diff --git a/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/README.md b/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/README.md
index cb79a402fec2..9b2f887ff5e9 100644
--- a/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/README.md
+++ b/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 # Authenticator - OAuth2 Client Credentials
+<!-- status autogenerated section -->
+| Status                   |           |
+| ------------------------ |-----------|
+| Stability                | [beta]   |
+| Distributions            | [contrib] |
 
-| Status                   |                       |
-| ------------------------ |-----------------------|
-| Stability                | [beta]                |
-| Distributions            | [contrib]             |
+[beta]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#beta
+[contrib]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib
+<!-- end autogenerated section -->
 
 
 This extension provides OAuth2 Client Credentials flow authenticator for HTTP and gRPC based exporters. The extension
@@ -72,6 +76,3 @@ Following are the configuration fields
   This is optional and not setting this configuration implies there is no timeout on the client.
 
 For more information on client side TLS settings, see [configtls README](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/config/configtls).
-
-[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/oauth2clientauthextension/doc.go b/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/doc.go
index a26df16889ab..1cb5774b881d 100644
--- a/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/doc.go
+++ b/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/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 oauth2clientauthextension implements `cauth.Client`
 // This extension provides OAuth2 Client Credentials flow authenticator for HTTP and gRPC based exporters.
 // The extension fetches and refreshes the token after expiry
diff --git a/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/factory.go b/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/factory.go
index 0eabc297976a..3a049ad522dc 100644
--- a/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/factory.go
+++ b/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/factory.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/internal/metadata"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ func NewFactory() extension.Factory {
 		typeStr,
 		createDefaultConfig,
 		createExtension,
-		component.StabilityLevelBeta,
+		metadata.Stability,
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/internal/metadata/generated_status.go b/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c53c077163cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/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/oauth2clientauthextension/metadata.yaml b/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/metadata.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc3534784fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extension/oauth2clientauthextension/metadata.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+name: oauth2clientauthextension
+
+status:
+  type: extension
+  stability: beta
+  distributions: [contrib]
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