diff --git a/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver/generated_component_test.go b/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver/generated_component_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55c26fc43058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver/generated_component_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+// Code generated by mdatagen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package googlecloudpubsubreceiver
+
+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/receiver"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receivertest"
+
+	"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 Test_ComponentLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
+	factory := NewFactory()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		createFn func(ctx context.Context, set receiver.CreateSettings, cfg component.Config) (component.Component, error)
+	}{
+
+		{
+			name: "logs",
+			createFn: func(ctx context.Context, set receiver.CreateSettings, cfg component.Config) (component.Component, error) {
+				return factory.CreateLogsReceiver(ctx, set, cfg, consumertest.NewNop())
+			},
+		},
+
+		{
+			name: "metrics",
+			createFn: func(ctx context.Context, set receiver.CreateSettings, cfg component.Config) (component.Component, error) {
+				return factory.CreateMetricsReceiver(ctx, set, cfg, consumertest.NewNop())
+			},
+		},
+
+		{
+			name: "traces",
+			createFn: func(ctx context.Context, set receiver.CreateSettings, cfg component.Config) (component.Component, error) {
+				return factory.CreateTracesReceiver(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(), receivertest.NewNopCreateSettings(), cfg)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			err = c.Shutdown(context.Background())
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		})
+
+		t.Run(test.name+"-lifecycle", func(t *testing.T) {
+
+			// TODO support lifecycle
+			t.SkipNow()
+
+			firstRcvr, err := test.createFn(context.Background(), receivertest.NewNopCreateSettings(), cfg)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			host := newAssertNoErrorHost(t)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NoError(t, firstRcvr.Start(context.Background(), host))
+			require.NoError(t, firstRcvr.Shutdown(context.Background()))
+			secondRcvr, err := test.createFn(context.Background(), receivertest.NewNopCreateSettings(), cfg)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NoError(t, secondRcvr.Start(context.Background(), host))
+			require.NoError(t, secondRcvr.Shutdown(context.Background()))
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver/metadata.yaml
index 9837e28052d6..ca8b4d5a503d 100644
--- a/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -7,3 +7,11 @@ status:
   distributions: [observiq, sumo]
   codeowners:
     active: [alexvanboxel]
+
+tests:
+  config:
+    project: my-project
+    user_agent: user-agent
+    timeout: 20s
+    subscription: projects/my-project/subscriptions/otlp-subscription
+  skip_lifecycle: true
diff --git a/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver/receiver.go
index e4fc2b073bb8..f5c51b9fc264 100644
--- a/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ func (receiver *pubsubReceiver) Start(ctx context.Context, _ component.Host) err
 }
 
 func (receiver *pubsubReceiver) Shutdown(_ context.Context) error {
+	if receiver.handler == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
 	receiver.logger.Info("Stopping Google Pubsub receiver")
 	receiver.handler.CancelNow()
 	receiver.logger.Info("Stopped Google Pubsub receiver")