diff --git a/processor/redactionprocessor/generated_component_test.go b/processor/redactionprocessor/generated_component_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f74266fd44e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/redactionprocessor/generated_component_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+// Code generated by mdatagen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package redactionprocessor
+
+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/redactionprocessor/go.mod b/processor/redactionprocessor/go.mod
index d215515b8672..8e93b00805a3 100644
--- a/processor/redactionprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/redactionprocessor/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/redac
 go 1.20
 
 require (
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal v0.91.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.91.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.91.0
@@ -49,3 +50,11 @@ retract (
 	v0.76.1
 	v0.65.0
 )
+
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal => ../../internal/coreinternal
+
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/pdatautil => ../../pkg/pdatautil
+
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/pdatatest => ../../pkg/pdatatest
+
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/golden => ../../pkg/golden
diff --git a/processor/redactionprocessor/metadata.yaml b/processor/redactionprocessor/metadata.yaml
index 709f5d49bcb4..880f1430c39f 100644
--- a/processor/redactionprocessor/metadata.yaml
+++ b/processor/redactionprocessor/metadata.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,7 @@ status:
     beta: [traces]
   distributions: [contrib, sumo]
   codeowners:
-    active: [leonsp-ai, dmitryax, mx-psi, TylerHelmuth]
\ No newline at end of file
+    active: [leonsp-ai, dmitryax, mx-psi, TylerHelmuth]
+
+tests:
+  config: