diff --git a/.chloggen/add-solarwinds-apm-settings-extension.yaml b/.chloggen/add-solarwinds-apm-settings-extension.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2f3c763baf5d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/add-solarwinds-apm-settings-extension.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: new_component
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add a new extension that gets Solarwinds APM specific settings from Solarwinds APM collector and generates `/tmp/solarwinds-apm-settings.json` & `/tmp/solarwinds-apm-settings-raw` periodically.
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [27668]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 0d924990caa9a..5378ca0eb462a 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ extension/opampextension/                                @open-telemetry/collect
 extension/pprofextension/                                @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @MovieStoreGuy
 extension/remotetapextension/                            @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @atoulme
 extension/sigv4authextension/                            @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @Aneurysm9 @erichsueh3
+extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/                @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @jerrytfleung @cheempz
 extension/storage/                                       @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @dmitryax @atoulme @djaglowski
 extension/storage/dbstorage/                             @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @dmitryax @atoulme
 extension/storage/filestorage/                           @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @djaglowski
diff --git a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/README.md b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/README.md
index 519f6d92b9478..88f766bf985d1 100644
--- a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/README.md
+++ b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/README.md
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 | Stability     | [development]  |
 | Distributions | [] |
 | Issues        | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aopen%20label%3Aextension%2Fsolarwindsapmsettings%20&label=open&color=orange&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aextension%2Fsolarwindsapmsettings) [![Closed issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aclosed%20label%3Aextension%2Fsolarwindsapmsettings%20&label=closed&color=blue&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+is%3Aissue+label%3Aextension%2Fsolarwindsapmsettings) |
+| [Code Owners](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#becoming-a-code-owner)    | [@jerrytfleung](https://www.github.com/jerrytfleung), [@cheempz](https://www.github.com/cheempz) |
 
 [development]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#development
 <!-- end autogenerated section -->
 
 ## Overview
-The Solarwinds APM Settings extension gets Solarwinds APM specific settings from Solarwinds APM collector and outputs `/tmp/solarwinds-apm-settings.json` periodically
+The Solarwinds APM Settings extension gets Solarwinds APM specific settings from Solarwinds APM collector and `/tmp/solarwinds-apm-settings.json` & `/tmp/solarwinds-apm-settings-raw` periodically.
 
 ## Configuration
 
diff --git a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/config.go b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/config.go
index b2621abd30299..2d34aacea1901 100644
--- a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/config.go
+++ b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/config.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package solarwindsapmsettingsextension
+package solarwindsapmsettingsextension // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension"
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/doc.go b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/doc.go
index ac7a1a6b93225..efca2e67c58db 100644
--- a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/doc.go
+++ b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/doc.go
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 //go:generate mdatagen metadata.yaml
 
-package solarwindsapmsettingsextension
+package solarwindsapmsettingsextension // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension"
diff --git a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/extension.go b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/extension.go
index 4054ec4bc9241..5dbbc6c52b0f4 100644
--- a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/extension.go
+++ b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/extension.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package solarwindsapmsettingsextension
+package solarwindsapmsettingsextension // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension"
 
 import (
 	"context"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func newSolarwindsApmSettingsExtension(extensionCfg *Config, logger *zap.Logger)
 	return settingsExtension, nil
 }
 
-func Refresh(extension *solarwindsapmSettingsExtension) {
+func refresh(extension *solarwindsapmSettingsExtension) {
 	extension.logger.Info("Time to refresh from " + extension.config.Endpoint)
 	if hostname, err := os.Hostname(); err != nil {
 		extension.logger.Error("Unable to call os.Hostname() " + err.Error())
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (extension *solarwindsapmSettingsExtension) Start(ctx context.Context, _ co
 	extension.client = collectorpb.NewTraceCollectorClient(extension.conn)
 
 	// Refresh immediately
-	Refresh(extension)
+	refresh(extension)
 
 	// setup lightweight thread to refresh
 	var interval time.Duration
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (extension *solarwindsapmSettingsExtension) Start(ctx context.Context, _ co
 			select {
 			case <-ticker.C:
 				// Refresh at each ticker event
-				Refresh(extension)
+				refresh(extension)
 			case <-ctx.Done():
 				extension.logger.Info("Received ctx.Done() from ticker")
 				return
diff --git a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/extension_test.go b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/extension_test.go
index d35ad819fa4d0..87d0cf7e9d8f3 100644
--- a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/extension_test.go
+++ b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/extension_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func TestCreateExtension(t *testing.T) {
 		Interval: "1s",
 	}
 	ex := createAnExtension(conf, t)
-	ex.Shutdown(context.TODO())
+	require.NoError(t, ex.Shutdown(context.TODO()))
 }
 
 func TestCreateExtensionWrongEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func TestCreateExtensionWrongEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 		Interval: "1s",
 	}
 	ex := createAnExtension(conf, t)
-	ex.Shutdown(context.TODO())
+	require.NoError(t, ex.Shutdown(context.TODO()))
 }
 
 func TestCreateExtensionWrongKey(t *testing.T) {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestCreateExtensionWrongKey(t *testing.T) {
 		Interval: "1s",
 	}
 	ex := createAnExtension(conf, t)
-	ex.Shutdown(context.TODO())
+	require.NoError(t, ex.Shutdown(context.TODO()))
 }
 
 // create extension
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ func createAnExtension(c *Config, t *testing.T) extension.Extension {
 	logger, err := zap.NewProduction()
 	ex, err := newSolarwindsApmSettingsExtension(c, logger)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	err = ex.Start(context.TODO(), nil)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, ex.Start(context.TODO(), nil))
 	return ex
 }
diff --git a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/factory.go b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/factory.go
index 6031a48cf5017..62a4da551912a 100644
--- a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/factory.go
+++ b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/factory.go
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-package solarwindsapmsettingsextension
+package solarwindsapmsettingsextension // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension"
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"github.com/solarwinds/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/internal/metadata"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/internal/metadata"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension"
 )
diff --git a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/go.mod b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/go.mod
index 57e68d3ae9277..5634e0dec93e8 100644
--- a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/go.mod
+++ b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/go.mod
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module github.com/solarwinds/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension
+module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension
 
 go 1.20
 
diff --git a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/metadata.yaml b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/metadata.yaml
index 2d0532694a84a..632dd9c4bba5c 100644
--- a/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/metadata.yaml
+++ b/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension/metadata.yaml
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ status:
   class: extension
   stability:
     development: [extension]
+  codeowners:
+    active: [ jerrytfleung, cheempz ]
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 1763ac6bb674e..07bd3e669e7a8 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ module-sets:
       - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/pprofextension
       - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/remotetapextension
       - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/sigv4authextension
+      - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension
       - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/storage
       - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/aws/awsutil
       - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/aws/cwlogs