diff --git a/processor/spanprocessor/generated_component_test.go b/processor/spanprocessor/generated_component_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f439549bd444
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/spanprocessor/generated_component_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+// Code generated by mdatagen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package spanprocessor
+
+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/consumer/consumertest"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/confmaptest"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal/testdata"
+)
+
+// 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 Test_ComponentLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
+	factory := NewFactory()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		createFn func(ctx context.Context, set processor.CreateSettings, cfg component.Config) (component.Component, error)
+	}{
+
+		{
+			name: "traces",
+			createFn: func(ctx context.Context, set processor.CreateSettings, cfg component.Config) (component.Component, error) {
+				return factory.CreateTracesProcessor(ctx, set, cfg, consumertest.NewNop())
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	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))
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name+"-shutdown", func(t *testing.T) {
+			c, err := test.createFn(context.Background(), processortest.NewNopCreateSettings(), cfg)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			err = c.Shutdown(context.Background())
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		})
+
+		t.Run(test.name+"-lifecycle", func(t *testing.T) {
+
+			c, err := test.createFn(context.Background(), processortest.NewNopCreateSettings(), cfg)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			host := newAssertNoErrorHost(t)
+			err = c.Start(context.Background(), host)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.NotPanics(t, func() {
+				switch e := c.(type) {
+				case processor.Logs:
+					logs := testdata.GenerateLogsManyLogRecordsSameResource(2)
+					if !e.Capabilities().MutatesData {
+						logs.MarkReadOnly()
+					}
+					err = e.ConsumeLogs(context.Background(), logs)
+				case processor.Metrics:
+					metrics := testdata.GenerateMetricsTwoMetrics()
+					if !e.Capabilities().MutatesData {
+						metrics.MarkReadOnly()
+					}
+					err = e.ConsumeMetrics(context.Background(), metrics)
+				case processor.Traces:
+					traces := testdata.GenerateTracesTwoSpansSameResource()
+					if !e.Capabilities().MutatesData {
+						traces.MarkReadOnly()
+					}
+					err = e.ConsumeTraces(context.Background(), traces)
+				}
+			})
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			err = c.Shutdown(context.Background())
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/processor/spanprocessor/metadata.yaml b/processor/spanprocessor/metadata.yaml
index 8a07f7407a59..d3348fc679c7 100644
--- a/processor/spanprocessor/metadata.yaml
+++ b/processor/spanprocessor/metadata.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,9 @@ status:
     alpha: [traces]
   distributions: [core, contrib, observiq, splunk, sumo, aws, redhat, grafana]
   codeowners:
-    active: [boostchicken]
\ No newline at end of file
+    active: [boostchicken]
+
+tests:
+  config:
+    name:
+      from_attributes: [db.svc, operation, id]