diff --git a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/README.md b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/README.md
index 0e124bcddb0c..9040283a09f6 100644
--- a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/README.md
+++ b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 # Probabilistic Sampling Processor
 
-| Status                   |                                                 |
-| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
-| Stability                | traces [beta]                                   |
-|                          | logs [alpha]                                    |
-| Supported pipeline types | traces, logs                                    |
-| Distributions            | [core], [contrib], [observiq], [splunk], [sumo] |
+<!-- status autogenerated section -->
+| Status        |           |
+| ------------- |-----------|
+| Stability     | [alpha]: logs   |
+|               | [beta]: traces   |
+| Distributions | [core], [contrib], [observiq], [splunk], [sumo] |
+
+[alpha]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#alpha
+[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
+[observiq]: https://github.com/observIQ/observiq-otel-collector
+[splunk]: https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector
+[sumo]: https://github.com/SumoLogic/sumologic-otel-collector
+<!-- end autogenerated section -->
 
 The probabilistic sampler supports two types of sampling for traces:
 
@@ -80,11 +89,3 @@ processors:
 
 Refer to [config.yaml](./testdata/config.yaml) for detailed
 examples on using the processor.
-
-[alpha]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#alpha
-[beta]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#beta
-[contrib]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib
-[core]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol
-[splunk]: https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector
-[observiq]: https://github.com/observIQ/observiq-otel-collector
-[sumo]: https://github.com/SumoLogic/sumologic-otel-collector
diff --git a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/config_test.go b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/config_test.go
index 9680f0ba4cae..90711d343552 100644
--- a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/config_test.go
+++ b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/config_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/confmaptest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/otelcol/otelcoltest"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/internal/metadata"
 )
 
 func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		expected component.Config
 	}{
 		{
-			id: component.NewIDWithName(typeStr, ""),
+			id: component.NewIDWithName(metadata.Type, ""),
 			expected: &Config{
 				SamplingPercentage: 15.3,
 				HashSeed:           22,
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			id: component.NewIDWithName(typeStr, "logs"),
+			id: component.NewIDWithName(metadata.Type, "logs"),
 			expected: &Config{
 				SamplingPercentage: 15.3,
 				HashSeed:           22,
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ func TestLoadInvalidConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	factory := NewFactory()
-	factories.Processors[typeStr] = factory
+	factories.Processors[metadata.Type] = factory
 
 	_, err = otelcoltest.LoadConfigAndValidate(filepath.Join("testdata", "invalid.yaml"), factories)
 	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "negative sampling rate: -15.30")
diff --git a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/factory.go b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/factory.go
index 74ab6bc9b952..6659aabd6dad 100644
--- a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/factory.go
+++ b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/factory.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+//go:generate mdatagen metadata.yaml
+
 package probabilisticsamplerprocessor // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor"
 
 import (
@@ -12,13 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor"
-)
 
-const (
-	// The value of "type" trace-samplers in configuration.
-	typeStr = "probabilistic_sampler"
-	// The stability level of the processor.
-	stability = component.StabilityLevelBeta
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/internal/metadata"
 )
 
 var onceMetrics sync.Once
@@ -31,10 +28,10 @@ func NewFactory() processor.Factory {
 	})
 
 	return processor.NewFactory(
-		typeStr,
+		metadata.Type,
 		createDefaultConfig,
-		processor.WithTraces(createTracesProcessor, stability),
-		processor.WithLogs(createLogsProcessor, component.StabilityLevelAlpha))
+		processor.WithTraces(createTracesProcessor, metadata.TracesStability),
+		processor.WithLogs(createLogsProcessor, metadata.LogsStability))
 }
 
 func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
diff --git a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/internal/metadata/generated_status.go b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce209dc8878e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Code generated by mdatagen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package metadata
+
+import (
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+)
+
+const (
+	Type            = "probabilistic_sampler"
+	LogsStability   = component.StabilityLevelAlpha
+	TracesStability = component.StabilityLevelBeta
+)
diff --git a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/metadata.yaml b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/metadata.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8485d194bcd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/metadata.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+type: probabilistic_sampler
+
+status:
+  class: processor
+  stability:
+    beta: [traces]
+    alpha: [logs]
+  distributions: [core, contrib, observiq, splunk, sumo]
diff --git a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/metrics.go b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/metrics.go
index be5a75b3cc76..3d89b74d662a 100644
--- a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/metrics.go
+++ b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/metrics.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"go.opencensus.io/tag"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/obsreport"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/internal/metadata"
 )
 
 // Variables related to metrics specific to tail sampling.
@@ -28,14 +30,14 @@ func SamplingProcessorMetricViews(level configtelemetry.Level) []*view.View {
 
 	sampledTagKeys := []tag.Key{tagPolicyKey, tagSampledKey}
 	countTracesSampledView := &view.View{
-		Name:        obsreport.BuildProcessorCustomMetricName(typeStr, statCountTracesSampled.Name()),
+		Name:        obsreport.BuildProcessorCustomMetricName(metadata.Type, statCountTracesSampled.Name()),
 		Measure:     statCountTracesSampled,
 		Description: statCountTracesSampled.Description(),
 		TagKeys:     sampledTagKeys,
 		Aggregation: view.Sum(),
 	}
 	countLogsSampledView := &view.View{
-		Name:        obsreport.BuildProcessorCustomMetricName(typeStr, statCountLogsSampled.Name()),
+		Name:        obsreport.BuildProcessorCustomMetricName(metadata.Type, statCountLogsSampled.Name()),
 		Measure:     statCountLogsSampled,
 		Description: statCountLogsSampled.Description(),
 		TagKeys:     sampledTagKeys,