBasicResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return PostStartBasicResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/PostStartTrialAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/PostStartTrialAction.java
index 609fa42caabc..385c2cb0975f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/PostStartTrialAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/PostStartTrialAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.license;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class PostStartTrialAction extends Action<PostStartTrialResponse> {
+public class PostStartTrialAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PostStartTrialResponse> {
 
     public static final PostStartTrialAction INSTANCE = new PostStartTrialAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/license/start_trial";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/PutLicenseAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/PutLicenseAction.java
index 263b0a4c556e..4106058e9f3d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/PutLicenseAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/PutLicenseAction.java
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ public class PutLicenseAction extends Action<PutLicenseResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public PutLicenseResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<PutLicenseResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return PutLicenseResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/ReloadAnalyzerAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/ReloadAnalyzerAction.java
index f37df1ec820e..e5b1bde1ef1d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/ReloadAnalyzerAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/ReloadAnalyzerAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class ReloadAnalyzerAction extends Action<ReloadAnalyzersResponse> {
+public class ReloadAnalyzerAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ReloadAnalyzersResponse> {
 
     public static final ReloadAnalyzerAction INSTANCE = new ReloadAnalyzerAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/reload_analyzers";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/TransportFreezeIndexAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/TransportFreezeIndexAction.java
index 45e78022379e..582cc72ec922 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/TransportFreezeIndexAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/TransportFreezeIndexAction.java
@@ -236,11 +236,6 @@ public final class TransportFreezeIndexAction extends
             super(NAME);
         }
 
-        @Override
-        public FreezeResponse newResponse() {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-        }
-
         @Override
         public Writeable.Reader<FreezeResponse> getResponseReader() {
             return FreezeResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackInfoAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackInfoAction.java
index a47ce7a41c69..935e773ee168 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackInfoAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackInfoAction.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.protocol.xpack.XPackInfoResponse;
 
-public class XPackInfoAction extends Action<XPackInfoResponse> {
+public class XPackInfoAction extends StreamableResponseAction<XPackInfoResponse> {
 
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/info";
     public static final XPackInfoAction INSTANCE = new XPackInfoAction();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackInfoFeatureAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackInfoFeatureAction.java
index fd8b2853ee85..0602f0dcd12c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackInfoFeatureAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackInfoFeatureAction.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackField;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  * {@link XPackInfoAction} implementation iterates over the {@link #ALL} list of actions to form
  * the complete info result.
  */
-public class XPackInfoFeatureAction extends Action<XPackInfoFeatureResponse> {
+public class XPackInfoFeatureAction extends StreamableResponseAction<XPackInfoFeatureResponse> {
 
     private static final String BASE_NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/info/";
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageAction.java
index 40311a4e8845..68c7d05fbe37 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class XPackUsageAction extends Action<XPackUsageResponse> {
+public class XPackUsageAction extends StreamableResponseAction<XPackUsageResponse> {
 
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/usage";
     public static final XPackUsageAction INSTANCE = new XPackUsageAction();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageFeatureAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageFeatureAction.java
index e1d473f7dcf9..8f86e613b74d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageFeatureAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageFeatureAction.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackField;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  * {@link XPackUsageAction} implementationn iterates over the {@link #ALL} list of actions to form
  * the complete usage result.
  */
-public class XPackUsageFeatureAction extends Action<XPackUsageFeatureResponse> {
+public class XPackUsageFeatureAction extends StreamableResponseAction<XPackUsageFeatureResponse> {
 
     private static final String BASE_NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/usage/";
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/CcrStatsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/CcrStatsAction.java
index 5b2033443dcf..494cf3ec42a9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/CcrStatsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/CcrStatsAction.java
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ public class CcrStatsAction extends Action<CcrStatsAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/DeleteAutoFollowPatternAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/DeleteAutoFollowPatternAction.java
index e23e24d16648..3be27c7ff3fc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/DeleteAutoFollowPatternAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/DeleteAutoFollowPatternAction.java
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ public class DeleteAutoFollowPatternAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse>
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/FollowInfoAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/FollowInfoAction.java
index 122ae2b0a179..2bf96e670296 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/FollowInfoAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/FollowInfoAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class FollowInfoAction extends Action<FollowInfoAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/FollowStatsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/FollowStatsAction.java
index 72353f405cfe..a1be7b833252 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/FollowStatsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/FollowStatsAction.java
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ public class FollowStatsAction extends Action<FollowStatsAction.StatsResponses>
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public StatsResponses newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<StatsResponses> getResponseReader() {
         return StatsResponses::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/ForgetFollowerAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/ForgetFollowerAction.java
index d2a0b565496d..5ad9b60427f2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/ForgetFollowerAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/ForgetFollowerAction.java
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ccr.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.BroadcastRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.BroadcastResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class ForgetFollowerAction extends Action<BroadcastResponse> {
+public class ForgetFollowerAction extends StreamableResponseAction<BroadcastResponse> {
 
     public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/xpack/ccr/forget_follower";
     public static final ForgetFollowerAction INSTANCE = new ForgetFollowerAction();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/GetAutoFollowPatternAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/GetAutoFollowPatternAction.java
index cd37692da43a..81ce4093f632 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/GetAutoFollowPatternAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/GetAutoFollowPatternAction.java
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ public class GetAutoFollowPatternAction extends Action<GetAutoFollowPatternActio
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PauseFollowAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PauseFollowAction.java
index 748eb291f857..690d37af0ada 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PauseFollowAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PauseFollowAction.java
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ public class PauseFollowAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PutAutoFollowPatternAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PutAutoFollowPatternAction.java
index 716b999975cf..db7c5c051285 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PutAutoFollowPatternAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PutAutoFollowPatternAction.java
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ public class PutAutoFollowPatternAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PutFollowAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PutFollowAction.java
index 4d20e6d820de..83eea15ffe85 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PutFollowAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PutFollowAction.java
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ public final class PutFollowAction extends Action<PutFollowAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/ResumeFollowAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/ResumeFollowAction.java
index f22d4de0c8bd..fecbbe31d2b4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/ResumeFollowAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/ResumeFollowAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public final class ResumeFollowAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/UnfollowAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/UnfollowAction.java
index e7804eb21be0..832c6fcf1b24 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/UnfollowAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/UnfollowAction.java
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ public class UnfollowAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.java
index 20f16a6a21fd..cedd59e79e63 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.java
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ public class DeleteDataFrameTransformAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse>
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/GetDataFrameTransformsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/GetDataFrameTransformsAction.java
index d8bcf730012c..47ef20ffd500 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/GetDataFrameTransformsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/GetDataFrameTransformsAction.java
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ public class GetDataFrameTransformsAction extends Action<GetDataFrameTransformsA
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.java
index 1ee6024c6b31..8b17327c7d54 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.java
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@ public class GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction extends Action<GetDataFrameTransf
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/PreviewDataFrameTransformAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/PreviewDataFrameTransformAction.java
index 6108136a87b7..a01d0a50ac26 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/PreviewDataFrameTransformAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/PreviewDataFrameTransformAction.java
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ public class PreviewDataFrameTransformAction extends Action<PreviewDataFrameTran
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/PutDataFrameTransformAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/PutDataFrameTransformAction.java
index ff9af3ab85fa..a368ae043409 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/PutDataFrameTransformAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/PutDataFrameTransformAction.java
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ public class PutDataFrameTransformAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/StartDataFrameTransformAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/StartDataFrameTransformAction.java
index e2128a0f7180..e091e6c346d4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/StartDataFrameTransformAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/StartDataFrameTransformAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class StartDataFrameTransformAction extends Action<StartDataFrameTransfor
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/StartDataFrameTransformTaskAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/StartDataFrameTransformTaskAction.java
index fe453200fb2b..8e7e393c6c64 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/StartDataFrameTransformTaskAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/StartDataFrameTransformTaskAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class StartDataFrameTransformTaskAction extends Action<StartDataFrameTran
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/StopDataFrameTransformAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/StopDataFrameTransformAction.java
index 0cbe7a45b636..a3f79c5bc749 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/StopDataFrameTransformAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/action/StopDataFrameTransformAction.java
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ public class StopDataFrameTransformAction extends Action<StopDataFrameTransformA
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/deprecation/DeprecationInfoAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/deprecation/DeprecationInfoAction.java
index 54d260e32532..aebb319c39f1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/deprecation/DeprecationInfoAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/deprecation/DeprecationInfoAction.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.deprecation;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.IndicesRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.NodeInfo;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 
-public class DeprecationInfoAction extends Action<DeprecationInfoAction.Response> {
+public class DeprecationInfoAction extends StreamableResponseAction<DeprecationInfoAction.Response> {
 
     public static final DeprecationInfoAction INSTANCE = new DeprecationInfoAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/deprecation/info";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/deprecation/NodesDeprecationCheckAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/deprecation/NodesDeprecationCheckAction.java
index e27d70f97278..b7921ba9f4e2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/deprecation/NodesDeprecationCheckAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/deprecation/NodesDeprecationCheckAction.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.deprecation;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.BaseNodeRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.BaseNodeResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.NodesOperationRequestBuilder;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
  * Runs deprecation checks on each node. Deprecation checks are performed locally so that filtered settings
  * can be accessed in the deprecation checks.
  */
-public class NodesDeprecationCheckAction extends Action<NodesDeprecationCheckResponse> {
+public class NodesDeprecationCheckAction extends StreamableResponseAction<NodesDeprecationCheckResponse> {
     public static final NodesDeprecationCheckAction INSTANCE = new NodesDeprecationCheckAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/deprecation/nodes/info";
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/graph/action/GraphExploreAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/graph/action/GraphExploreAction.java
index e4fd8d043510..31725b3c0c22 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/graph/action/GraphExploreAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/graph/action/GraphExploreAction.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.graph.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.protocol.xpack.graph.GraphExploreResponse;
 
-public class GraphExploreAction extends Action<GraphExploreResponse> {
+public class GraphExploreAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GraphExploreResponse> {
 
     public static final GraphExploreAction INSTANCE = new GraphExploreAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/read/xpack/graph/explore";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/DeleteLifecycleAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/DeleteLifecycleAction.java
index ba0b5598403f..0416925f6e05 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/DeleteLifecycleAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/DeleteLifecycleAction.java
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ public class DeleteLifecycleAction extends Action<DeleteLifecycleAction.Response
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/ExplainLifecycleAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/ExplainLifecycleAction.java
index 5acbbcb4967f..b08ea01ac66c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/ExplainLifecycleAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/ExplainLifecycleAction.java
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.ExplainLifecycleResponse;
 
-public class ExplainLifecycleAction extends Action<ExplainLifecycleResponse> {
+public class ExplainLifecycleAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ExplainLifecycleResponse> {
     public static final ExplainLifecycleAction INSTANCE = new ExplainLifecycleAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/ilm/explain";
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/GetLifecycleAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/GetLifecycleAction.java
index aaa295354a85..3d346384702c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/GetLifecycleAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/GetLifecycleAction.java
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class GetLifecycleAction extends Action<GetLifecycleAction.Response> {
+public class GetLifecycleAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetLifecycleAction.Response> {
     public static final GetLifecycleAction INSTANCE = new GetLifecycleAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/ilm/get";
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/GetStatusAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/GetStatusAction.java
index 40765f0aa665..7fe301ff65e3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/GetStatusAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/GetStatusAction.java
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.OperationMode;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class GetStatusAction extends Action<GetStatusAction.Response> {
+public class GetStatusAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetStatusAction.Response> {
     public static final GetStatusAction INSTANCE = new GetStatusAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/ilm/operation_mode/get";
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/MoveToStepAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/MoveToStepAction.java
index 536e8534c900..d62ebd8bb9ba 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/MoveToStepAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/MoveToStepAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class MoveToStepAction extends Action<MoveToStepAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/PutLifecycleAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/PutLifecycleAction.java
index 5920b5d8ef59..a7ca96ba83a0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/PutLifecycleAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/PutLifecycleAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class PutLifecycleAction extends Action<PutLifecycleAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyAction.java
index 0e530baa57f0..2de8e31d1714 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyAction.java
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.IndicesRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyAction extends Action<RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyAction.Response> {
+public class RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyAction extends StreamableResponseAction<RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyAction.Response> {
     public static final RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyAction INSTANCE = new RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:admin/ilm/remove_policy";
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RetryAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RetryAction.java
index 25cce3e5cf0e..227c131d2499 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RetryAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RetryAction.java
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ public class RetryAction extends Action<RetryAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/StartILMAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/StartILMAction.java
index a55d14e3f362..b0910ee399e7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/StartILMAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/StartILMAction.java
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ public class StartILMAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/StopILMAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/StopILMAction.java
index fc4a7a469e47..7345b9652f63 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/StopILMAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/StopILMAction.java
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ public class StopILMAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/CloseJobAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/CloseJobAction.java
index 95ec597bb9cd..de49c59783bf 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/CloseJobAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/CloseJobAction.java
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ public class CloseJobAction extends Action<CloseJobAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteCalendarAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteCalendarAction.java
index dac62ba09a5f..cee7b3cf0f4e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteCalendarAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteCalendarAction.java
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ public class DeleteCalendarAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteCalendarEventAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteCalendarEventAction.java
index 07c1575716c6..a97ae6e69b8e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteCalendarEventAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteCalendarEventAction.java
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ public class DeleteCalendarEventAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
index 9a777b23a4bb..b7090051a3d6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class DeleteDataFrameAnalyticsAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse>
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteDatafeedAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteDatafeedAction.java
index 4b7de0d912f4..04aa405c6f6c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteDatafeedAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteDatafeedAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class DeleteDatafeedAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteExpiredDataAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteExpiredDataAction.java
index 271d8ad5fa33..f9a661827b69 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteExpiredDataAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteExpiredDataAction.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class DeleteExpiredDataAction extends Action<DeleteExpiredDataAction.Response> {
+public class DeleteExpiredDataAction extends StreamableResponseAction<DeleteExpiredDataAction.Response> {
 
     public static final DeleteExpiredDataAction INSTANCE = new DeleteExpiredDataAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/delete_expired_data";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteFilterAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteFilterAction.java
index 6f1a6e72613f..564e6f59534b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteFilterAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteFilterAction.java
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ public class DeleteFilterAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteForecastAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteForecastAction.java
index 658cc8befeec..055ae54702cc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteForecastAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteForecastAction.java
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ public class DeleteForecastAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteJobAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteJobAction.java
index 37dcb8450f68..24c403f9397c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteJobAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteJobAction.java
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ public class DeleteJobAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteModelSnapshotAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteModelSnapshotAction.java
index 1a5181898a4b..850543cf9509 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteModelSnapshotAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteModelSnapshotAction.java
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ public class DeleteModelSnapshotAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/EvaluateDataFrameAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/EvaluateDataFrameAction.java
index eec58428d55c..f8a8efebb1ce 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/EvaluateDataFrameAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/EvaluateDataFrameAction.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class EvaluateDataFrameAction extends Action<EvaluateDataFrameAction.Response> {
+public class EvaluateDataFrameAction extends StreamableResponseAction<EvaluateDataFrameAction.Response> {
 
     public static final EvaluateDataFrameAction INSTANCE = new EvaluateDataFrameAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/ml/data_frame/evaluate";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FinalizeJobExecutionAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FinalizeJobExecutionAction.java
index 4e081ad1ceee..bd9e0107c4b6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FinalizeJobExecutionAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FinalizeJobExecutionAction.java
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ public class FinalizeJobExecutionAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FindFileStructureAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FindFileStructureAction.java
index 5961a2305eaa..beffcd08f251 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FindFileStructureAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FindFileStructureAction.java
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 
-public class FindFileStructureAction extends Action<FindFileStructureAction.Response> {
+public class FindFileStructureAction extends StreamableResponseAction<FindFileStructureAction.Response> {
 
     public static final FindFileStructureAction INSTANCE = new FindFileStructureAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/ml/findfilestructure";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FlushJobAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FlushJobAction.java
index b73d2b502a49..e54be42ba342 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FlushJobAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FlushJobAction.java
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ public class FlushJobAction extends Action<FlushJobAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/ForecastJobAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/ForecastJobAction.java
index fb107579c6e6..16010047f157 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/ForecastJobAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/ForecastJobAction.java
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ public class ForecastJobAction extends Action<ForecastJobAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetBucketsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetBucketsAction.java
index f0be0f74bfd0..a75fc44e2700 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetBucketsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetBucketsAction.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class GetBucketsAction extends Action<GetBucketsAction.Response> {
+public class GetBucketsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetBucketsAction.Response> {
 
     public static final GetBucketsAction INSTANCE = new GetBucketsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/ml/job/results/buckets/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetCalendarEventsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetCalendarEventsAction.java
index c2d25590513e..342fab6a77ce 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetCalendarEventsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetCalendarEventsAction.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class GetCalendarEventsAction extends Action<GetCalendarEventsAction.Response> {
+public class GetCalendarEventsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetCalendarEventsAction.Response> {
     public static final GetCalendarEventsAction INSTANCE = new GetCalendarEventsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/ml/calendars/events/get";
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetCalendarsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetCalendarsAction.java
index 3165e7f29cae..d172f88116f3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetCalendarsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetCalendarsAction.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 
-public class GetCalendarsAction extends Action<GetCalendarsAction.Response> {
+public class GetCalendarsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetCalendarsAction.Response> {
 
     public static final GetCalendarsAction INSTANCE = new GetCalendarsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/ml/calendars/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetCategoriesAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetCategoriesAction.java
index 3048f7b2bdda..b35fdc321de3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetCategoriesAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetCategoriesAction.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 
-public class GetCategoriesAction extends Action<GetCategoriesAction.Response> {
+public class GetCategoriesAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetCategoriesAction.Response> {
 
     public static final GetCategoriesAction INSTANCE = new GetCategoriesAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/ml/job/results/categories/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
index 92233fbb2769..12772fd0962d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.dataframe.DataFrameAnalyticsConfig;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
-public class GetDataFrameAnalyticsAction extends Action<GetDataFrameAnalyticsAction.Response> {
+public class GetDataFrameAnalyticsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetDataFrameAnalyticsAction.Response> {
 
     public static final GetDataFrameAnalyticsAction INSTANCE = new GetDataFrameAnalyticsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/data_frame/analytics/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDataFrameAnalyticsStatsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDataFrameAnalyticsStatsAction.java
index b14feaa8839f..878b2c2d0dd2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDataFrameAnalyticsStatsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDataFrameAnalyticsStatsAction.java
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ public class GetDataFrameAnalyticsStatsAction extends Action<GetDataFrameAnalyti
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDatafeedsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDatafeedsAction.java
index 950fa58af95c..ec385ab8e453 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDatafeedsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDatafeedsAction.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class GetDatafeedsAction extends Action<GetDatafeedsAction.Response> {
+public class GetDatafeedsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetDatafeedsAction.Response> {
 
     public static final GetDatafeedsAction INSTANCE = new GetDatafeedsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/ml/datafeeds/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDatafeedsStatsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDatafeedsStatsAction.java
index 39055501444f..7d8996b3fc79 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDatafeedsStatsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDatafeedsStatsAction.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class GetDatafeedsStatsAction extends Action<GetDatafeedsStatsAction.Response> {
+public class GetDatafeedsStatsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetDatafeedsStatsAction.Response> {
 
     public static final GetDatafeedsStatsAction INSTANCE = new GetDatafeedsStatsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/ml/datafeeds/stats/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetFiltersAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetFiltersAction.java
index d63dfc39d732..5ad21ccd0d16 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetFiltersAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetFiltersAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.StatusToXContentObject;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.action.util.PageParams;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.action.util.QueryPage;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.config.MlFilter;
 
-
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 
 
-public class GetFiltersAction extends Action<GetFiltersAction.Response> {
+public class GetFiltersAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetFiltersAction.Response> {
 
     public static final GetFiltersAction INSTANCE = new GetFiltersAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/filters/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetInfluencersAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetInfluencersAction.java
index a15336a97c09..5c0e79e1fb0a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetInfluencersAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetInfluencersAction.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class GetInfluencersAction
-extends Action<GetInfluencersAction.Response> {
+public class GetInfluencersAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetInfluencersAction.Response> {
 
     public static final GetInfluencersAction INSTANCE = new GetInfluencersAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/ml/job/results/influencers/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetJobsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetJobsAction.java
index 98b1eb7a118f..510996d01897 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetJobsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetJobsAction.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class GetJobsAction extends Action<GetJobsAction.Response> {
+public class GetJobsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetJobsAction.Response> {
 
     public static final GetJobsAction INSTANCE = new GetJobsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/ml/job/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetJobsStatsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetJobsStatsAction.java
index 4726f95c80db..0767913dfdcb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetJobsStatsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetJobsStatsAction.java
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ public class GetJobsStatsAction extends Action<GetJobsStatsAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetModelSnapshotsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetModelSnapshotsAction.java
index 1fc93b68e1af..edbb6f506a6b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetModelSnapshotsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetModelSnapshotsAction.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class GetModelSnapshotsAction extends Action<GetModelSnapshotsAction.Response> {
+public class GetModelSnapshotsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetModelSnapshotsAction.Response> {
 
     public static final GetModelSnapshotsAction INSTANCE = new GetModelSnapshotsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/ml/job/model_snapshots/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetOverallBucketsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetOverallBucketsAction.java
index da1bc74da485..8f35319d2489 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetOverallBucketsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetOverallBucketsAction.java
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchParseException;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import java.util.function.LongSupplier;
  * the interval.
  * </p>
  */
-public class GetOverallBucketsAction extends Action<GetOverallBucketsAction.Response> {
+public class GetOverallBucketsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetOverallBucketsAction.Response> {
 
     public static final GetOverallBucketsAction INSTANCE = new GetOverallBucketsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/ml/job/results/overall_buckets/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetRecordsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetRecordsAction.java
index 46eeca8c7006..41d7447fc5b6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetRecordsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetRecordsAction.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class GetRecordsAction extends Action<GetRecordsAction.Response> {
+public class GetRecordsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetRecordsAction.Response> {
 
     public static final GetRecordsAction INSTANCE = new GetRecordsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/ml/job/results/records/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/IsolateDatafeedAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/IsolateDatafeedAction.java
index 8f681472ee8b..33667fd27f89 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/IsolateDatafeedAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/IsolateDatafeedAction.java
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ public class IsolateDatafeedAction extends Action<IsolateDatafeedAction.Response
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/KillProcessAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/KillProcessAction.java
index df54d693f75f..f3f35f98ba13 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/KillProcessAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/KillProcessAction.java
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ public class KillProcessAction extends Action<KillProcessAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/MlInfoAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/MlInfoAction.java
index b0d635202c9f..43db4a057844 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/MlInfoAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/MlInfoAction.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class MlInfoAction extends Action<MlInfoAction.Response> {
+public class MlInfoAction extends StreamableResponseAction<MlInfoAction.Response> {
 
     public static final MlInfoAction INSTANCE = new MlInfoAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/ml/info/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/OpenJobAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/OpenJobAction.java
index 55694894790f..84b2457d96e2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/OpenJobAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/OpenJobAction.java
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ public class OpenJobAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PersistJobAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PersistJobAction.java
index 3de585efc464..6520e669e713 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PersistJobAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PersistJobAction.java
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ public class PersistJobAction extends Action<PersistJobAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PostCalendarEventsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PostCalendarEventsAction.java
index ae68b2fdb26a..6c10561a40c4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PostCalendarEventsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PostCalendarEventsAction.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-public class PostCalendarEventsAction extends Action<PostCalendarEventsAction.Response> {
+public class PostCalendarEventsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PostCalendarEventsAction.Response> {
     public static final PostCalendarEventsAction INSTANCE = new PostCalendarEventsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/calendars/events/post";
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PostDataAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PostDataAction.java
index 0393f2c46393..2b814f64cb92 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PostDataAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PostDataAction.java
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ public class PostDataAction extends Action<PostDataAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PreviewDatafeedAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PreviewDatafeedAction.java
index af8a99b9828b..b1a48aea5d8b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PreviewDatafeedAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PreviewDatafeedAction.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class PreviewDatafeedAction extends Action<PreviewDatafeedAction.Response> {
+public class PreviewDatafeedAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PreviewDatafeedAction.Response> {
 
     public static final PreviewDatafeedAction INSTANCE = new PreviewDatafeedAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/datafeeds/preview";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutCalendarAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutCalendarAction.java
index 0314103a3006..7d08662e4d95 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutCalendarAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutCalendarAction.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 
-public class PutCalendarAction extends Action<PutCalendarAction.Response>  {
+public class PutCalendarAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PutCalendarAction.Response> {
     public static final PutCalendarAction INSTANCE = new PutCalendarAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/calendars/put";
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
index e447aa70109e..6034257eb8c8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.messages.Messages;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class PutDataFrameAnalyticsAction extends Action<PutDataFrameAnalyticsAction.Response> {
+public class PutDataFrameAnalyticsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PutDataFrameAnalyticsAction.Response> {
 
     public static final PutDataFrameAnalyticsAction INSTANCE = new PutDataFrameAnalyticsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/data_frame/analytics/put";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDatafeedAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDatafeedAction.java
index 1ac325b86453..fd12d1949077 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDatafeedAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDatafeedAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.datafeed.DatafeedConfig;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class PutDatafeedAction extends Action<PutDatafeedAction.Response> {
+public class PutDatafeedAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PutDatafeedAction.Response> {
 
     public static final PutDatafeedAction INSTANCE = new PutDatafeedAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/datafeeds/put";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutFilterAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutFilterAction.java
index 0ed5e8f22aad..940f5afd24df 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutFilterAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutFilterAction.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 
-public class PutFilterAction extends Action<PutFilterAction.Response> {
+public class PutFilterAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PutFilterAction.Response> {
 
     public static final PutFilterAction INSTANCE = new PutFilterAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/filters/put";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutJobAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutJobAction.java
index 2ae19c4f3225..f130cdfd5934 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutJobAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutJobAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class PutJobAction extends Action<PutJobAction.Response> {
+public class PutJobAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PutJobAction.Response> {
 
     public static final PutJobAction INSTANCE = new PutJobAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/job/put";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/RevertModelSnapshotAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/RevertModelSnapshotAction.java
index cae1efb7e7a3..6905357eefe9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/RevertModelSnapshotAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/RevertModelSnapshotAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class RevertModelSnapshotAction extends Action<RevertModelSnapshotAction.Response> {
+public class RevertModelSnapshotAction extends StreamableResponseAction<RevertModelSnapshotAction.Response> {
 
     public static final RevertModelSnapshotAction INSTANCE = new RevertModelSnapshotAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/job/model_snapshots/revert";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/SetUpgradeModeAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/SetUpgradeModeAction.java
index b3a595d6d112..43737b12e533 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/SetUpgradeModeAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/SetUpgradeModeAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class SetUpgradeModeAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StartDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StartDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
index d722198bdfae..fc5a22f2c6e0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StartDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StartDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ public class StartDataFrameAnalyticsAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse>
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StartDatafeedAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StartDatafeedAction.java
index a4a4f4bd40af..8d229f0a60a7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StartDatafeedAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StartDatafeedAction.java
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ public class StartDatafeedAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StopDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StopDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
index 43d382147fd6..f7010a5b43f2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StopDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StopDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@ public class StopDataFrameAnalyticsAction extends Action<StopDataFrameAnalyticsA
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StopDatafeedAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StopDatafeedAction.java
index 0021040c6980..8db85e4146ef 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StopDatafeedAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StopDatafeedAction.java
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ public class StopDatafeedAction extends Action<StopDatafeedAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateCalendarJobAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateCalendarJobAction.java
index e70a2e3189b0..e4591860c637 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateCalendarJobAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateCalendarJobAction.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class UpdateCalendarJobAction extends Action<PutCalendarAction.Response> {
+public class UpdateCalendarJobAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PutCalendarAction.Response> {
     public static final UpdateCalendarJobAction INSTANCE = new UpdateCalendarJobAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/calendars/jobs/update";
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateDatafeedAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateDatafeedAction.java
index 6ba34efa839b..920c2861af53 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateDatafeedAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateDatafeedAction.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.datafeed.DatafeedUpdate;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class UpdateDatafeedAction extends Action<PutDatafeedAction.Response> {
+public class UpdateDatafeedAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PutDatafeedAction.Response> {
 
     public static final UpdateDatafeedAction INSTANCE = new UpdateDatafeedAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/datafeeds/update";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateFilterAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateFilterAction.java
index 57b3d3457d73..e4869b4cb32b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateFilterAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateFilterAction.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import java.util.SortedSet;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 
 
-public class UpdateFilterAction extends Action<PutFilterAction.Response> {
+public class UpdateFilterAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PutFilterAction.Response> {
 
     public static final UpdateFilterAction INSTANCE = new UpdateFilterAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/filters/update";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateJobAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateJobAction.java
index 3e1b0ea6b3c5..f317910e76fd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateJobAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateJobAction.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class UpdateJobAction extends Action<PutJobAction.Response> {
+public class UpdateJobAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PutJobAction.Response> {
     public static final UpdateJobAction INSTANCE = new UpdateJobAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/job/update";
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateModelSnapshotAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateModelSnapshotAction.java
index 1414719693f2..b450280f5ee8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateModelSnapshotAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateModelSnapshotAction.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class UpdateModelSnapshotAction extends Action<UpdateModelSnapshotAction.Response> {
+public class UpdateModelSnapshotAction extends StreamableResponseAction<UpdateModelSnapshotAction.Response> {
 
     public static final UpdateModelSnapshotAction INSTANCE = new UpdateModelSnapshotAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/ml/job/model_snapshots/update";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateProcessAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateProcessAction.java
index 6a8e1703ad1f..922bcfbfe309 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateProcessAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateProcessAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class UpdateProcessAction extends Action<UpdateProcessAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/ValidateDetectorAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/ValidateDetectorAction.java
index 84ea265fba64..4d6c61d8ebc7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/ValidateDetectorAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/ValidateDetectorAction.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public class ValidateDetectorAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/ValidateJobConfigAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/ValidateJobConfigAction.java
index 48da2603c70a..80a7f9fd6cab 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/ValidateJobConfigAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/ValidateJobConfigAction.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public class ValidateJobConfigAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkAction.java
index 49fb085191e4..3cb68b78177b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.monitoring.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class MonitoringBulkAction extends Action<MonitoringBulkResponse> {
+public class MonitoringBulkAction extends StreamableResponseAction<MonitoringBulkResponse> {
 
     public static final MonitoringBulkAction INSTANCE = new MonitoringBulkAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/monitoring/bulk";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/DeleteRollupJobAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/DeleteRollupJobAction.java
index 92a1a07ded02..a17c5314b1c9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/DeleteRollupJobAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/DeleteRollupJobAction.java
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ public class DeleteRollupJobAction extends Action<DeleteRollupJobAction.Response
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupCapsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupCapsAction.java
index f544c21a15c9..fb2345847feb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupCapsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupCapsAction.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.rollup.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent.Params;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentFragment;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class GetRollupCapsAction extends Action<GetRollupCapsAction.Response> {
+public class GetRollupCapsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetRollupCapsAction.Response> {
 
     public static final GetRollupCapsAction INSTANCE = new GetRollupCapsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/rollup/get/caps";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupIndexCapsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupIndexCapsAction.java
index 9dcd673c39fb..60bc70247a9d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupIndexCapsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupIndexCapsAction.java
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.rollup.action;
 
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.IndicesRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent.Params;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentFragment;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class GetRollupIndexCapsAction extends Action<GetRollupIndexCapsAction.Response> {
+public class GetRollupIndexCapsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetRollupIndexCapsAction.Response> {
 
     public static final GetRollupIndexCapsAction INSTANCE = new GetRollupIndexCapsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/read/xpack/rollup/get/index/caps";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupJobsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupJobsAction.java
index 913e544e7419..13bd4c231e1c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupJobsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupJobsAction.java
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ public class GetRollupJobsAction extends Action<GetRollupJobsAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/PutRollupJobAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/PutRollupJobAction.java
index d9900e53eff7..2fb2444ebfcb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/PutRollupJobAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/PutRollupJobAction.java
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ public class PutRollupJobAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/RollupSearchAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/RollupSearchAction.java
index c6eecca5e3d8..0e80c9edf2d8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/RollupSearchAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/RollupSearchAction.java
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ public class RollupSearchAction extends Action<SearchResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public SearchResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<SearchResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return SearchResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/StartRollupJobAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/StartRollupJobAction.java
index ca2a5cd8d726..dbe5a1ea59c1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/StartRollupJobAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/StartRollupJobAction.java
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ public class StartRollupJobAction extends Action<StartRollupJobAction.Response>
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/StopRollupJobAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/StopRollupJobAction.java
index 6b4a743ef2b3..fb1dfc4458dd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/StopRollupJobAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/StopRollupJobAction.java
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ public class StopRollupJobAction extends Action<StopRollupJobAction.Response> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Response newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<Response> getResponseReader() {
         return Response::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/CreateApiKeyAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/CreateApiKeyAction.java
index 5d211ea70b52..1497962baf6e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/CreateApiKeyAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/CreateApiKeyAction.java
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ public final class CreateApiKeyAction extends Action<CreateApiKeyResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public CreateApiKeyResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<CreateApiKeyResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return CreateApiKeyResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/GetApiKeyAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/GetApiKeyAction.java
index 2af331909a3a..d405c78e6d26 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/GetApiKeyAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/GetApiKeyAction.java
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ public final class GetApiKeyAction extends Action<GetApiKeyResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public GetApiKeyResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<GetApiKeyResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return GetApiKeyResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/InvalidateApiKeyAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/InvalidateApiKeyAction.java
index 0f5c7e66e724..de51379fca51 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/InvalidateApiKeyAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/InvalidateApiKeyAction.java
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ public final class InvalidateApiKeyAction extends Action<InvalidateApiKeyRespons
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public InvalidateApiKeyResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<InvalidateApiKeyResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return InvalidateApiKeyResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectAuthenticateAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectAuthenticateAction.java
index b27a71e202e5..90397d414653 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectAuthenticateAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectAuthenticateAction.java
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ public final class OpenIdConnectAuthenticateAction extends Action<OpenIdConnectA
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public OpenIdConnectAuthenticateResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<OpenIdConnectAuthenticateResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return OpenIdConnectAuthenticateResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectLogoutAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectLogoutAction.java
index 482484a7dede..18d6f73ecb65 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectLogoutAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectLogoutAction.java
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ public class OpenIdConnectLogoutAction extends Action<OpenIdConnectLogoutRespons
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public OpenIdConnectLogoutResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<OpenIdConnectLogoutResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return OpenIdConnectLogoutResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectPrepareAuthenticationAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectPrepareAuthenticationAction.java
index 2aa82c7286ce..c1e0c3586a60 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectPrepareAuthenticationAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectPrepareAuthenticationAction.java
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ public class OpenIdConnectPrepareAuthenticationAction extends Action<OpenIdConne
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public OpenIdConnectPrepareAuthenticationResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<OpenIdConnectPrepareAuthenticationResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return OpenIdConnectPrepareAuthenticationResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/DeletePrivilegesAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/DeletePrivilegesAction.java
index a36d2fdec74c..303dc37b1b61 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/DeletePrivilegesAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/DeletePrivilegesAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.privilege;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for deleting application privileges.
  */
-public final class DeletePrivilegesAction extends Action<DeletePrivilegesResponse> {
+public final class DeletePrivilegesAction extends StreamableResponseAction<DeletePrivilegesResponse> {
 
     public static final DeletePrivilegesAction INSTANCE = new DeletePrivilegesAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/privilege/delete";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/GetPrivilegesAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/GetPrivilegesAction.java
index 0b8743228c52..b7a9af806d68 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/GetPrivilegesAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/GetPrivilegesAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.privilege;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for retrieving one or more application privileges from the security index
  */
-public final class GetPrivilegesAction extends Action<GetPrivilegesResponse> {
+public final class GetPrivilegesAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetPrivilegesResponse> {
 
     public static final GetPrivilegesAction INSTANCE = new GetPrivilegesAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/privilege/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/PutPrivilegesAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/PutPrivilegesAction.java
index 3743bec144f2..21532514bc4b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/PutPrivilegesAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/PutPrivilegesAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.privilege;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for putting (adding/updating) one or more application privileges.
  */
-public final class PutPrivilegesAction extends Action<PutPrivilegesResponse> {
+public final class PutPrivilegesAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PutPrivilegesResponse> {
 
     public static final PutPrivilegesAction INSTANCE = new PutPrivilegesAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/privilege/put";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/realm/ClearRealmCacheAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/realm/ClearRealmCacheAction.java
index 7c3cd58a7f46..481cb82b3040 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/realm/ClearRealmCacheAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/realm/ClearRealmCacheAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.realm;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class ClearRealmCacheAction extends Action<ClearRealmCacheResponse> {
+public class ClearRealmCacheAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ClearRealmCacheResponse> {
 
     public static final ClearRealmCacheAction INSTANCE = new ClearRealmCacheAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/realm/cache/clear";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/ClearRolesCacheAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/ClearRolesCacheAction.java
index 096b5380181f..b5ec964d64b7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/ClearRolesCacheAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/ClearRolesCacheAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.role;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * The action for clearing the cache used by native roles that are stored in an index.
  */
-public class ClearRolesCacheAction extends Action<ClearRolesCacheResponse> {
+public class ClearRolesCacheAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ClearRolesCacheResponse> {
 
     public static final ClearRolesCacheAction INSTANCE = new ClearRolesCacheAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/roles/cache/clear";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/DeleteRoleAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/DeleteRoleAction.java
index 6130f107fb72..c58a78b76578 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/DeleteRoleAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/DeleteRoleAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.role;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for deleting a role from the security index
  */
-public class DeleteRoleAction extends Action<DeleteRoleResponse> {
+public class DeleteRoleAction extends StreamableResponseAction<DeleteRoleResponse> {
 
     public static final DeleteRoleAction INSTANCE = new DeleteRoleAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/role/delete";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/GetRolesAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/GetRolesAction.java
index 53126440afb9..cc05e314b15b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/GetRolesAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/GetRolesAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.role;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action to retrieve a role from the security index
  */
-public class GetRolesAction extends Action<GetRolesResponse> {
+public class GetRolesAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetRolesResponse> {
 
     public static final GetRolesAction INSTANCE = new GetRolesAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/role/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/PutRoleAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/PutRoleAction.java
index 8396625e262f..692429bc0e85 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/PutRoleAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/PutRoleAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.role;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for adding a role to the security index
  */
-public class PutRoleAction extends Action<PutRoleResponse> {
+public class PutRoleAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PutRoleResponse> {
 
     public static final PutRoleAction INSTANCE = new PutRoleAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/role/put";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/DeleteRoleMappingAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/DeleteRoleMappingAction.java
index 6057daf95953..43fab6a5a6f5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/DeleteRoleMappingAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/DeleteRoleMappingAction.java
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.rolemapping;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for deleting a role-mapping from the
  * org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.support.mapper.NativeRoleMappingStore
  */
-public class DeleteRoleMappingAction extends Action<DeleteRoleMappingResponse> {
+public class DeleteRoleMappingAction extends StreamableResponseAction<DeleteRoleMappingResponse> {
 
     public static final DeleteRoleMappingAction INSTANCE = new DeleteRoleMappingAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/role_mapping/delete";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/GetRoleMappingsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/GetRoleMappingsAction.java
index e1488bf70913..39f410e42c18 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/GetRoleMappingsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/GetRoleMappingsAction.java
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.rolemapping;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action to retrieve one or more role-mappings from X-Pack security
  *
  * see org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.support.mapper.NativeRoleMappingStore
  */
-public class GetRoleMappingsAction extends Action<GetRoleMappingsResponse> {
+public class GetRoleMappingsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetRoleMappingsResponse> {
 
     public static final GetRoleMappingsAction INSTANCE = new GetRoleMappingsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/role_mapping/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/PutRoleMappingAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/PutRoleMappingAction.java
index 9c3068adf127..8464c1f81773 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/PutRoleMappingAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/PutRoleMappingAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.rolemapping;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for adding a role to the security index
  */
-public class PutRoleMappingAction extends Action<PutRoleMappingResponse> {
+public class PutRoleMappingAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PutRoleMappingResponse> {
 
     public static final PutRoleMappingAction INSTANCE = new PutRoleMappingAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/role_mapping/put";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlAuthenticateAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlAuthenticateAction.java
index fca733a3938a..7cf767fbf829 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlAuthenticateAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlAuthenticateAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.saml;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for authenticating using SAML assertions
  */
-public final class SamlAuthenticateAction extends Action<SamlAuthenticateResponse> {
+public final class SamlAuthenticateAction extends StreamableResponseAction<SamlAuthenticateResponse> {
 
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/saml/authenticate";
     public static final SamlAuthenticateAction INSTANCE = new SamlAuthenticateAction();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlInvalidateSessionAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlInvalidateSessionAction.java
index dc5aa0962756..4b937657c676 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlInvalidateSessionAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlInvalidateSessionAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.saml;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action to perform IdP-initiated logout for a SAML-SSO user
  */
-public final class SamlInvalidateSessionAction extends Action<SamlInvalidateSessionResponse> {
+public final class SamlInvalidateSessionAction extends StreamableResponseAction<SamlInvalidateSessionResponse> {
 
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/saml/invalidate";
     public static final SamlInvalidateSessionAction INSTANCE = new SamlInvalidateSessionAction();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlLogoutAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlLogoutAction.java
index 9ea3a29ca4ad..994064950dbd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlLogoutAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlLogoutAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.saml;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for initiating a logout process for a SAML-SSO user
  */
-public final class SamlLogoutAction extends Action<SamlLogoutResponse> {
+public final class SamlLogoutAction extends StreamableResponseAction<SamlLogoutResponse> {
 
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/saml/logout";
     public static final SamlLogoutAction INSTANCE = new SamlLogoutAction();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlPrepareAuthenticationAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlPrepareAuthenticationAction.java
index 12ad23ca5019..035530bf7528 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlPrepareAuthenticationAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlPrepareAuthenticationAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.saml;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for initiating an authentication process using SAML assertions
  */
-public final class SamlPrepareAuthenticationAction extends Action<SamlPrepareAuthenticationResponse> {
+public final class SamlPrepareAuthenticationAction extends StreamableResponseAction<SamlPrepareAuthenticationResponse> {
 
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/saml/prepare";
     public static final SamlPrepareAuthenticationAction INSTANCE = new SamlPrepareAuthenticationAction();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/CreateTokenAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/CreateTokenAction.java
index 7b913f594e58..2e5f25775f55 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/CreateTokenAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/CreateTokenAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.token;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for creating a new token
  */
-public final class CreateTokenAction extends Action<CreateTokenResponse> {
+public final class CreateTokenAction extends StreamableResponseAction<CreateTokenResponse> {
 
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/token/create";
     public static final CreateTokenAction INSTANCE = new CreateTokenAction();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/InvalidateTokenAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/InvalidateTokenAction.java
index 57bd5bd35dd0..77538144b75f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/InvalidateTokenAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/InvalidateTokenAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.token;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for invalidating one or more tokens
  */
-public final class InvalidateTokenAction extends Action<InvalidateTokenResponse> {
+public final class InvalidateTokenAction extends StreamableResponseAction<InvalidateTokenResponse> {
 
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/token/invalidate";
     public static final InvalidateTokenAction INSTANCE = new InvalidateTokenAction();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/RefreshTokenAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/RefreshTokenAction.java
index 3478af2ec00f..f57720228a91 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/RefreshTokenAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/RefreshTokenAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.token;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public final class RefreshTokenAction extends Action<CreateTokenResponse> {
+public final class RefreshTokenAction extends StreamableResponseAction<CreateTokenResponse> {
 
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/token/refresh";
     public static final RefreshTokenAction INSTANCE = new RefreshTokenAction();
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ public final class RefreshTokenAction extends Action<CreateTokenResponse> {
     public CreateTokenResponse newResponse() {
         return new CreateTokenResponse();
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/AuthenticateAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/AuthenticateAction.java
index 18cfe85c8cb0..b0b98023399c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/AuthenticateAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/AuthenticateAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.user;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class AuthenticateAction extends Action<AuthenticateResponse> {
+public class AuthenticateAction extends StreamableResponseAction<AuthenticateResponse> {
 
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/user/authenticate";
     public static final AuthenticateAction INSTANCE = new AuthenticateAction();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/ChangePasswordAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/ChangePasswordAction.java
index d01717a64ead..afac98c6e83e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/ChangePasswordAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/ChangePasswordAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.user;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class ChangePasswordAction extends Action<ChangePasswordResponse> {
+public class ChangePasswordAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ChangePasswordResponse> {
 
     public static final ChangePasswordAction INSTANCE = new ChangePasswordAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/user/change_password";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/DeleteUserAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/DeleteUserAction.java
index 78666759dc0a..ebd378ba1d4e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/DeleteUserAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/DeleteUserAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.user;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for deleting a native user.
  */
-public class DeleteUserAction extends Action<DeleteUserResponse> {
+public class DeleteUserAction extends StreamableResponseAction<DeleteUserResponse> {
 
     public static final DeleteUserAction INSTANCE = new DeleteUserAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/user/delete";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUserPrivilegesAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUserPrivilegesAction.java
index 6d51d74d8996..027a5e2d1ff6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUserPrivilegesAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUserPrivilegesAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.user;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action that lists the set of privileges held by a user.
  */
-public final class GetUserPrivilegesAction extends Action<GetUserPrivilegesResponse> {
+public final class GetUserPrivilegesAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetUserPrivilegesResponse> {
 
     public static final GetUserPrivilegesAction INSTANCE = new GetUserPrivilegesAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/user/list_privileges";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUsersAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUsersAction.java
index 49532049ba90..78a0750c0b95 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUsersAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUsersAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.user;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for retrieving a user from the security index
  */
-public class GetUsersAction extends Action<GetUsersResponse> {
+public class GetUsersAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetUsersResponse> {
 
     public static final GetUsersAction INSTANCE = new GetUsersAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/user/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/HasPrivilegesAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/HasPrivilegesAction.java
index 30bb44a2c1c3..f97006a86527 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/HasPrivilegesAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/HasPrivilegesAction.java
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.user;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.authz.RoleDescriptor;
 
 /**
  * This action is testing whether a user has the specified
  * {@link RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges privileges}
  */
-public class HasPrivilegesAction extends Action<HasPrivilegesResponse> {
+public class HasPrivilegesAction extends StreamableResponseAction<HasPrivilegesResponse> {
 
     public static final HasPrivilegesAction INSTANCE = new HasPrivilegesAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/user/has_privileges";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/PutUserAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/PutUserAction.java
index 20bbde2366b5..ad0ad300b50f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/PutUserAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/PutUserAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.user;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Action for putting (adding/updating) a native user.
  */
-public class PutUserAction extends Action<PutUserResponse> {
+public class PutUserAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PutUserResponse> {
 
     public static final PutUserAction INSTANCE = new PutUserAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/user/put";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/SetEnabledAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/SetEnabledAction.java
index 0368cdf7d7db..dad4d5ce2f56 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/SetEnabledAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/SetEnabledAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.user;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * This action is for setting the enabled flag on a native or reserved user
  */
-public class SetEnabledAction extends Action<SetEnabledResponse> {
+public class SetEnabledAction extends StreamableResponseAction<SetEnabledResponse> {
 
     public static final SetEnabledAction INSTANCE = new SetEnabledAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/security/user/set_enabled";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/action/GetCertificateInfoAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/action/GetCertificateInfoAction.java
index 4e1a84773db7..64e4f8730fd5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/action/GetCertificateInfoAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/action/GetCertificateInfoAction.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
  * Action to obtain information about X.509 (SSL/TLS) certificates that are being used by X-Pack.
  * The primary use case is for tracking the expiry dates of certificates.
  */
-public class GetCertificateInfoAction extends Action<GetCertificateInfoAction.Response> {
+public class GetCertificateInfoAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetCertificateInfoAction.Response> {
 
     public static final GetCertificateInfoAction INSTANCE = new GetCertificateInfoAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/ssl/certificates/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/upgrade/actions/IndexUpgradeAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/upgrade/actions/IndexUpgradeAction.java
index 89279f4ea31c..370b137e572a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/upgrade/actions/IndexUpgradeAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/upgrade/actions/IndexUpgradeAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.upgrade.actions;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.IndicesRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadRequest;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.upgrade.IndexUpgradeServiceFields.UPGRADE_INDEX_OPTIONS;
 
-public class IndexUpgradeAction extends Action<BulkByScrollResponse> {
+public class IndexUpgradeAction extends StreamableResponseAction<BulkByScrollResponse> {
 
     public static final IndexUpgradeAction INSTANCE = new IndexUpgradeAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/upgrade";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/upgrade/actions/IndexUpgradeInfoAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/upgrade/actions/IndexUpgradeInfoAction.java
index 3044c953a3e0..9ace42634d77 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/upgrade/actions/IndexUpgradeInfoAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/upgrade/actions/IndexUpgradeInfoAction.java
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.upgrade.actions;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.protocol.xpack.migration.IndexUpgradeInfoRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.protocol.xpack.migration.IndexUpgradeInfoResponse;
 
-public class IndexUpgradeInfoAction extends Action<IndexUpgradeInfoResponse> {
+public class IndexUpgradeInfoAction extends StreamableResponseAction<IndexUpgradeInfoResponse> {
 
     public static final IndexUpgradeInfoAction INSTANCE = new IndexUpgradeInfoAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/upgrade/info";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/ack/AckWatchAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/ack/AckWatchAction.java
index 04ec95a369af..1133bb7731b9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/ack/AckWatchAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/ack/AckWatchAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.watcher.transport.actions.ack;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * This action acks a watch in memory, and the index
  */
-public class AckWatchAction extends Action<AckWatchResponse> {
+public class AckWatchAction extends StreamableResponseAction<AckWatchResponse> {
 
     public static final AckWatchAction INSTANCE = new AckWatchAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/watcher/watch/ack";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/activate/ActivateWatchAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/activate/ActivateWatchAction.java
index 936a21711547..366aba32658a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/activate/ActivateWatchAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/activate/ActivateWatchAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.watcher.transport.actions.activate;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * This action acks a watch in memory, and the index
  */
-public class ActivateWatchAction extends Action<ActivateWatchResponse> {
+public class ActivateWatchAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ActivateWatchResponse> {
 
     public static final ActivateWatchAction INSTANCE = new ActivateWatchAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/watcher/watch/activate";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/delete/DeleteWatchAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/delete/DeleteWatchAction.java
index eb440ddc2510..5572572984c8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/delete/DeleteWatchAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/delete/DeleteWatchAction.java
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.watcher.transport.actions.delete;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.protocol.xpack.watcher.DeleteWatchResponse;
 
 /**
  * This action deletes an watch from in memory, the scheduler and the index
  */
-public class DeleteWatchAction extends Action<DeleteWatchResponse> {
+public class DeleteWatchAction extends StreamableResponseAction<DeleteWatchResponse> {
 
     public static final DeleteWatchAction INSTANCE = new DeleteWatchAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/watcher/watch/delete";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/execute/ExecuteWatchAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/execute/ExecuteWatchAction.java
index 924f17095942..e11b0aabe2f7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/execute/ExecuteWatchAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/execute/ExecuteWatchAction.java
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.watcher.transport.actions.execute;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * This action executes a watch, either ignoring the schedule and condition or just the schedule and can execute a subset of the actions,
  * optionally persisting the history entry
  */
-public class ExecuteWatchAction extends Action<ExecuteWatchResponse> {
+public class ExecuteWatchAction extends StreamableResponseAction<ExecuteWatchResponse> {
 
     public static final ExecuteWatchAction INSTANCE = new ExecuteWatchAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/watcher/watch/execute";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchAction.java
index 4df72a964b65..99bf6c3277e3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchAction.java
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.watcher.transport.actions.get;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
+
 /**
  * This action gets an watch by name
  */
-public class GetWatchAction extends org.elasticsearch.action.Action<GetWatchResponse> {
+public class GetWatchAction extends StreamableResponseAction<GetWatchResponse> {
 
     public static final GetWatchAction INSTANCE = new GetWatchAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/watcher/watch/get";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/put/PutWatchAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/put/PutWatchAction.java
index 509116b018e2..d2771ca2b6ca 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/put/PutWatchAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/put/PutWatchAction.java
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.watcher.transport.actions.put;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.protocol.xpack.watcher.PutWatchResponse;
 
 /**
  * This action puts an watch into the watch index and adds it to the scheduler
  */
-public class PutWatchAction extends Action<PutWatchResponse> {
+public class PutWatchAction extends StreamableResponseAction<PutWatchResponse> {
 
     public static final PutWatchAction INSTANCE = new PutWatchAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/xpack/watcher/watch/put";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/service/WatcherServiceAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/service/WatcherServiceAction.java
index 4f85df827d70..61d7704a6093 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/service/WatcherServiceAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/service/WatcherServiceAction.java
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ public class WatcherServiceAction extends Action<AcknowledgedResponse> {
         super(NAME);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AcknowledgedResponse newResponse() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Writeable.Reader<AcknowledgedResponse> getResponseReader() {
         return AcknowledgedResponse::new;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/stats/WatcherStatsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/stats/WatcherStatsAction.java
index 59fcff090f59..065e95dcb12e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/stats/WatcherStatsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/stats/WatcherStatsAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.watcher.transport.actions.stats;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * This Action gets the stats for the watcher plugin
  */
-public class WatcherStatsAction extends Action<WatcherStatsResponse> {
+public class WatcherStatsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<WatcherStatsResponse> {
 
     public static final WatcherStatsAction INSTANCE = new WatcherStatsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/watcher/stats/dist";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/MockClientBuilder.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/MockClientBuilder.java
index 9983dd76d63f..b64bc42cb2c6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/MockClientBuilder.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/MockClientBuilder.java
@@ -123,13 +123,12 @@ public class MockClientBuilder {
     @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked" })
     public MockClientBuilder addIndicesDeleteResponse(String index, boolean exists, boolean exception,
             ActionListener<AcknowledgedResponse> actionListener) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, IOException {
-        AcknowledgedResponse response = DeleteIndexAction.INSTANCE.newResponse();
         StreamInput si = mock(StreamInput.class);
         // this looks complicated but Mockito can't mock the final method
         // DeleteIndexResponse.isAcknowledged() and the only way to create
         // one with a true response is reading from a stream.
         when(si.readByte()).thenReturn((byte) 0x01);
-        response.readFrom(si);
+        AcknowledgedResponse response = DeleteIndexAction.INSTANCE.getResponseReader().read(si);
 
         doAnswer(invocation -> {
             DeleteIndexRequest deleteIndexRequest = (DeleteIndexRequest) invocation.getArguments()[0];
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlClearCursorAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlClearCursorAction.java
index ee824fc04e9f..ccab2058374e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlClearCursorAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlClearCursorAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class SqlClearCursorAction extends Action<SqlClearCursorResponse> {
+public class SqlClearCursorAction extends StreamableResponseAction<SqlClearCursorResponse> {
 
     public static final SqlClearCursorAction INSTANCE = new SqlClearCursorAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/read/sql/close_cursor";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlQueryAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlQueryAction.java
index f25eef31d3dc..d40cdc55b969 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlQueryAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlQueryAction.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class SqlQueryAction extends Action<SqlQueryResponse> {
+public class SqlQueryAction extends StreamableResponseAction<SqlQueryResponse> {
 
     public static final SqlQueryAction INSTANCE = new SqlQueryAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/read/sql";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlTranslateAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlTranslateAction.java
index 2431ecc1edf8..15958516a5d7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlTranslateAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlTranslateAction.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.action;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
 /**
  * Sql action for translating SQL queries into ES requests
  */
-public class SqlTranslateAction extends Action<SqlTranslateResponse> {
+public class SqlTranslateAction extends StreamableResponseAction<SqlTranslateResponse> {
 
     public static final SqlTranslateAction INSTANCE = new SqlTranslateAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/read/sql/translate";
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/plugin/SqlStatsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/plugin/SqlStatsAction.java
index 5f29c743325c..135a1c6277cc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/plugin/SqlStatsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/plugin/SqlStatsAction.java
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.plugin;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseAction;
 
-public class SqlStatsAction extends Action<SqlStatsResponse> {
+public class SqlStatsAction extends StreamableResponseAction<SqlStatsResponse> {
 
     public static final SqlStatsAction INSTANCE = new SqlStatsAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/xpack/sql/stats/dist";