diff --git a/extension/healthcheckextension/README.md b/extension/healthcheckextension/README.md
index 4f0bb27d15b2..b88b5ecb0250 100644
--- a/extension/healthcheckextension/README.md
+++ b/extension/healthcheckextension/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 # Health Check
 
-| Status                   |                       |
-| ------------------------ |-----------------------|
-| Stability                | [beta]                |
-| Distributions            | [contrib]             |
+<!-- status autogenerated section -->
+| Status                   |           |
+| ------------------------ |-----------|
+| Stability                | [beta]   |
+| Distributions            | [core], [contrib] |
+
+[beta]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#beta
+[core]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol
+[contrib]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib
+<!-- end autogenerated section -->
 
 Health Check extension enables an HTTP url that can be probed to check the
 status of the OpenTelemetry Collector. This extension can be used as a
@@ -46,6 +52,3 @@ extensions:
 
 The full list of settings exposed for this exporter is documented [here](./config.go)
 with detailed sample configurations [here](./testdata/config.yaml).
-
-[beta]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#beta
-[contrib]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib
diff --git a/extension/healthcheckextension/doc.go b/extension/healthcheckextension/doc.go
index 97630ba5025e..ab84c41e6c45 100644
--- a/extension/healthcheckextension/doc.go
+++ b/extension/healthcheckextension/doc.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+//go:generate mdatagen metadata.yaml
+
 // Package healthcheckextension implements an extension that enables an HTTP
 // endpoint that can be used to check the overall health and status of the
 // service.
diff --git a/extension/healthcheckextension/factory.go b/extension/healthcheckextension/factory.go
index 8354e591d74c..99c2930bbc0f 100644
--- a/extension/healthcheckextension/factory.go
+++ b/extension/healthcheckextension/factory.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confighttp"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/healthcheckextension/internal/metadata"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ func NewFactory() extension.Factory {
 		typeStr,
 		createDefaultConfig,
 		createExtension,
-		component.StabilityLevelBeta,
+		metadata.Stability,
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/extension/healthcheckextension/internal/metadata/generated_status.go b/extension/healthcheckextension/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c53c077163cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extension/healthcheckextension/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Code generated by mdatagen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package metadata
+
+import (
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+)
+
+const Stability = component.StabilityLevelBeta
diff --git a/extension/healthcheckextension/metadata.yaml b/extension/healthcheckextension/metadata.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e3c0c50b5f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extension/healthcheckextension/metadata.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+name: healthcheck
+
+status:
+  type: extension
+  stability: beta
+  distributions: [core, contrib]