diff --git a/cmd/jaeger/internal/exporters/storageexporter/.nocover b/cmd/jaeger/internal/exporters/storageexporter/.nocover
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-FIXME
-
diff --git a/cmd/jaeger/internal/exporters/storageexporter/exporter_test.go b/cmd/jaeger/internal/exporters/storageexporter/exporter_test.go
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+// Copyright (c) 2024 The Jaeger Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package storageexporter
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
+	nooptrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace/noop"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
+	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/jaegerstorage"
+	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/model"
+	memoryCfg "github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pkg/memory/config"
+)
+
+type storageHost struct {
+	t                *testing.T
+	storageExtension component.Component
+}
+
+func (host storageHost) GetExtensions() map[component.ID]component.Component {
+	myMap := make(map[component.ID]component.Component)
+	myMap[jaegerstorage.ID] = host.storageExtension
+	return myMap
+}
+
+func (host storageHost) ReportFatalError(err error) {
+	host.t.Fatal(err)
+}
+
+func (storageHost) GetFactory(_ component.Kind, _ component.Type) component.Factory {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (storageHost) GetExporters() map[component.DataType]map[component.ID]component.Component {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestExporterConfigError(t *testing.T) {
+	config := createDefaultConfig().(*Config)
+	err := config.Validate()
+	require.EqualError(t, err, "TraceStorage: non zero value required")
+}
+
+func TestExporterStartError(t *testing.T) {
+	host := makeStorageExtension(t, "foo")
+	exporter := &storageExporter{
+		config: &Config{
+			TraceStorage: "bar",
+		},
+	}
+	err := exporter.start(context.Background(), host)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "cannot find storage factory")
+}
+
+func TestExporter(t *testing.T) {
+	exporterFactory := NewFactory()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	telemetrySettings := component.TelemetrySettings{
+		Logger:         zap.L(),
+		TracerProvider: nooptrace.NewTracerProvider(),
+	}
+
+	const memstoreName = "memstore"
+	config := &Config{
+		TraceStorage: memstoreName,
+	}
+	err := config.Validate()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	tracesExporter, err := exporterFactory.CreateTracesExporter(ctx, exporter.CreateSettings{
+		ID:                ID,
+		TelemetrySettings: telemetrySettings,
+		BuildInfo:         component.NewDefaultBuildInfo(),
+	}, config)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	host := makeStorageExtension(t, memstoreName)
+
+	err = tracesExporter.Start(ctx, host)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() {
+		require.NoError(t, tracesExporter.Shutdown(ctx))
+	}()
+
+	traces := ptrace.NewTraces()
+	rSpans := traces.ResourceSpans().AppendEmpty()
+	sSpans := rSpans.ScopeSpans().AppendEmpty()
+	span := sSpans.Spans().AppendEmpty()
+
+	spanID := pcommon.NewSpanIDEmpty()
+	spanID[5] = 5 // 0000000000050000
+	span.SetSpanID(spanID)
+
+	traceID := pcommon.NewTraceIDEmpty()
+	traceID[15] = 1 // 00000000000000000000000000000001
+	span.SetTraceID(traceID)
+
+	err = tracesExporter.ConsumeTraces(ctx, traces)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	storageFactory, err := jaegerstorage.GetStorageFactory(memstoreName, host)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	spanReader, err := storageFactory.CreateSpanReader()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	requiredTraceID := model.NewTraceID(0, 1) // 00000000000000000000000000000001
+	requiredTrace, err := spanReader.GetTrace(ctx, requiredTraceID)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, spanID.String(), requiredTrace.Spans[0].SpanID.String())
+}
+
+func makeStorageExtension(t *testing.T, memstoreName string) storageHost {
+	extensionFactory := jaegerstorage.NewFactory()
+	storageExtension, err := extensionFactory.CreateExtension(
+		context.Background(),
+		extension.CreateSettings{
+			TelemetrySettings: component.TelemetrySettings{
+				Logger:         zap.L(),
+				TracerProvider: nooptrace.NewTracerProvider(),
+			},
+		},
+		&jaegerstorage.Config{Memory: map[string]memoryCfg.Configuration{
+			memstoreName: {MaxTraces: 10000},
+		}})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	host := storageHost{t: t, storageExtension: storageExtension}
+
+	err = storageExtension.Start(context.Background(), host)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { require.NoError(t, storageExtension.Shutdown(context.Background())) })
+	return host
+}