diff --git a/extension/httpforwarderextension/generated_component_test.go b/extension/httpforwarderextension/generated_component_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9b0d80b0414e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extension/httpforwarderextension/generated_component_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Code generated by mdatagen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package httpforwarderextension
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/confmaptest"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/extensiontest"
+)
+
+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(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
+		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(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
+		require.NoError(t, secondExt.Shutdown(context.Background()))
+	})
+}
diff --git a/extension/httpforwarderextension/metadata.yaml b/extension/httpforwarderextension/metadata.yaml
index a20969151d2bc..566cda76d1e37 100644
--- a/extension/httpforwarderextension/metadata.yaml
+++ b/extension/httpforwarderextension/metadata.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ status:
   codeowners:
     active: [atoulme, rmfitzpatrick]
 
-# TODO: Update the extension to make the tests pass
 tests:
-  skip_lifecycle: true
-  skip_shutdown: true
+  config:
+    ingress:
+      endpoint: localhost:7070
+    egress:
+      endpoint: http://target/
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