diff --git a/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/doc.go b/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..476aad42b918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+//go:generate mdatagen metadata.yaml
+package jsonlogencodingextension // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension"
diff --git a/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/generated_component_test.go b/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/generated_component_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d2d64305f39d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/generated_component_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Code generated by mdatagen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package jsonlogencodingextension
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/extensiontest"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/confmaptest"
+)
+
+// assertNoErrorHost implements a component.Host that asserts that there were no errors.
+type assertNoErrorHost struct {
+	component.Host
+	*testing.T
+}
+
+var _ component.Host = (*assertNoErrorHost)(nil)
+
+// newAssertNoErrorHost returns a new instance of assertNoErrorHost.
+func newAssertNoErrorHost(t *testing.T) component.Host {
+	return &assertNoErrorHost{
+		componenttest.NewNopHost(),
+		t,
+	}
+}
+
+func (aneh *assertNoErrorHost) ReportFatalError(err error) {
+	assert.NoError(aneh, err)
+}
+
+func TestComponentLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
+	factory := NewFactory()
+
+	cm, err := confmaptest.LoadConf("metadata.yaml")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	cfg := factory.CreateDefaultConfig()
+	sub, err := cm.Sub("tests::config")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, component.UnmarshalConfig(sub, cfg))
+
+	t.Run("shutdown", func(t *testing.T) {
+		e, err := factory.CreateExtension(context.Background(), extensiontest.NewNopCreateSettings(), cfg)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		err = e.Shutdown(context.Background())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("lifecycle", func(t *testing.T) {
+
+		firstExt, err := factory.CreateExtension(context.Background(), extensiontest.NewNopCreateSettings(), cfg)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, firstExt.Start(context.Background(), newAssertNoErrorHost(t)))
+		require.NoError(t, firstExt.Shutdown(context.Background()))
+
+		secondExt, err := factory.CreateExtension(context.Background(), extensiontest.NewNopCreateSettings(), cfg)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, secondExt.Start(context.Background(), newAssertNoErrorHost(t)))
+		require.NoError(t, secondExt.Shutdown(context.Background()))
+	})
+}
diff --git a/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/go.mod b/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/go.mod
index 4f9ea812ece9..6807af16ba76 100644
--- a/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/go.mod
+++ b/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/go.mod
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/encoding v0.92.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.92.1-0.20240110091511-bf804d6c4ecc
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.92.1-0.20240110091511-bf804d6c4ecc
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.92.1-0.20240110091511-bf804d6c4ecc
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.2-0.20240110091511-bf804d6c4ecc
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -26,11 +29,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.92.1-0.20240110091511-bf804d6c4ecc // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.92.1-0.20240110091511-bf804d6c4ecc // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.0.2-0.20240110091511-bf804d6c4ecc // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.18.0 // indirect
diff --git a/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/internal/metadata/generated_status.go b/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
index 5d46d9848a56..5346803de057 100644
--- a/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
+++ b/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
@@ -4,9 +4,19 @@ package metadata
 
 import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 const (
 	Type               = "json_log_encoding"
 	ExtensionStability = component.StabilityLevelDevelopment
 )
+
+func Meter(settings component.TelemetrySettings) metric.Meter {
+	return settings.MeterProvider.Meter("otelcol/jsonlogencoding")
+}
+
+func Tracer(settings component.TelemetrySettings) trace.Tracer {
+	return settings.TracerProvider.Tracer("otelcol/jsonlogencoding")
+}
diff --git a/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/metadata.yaml b/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/metadata.yaml
index 81b0d53df9af..a7e328ff2d79 100644
--- a/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/metadata.yaml
+++ b/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/metadata.yaml
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ status:
   distributions: []
   codeowners:
     active: [VihasMakwana, atoulme]
+
+tests:
+  config: