diff --git a/.github/workflows/php.yml b/.github/workflows/php.yml
index 35d220e..1fa9e71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/php.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/php.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ jobs:
         run: composer run-script lint
   build-integration-test-containers:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - lint
+      - unit-tests
     strategy:
       matrix:
         image: [ 'caddy', 'tests' ]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc374a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+export GITHUB_SHA=latest
+export DAPR_VERSION=1.3.0-rc.1
+
+.PHONY: integration-tests
+integration-tests: build
+	docker-compose down -v
+	docker-compose up &
+	sleep 10
+	curl --silent --output /tmp/test-results.json --write-out "%{http_code}" http://localhost:9502/do_tests
+	docker-compose down -v
+	cat /tmp/test-results.json | jq .
+
+composer.lock: composer.json
+	composer update
+
+vendor/autoload.php: composer.lock
+	composer install
+	touch vendor/autoload.php
+
+.PHONY: build
+build: build-caddy build-tests
+
+.PHONY: build-tests
+build-tests: vendor/autoload.php
+	docker build -t tests:latest -f images/tests.Dockerfile .
+
+.PHONY: build-caddy
+build-caddy: vendor/autoload.php
+	docker build -t caddy:latest -f images/caddy.Dockerfile .
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index dba3459..e601b48 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# A Docker Compose file for spinning up integration tests in CI
+# A Docker Compose file for spinning up integration tests in CI, you can run these locally by running `make`
 version: "3"
 services:
   placement:
diff --git a/images/caddy.Dockerfile b/images/caddy.Dockerfile
index 7588a2b..0b5a7cb 100644
--- a/images/caddy.Dockerfile
+++ b/images/caddy.Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# syntax=docker/dockerfile:labs
 FROM caddy AS base
 COPY images/Caddyfile /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
 COPY . /tests
diff --git a/images/tests.Dockerfile b/images/tests.Dockerfile
index c3d6881..3624c8b 100644
--- a/images/tests.Dockerfile
+++ b/images/tests.Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# syntax=docker/dockerfile:labs
-# withinboredom/php-base-min == docker build --pull -t withinboredom/php-base-min --target base -f images/tests.Dockerfile .
 FROM php:8.0-fpm AS base
 COPY --from=mlocati/php-extension-installer /usr/bin/install-php-extensions /usr/local/bin/
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y wget git unzip && apt-get clean
diff --git a/src/index.php b/src/index.php
index 0f407c3..57c59ec 100644
--- a/src/index.php
+++ b/src/index.php
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
+// @codeCoverageIgnoreStart
+
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../tests/Fixtures/SimpleActor.php';
 
@@ -435,6 +437,17 @@ function (
 $app->get(
     '/do_tests',
     function (\Dapr\Client\DaprClient $client) {
+        while (true) {
+            sleep(1);
+            if ($client->isDaprHealthy()) {
+                $meta = $client->getMetadata();
+                error_log(print_r($meta, true));
+                if (!empty($meta->actors)) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         $test_results = [
             'test/actors' => null,
             'test/binding' => null,
@@ -463,6 +476,13 @@ function (\Dapr\Client\DaprClient $client) {
             ];
         }
 
+        $client->shutdown(afterRequest: false);
+
+        while ($client->isDaprHealthy()) {
+            sleep(1);
+            error_log('waiting for daprd shutdown...');
+        }
+
         return new \Nyholm\Psr7\Response($has_failed ? 500 : 200, body: json_encode($test_results));
     }
 );
diff --git a/src/lib/Client/DaprClient.php b/src/lib/Client/DaprClient.php
index 29b2c2f..5e137f1 100644
--- a/src/lib/Client/DaprClient.php
+++ b/src/lib/Client/DaprClient.php
@@ -444,6 +444,20 @@ abstract public function getBulkSecret(string $storeName, array $metadata = []):
      */
     abstract public function isDaprHealthy(): bool;
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieve metadata from the sidecar
+     *
+     * @return MetadataResponse
+     */
+    abstract public function getMetadata(): MetadataResponse|null;
+
+    /**
+     * Shutdown the Daprd sidecar
+     *
+     * @param bool $afterRequest If true, schedules a php shutdown function, otherwise fires the request immediately.
+     */
+    abstract public function shutdown(bool $afterRequest = true): void;
+
     /**
      * @param string $token
      * @return null|array{dapr-api-token: string}
diff --git a/src/lib/Client/DaprHttpClient.php b/src/lib/Client/DaprHttpClient.php
index 3b43205..eca7a6f 100644
--- a/src/lib/Client/DaprHttpClient.php
+++ b/src/lib/Client/DaprHttpClient.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 use Dapr\Deserialization\IDeserializer;
 use Dapr\Serialization\ISerializer;
-use Dapr\State\StateItem;
 use GuzzleHttp\Client;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ public function isDaprHealthy(): bool
     {
         try {
             $result = $this->httpClient->get('/v1.0/healthz');
-            if (200 === $result->getStatusCode()) {
+            if (204 === $result->getStatusCode()) {
                 return true;
             }
             return false;
@@ -57,4 +56,25 @@ public function isDaprHealthy(): bool
             return false;
         }
     }
+
+    public function getMetadata(): MetadataResponse|null
+    {
+        try {
+            $result = $this->httpClient->get('/v1.0/metadata');
+            return $this->deserializer->from_json(MetadataResponse::class, $result->getBody()->getContents());
+        } catch (\Throwable $exception) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function shutdown(bool $afterRequest = true): void
+    {
+        $shutdown = fn() => $this->httpClient->post('/v1.0/shutdown');
+        if ($afterRequest) {
+            register_shutdown_function($shutdown);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $shutdown();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/Client/MetadataResponse.php b/src/lib/Client/MetadataResponse.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1502898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/Client/MetadataResponse.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Dapr\Client;
+
+use Dapr\Deserialization\Attributes\ArrayOf;
+
+/**
+ * Class MetadataResponse
+ * @package Dapr\Client
+ */
+class MetadataResponse
+{
+    /**
+     * MetadataResponse constructor.
+     * @param string $id
+     * @param RegisteredActor[] $actors
+     * @param array $extended
+     * @param RegisteredComponent[] $components
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        public string $id,
+        #[ArrayOf(RegisteredActor::class)]
+        public array $actors,
+        public array $extended,
+        #[ArrayOf(RegisteredComponent::class)]
+        public array $components
+    ) {
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Class RegisteredActor
+ * @package Dapr\Client
+ */
+class RegisteredActor
+{
+    public function __construct(public string $type, public int $count)
+    {
+    }
+}
+
+class RegisteredComponent
+{
+    public function __construct(public string $name, public string $type, public string $version)
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/HealthTest.php b/tests/HealthTest.php
index 0eebff8..d46c2a3 100644
--- a/tests/HealthTest.php
+++ b/tests/HealthTest.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public function testIsHealthy()
     {
         $container = $this->get_http_client_stack(
             [
-                new Response(200)
+                new Response(204)
             ]
         );
         $client = $this->get_new_client_with_http($container->client);
diff --git a/tests/MetadataTest.php b/tests/MetadataTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a953b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/MetadataTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/DaprTests.php';
+
+/**
+ * Class MetadataTest
+ */
+class MetadataTest extends DaprTests
+{
+    public function testSuccessfulMetadata()
+    {
+        $stack = $this->get_http_client_stack(
+            [
+                new \GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Response(
+                    200, body: json_encode(
+                           [
+                               'id' => 'demo-actor',
+                               'actors' => [
+                                   [
+                                       'type' => 'DemoActor',
+                                       'count' => 1
+                                   ]
+                               ],
+                               'extended' => [
+                                   'cliPID' => '12301823',
+                                   'appCommand' => 'uvicorn --port 3000 demo_actor_service:app'
+                               ],
+                               'components' => [
+                                   [
+                                       'name' => 'pubsub',
+                                       'type' => 'pubsub.redis',
+                                       'version' => ''
+                                   ]
+                               ]
+                           ]
+                       )
+                )
+            ]
+        );
+        $client = $this->get_new_client_with_http($stack->client);
+        $result = $client->getMetadata();
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            new \Dapr\Client\MetadataResponse(
+                'demo-actor',
+                [new \Dapr\Client\RegisteredActor('DemoActor', 1)],
+                [
+                    'cliPID' => '12301823',
+                    'appCommand' => 'uvicorn --port 3000 demo_actor_service:app'
+                ],
+                [new \Dapr\Client\RegisteredComponent('pubsub', 'pubsub.redis', '')]
+            ),
+            $result
+        );
+    }
+}