diff --git a/src/renderer/components/status-bar/auto-update-status-bar-item.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/components/status-bar/auto-update-status-bar-item.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b04c82b28b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/components/status-bar/auto-update-status-bar-item.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import { computed } from "mobx";
+import { AutoUpdateComponent } from "./auto-update-status-bar-item";
+import { statusBarItemInjectionToken } from "./status-bar-item-injection-token";
+
+const autoUpdateStatusBarItemInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "quit-app-separator-tray-item",
+
+  instantiate: () => ({
+    component: AutoUpdateComponent,
+    position: "left" as const,
+    visible: computed(() => true),
+  }),
+
+  injectionToken: statusBarItemInjectionToken,
+});
+
+export default autoUpdateStatusBarItemInjectable;
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/status-bar/status-bar-item-injection-token.ts b/src/renderer/components/status-bar/status-bar-item-injection-token.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..572496b534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/components/status-bar/status-bar-item-injection-token.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import { getInjectionToken } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import type { IComputedValue } from "mobx";
+import type React from "react";
+import type { LensRendererExtension } from "../../../extensions/lens-renderer-extension";
+
+export interface StatusBarItem {
+  component: React.ComponentType<any>;
+  position: "left" | "right";
+  visible: IComputedValue<boolean>;
+
+  extension?: LensRendererExtension;
+}
+
+export const statusBarItemInjectionToken = getInjectionToken<StatusBarItem>({
+  id: "status-bar-item",
+});
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/status-bar/status-bar-item-registrator.injectable.tsx b/src/renderer/components/status-bar/status-bar-item-registrator.injectable.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2b8cf6330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/components/status-bar/status-bar-item-registrator.injectable.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import { pipeline } from "@ogre-tools/fp";
+import { flatMap } from "lodash/fp";
+import type { Injectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import { computed } from "mobx";
+import { extensionRegistratorInjectionToken } from "../../../extensions/extension-loader/extension-registrator-injection-token";
+import type { LensRendererExtension } from "../../../extensions/lens-renderer-extension";
+import type { StatusBarItem } from "./status-bar-item-injection-token";
+import { statusBarItemInjectionToken } from "./status-bar-item-injection-token";
+import type { StatusBarRegistration } from "./status-bar-registration";
+import * as uuid from "uuid";
+import type React from "react";
+
+const statusBarItemRegistratorInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "status-bar-item-registrator",
+
+  instantiate: (di) => (extension, installationCounter) => {
+    const rendererExtension = extension as LensRendererExtension;
+
+    pipeline(
+      rendererExtension.statusBarItems,
+
+      flatMap(toItemInjectablesFor(rendererExtension, installationCounter)),
+
+      (injectables) => di.register(...injectables),
+    );
+  },
+
+  injectionToken: extensionRegistratorInjectionToken,
+});
+
+export default statusBarItemRegistratorInjectable;
+
+const toItemInjectablesFor = (extension: LensRendererExtension, installationCounter: number) => {
+  const _toItemInjectables = () => (registration: StatusBarRegistration): Injectable<StatusBarItem, StatusBarItem, void>[] => {
+    const id = `${uuid.v4()}-status-bar-item-for-extension-${extension.sanitizedExtensionId}-instance-${installationCounter}`;
+    let component: React.ComponentType;
+    let position: "left" | "right";
+
+    if (registration.item) {
+      const { item } = registration;
+
+      // default for old API is "right"
+      component =
+        () => (
+          <>
+            {
+              typeof item === "function"
+                ? item()
+                : item
+            }
+          </>
+        );
+    } else if (registration.components) {
+      const { position: pos, Item } = registration.components;
+
+      if (pos !== "left" && pos !== "right") {
+        throw new TypeError("StatusBarRegistration.components.position must be either 'right' or 'left'");
+      }
+
+      position = pos;
+
+      component = Item;
+    } else {
+      // throw?
+    }
+
+    return [getInjectable({
+      id,
+
+      instantiate: () => ({
+        component,
+        position,
+        visible: computed(() => true),
+      }),
+
+      injectionToken: statusBarItemInjectionToken,
+    })];
+
+  };
+
+  return _toItemInjectables();
+};
+
+
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/status-bar/status-bar-items.injectable.tsx b/src/renderer/components/status-bar/status-bar-items.injectable.tsx
index bc4474a7dc..1ed0a6a76a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/status-bar/status-bar-items.injectable.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/status-bar/status-bar-items.injectable.tsx
@@ -2,16 +2,11 @@
  * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
-import React from "react";
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import type { IComputedValue } from "mobx";
 import { computed } from "mobx";
-import type {
-  StatusBarItemProps,
-  StatusBarRegistration,
-} from "./status-bar-registration";
-import registeredStatusBarItemsInjectable from "./registered-status-bar-items.injectable";
-import { AutoUpdateComponent } from "./auto-update-status-bar-item";
+import type { StatusBarItemProps } from "./status-bar-registration";
+import { StatusBarItem, statusBarItemInjectionToken } from "./status-bar-item-injection-token";
 
 export interface StatusBarItems {
   right: React.ComponentType<StatusBarItemProps>[];
@@ -19,7 +14,7 @@ export interface StatusBarItems {
 }
 
 interface Dependencies {
-  registrations: IComputedValue<StatusBarRegistration[]>;
+  registrations: StatusBarItem[];
 }
 
 function getStatusBarItems({ registrations }: Dependencies): IComputedValue<StatusBarItems> {
@@ -29,39 +24,18 @@ function getStatusBarItems({ registrations }: Dependencies): IComputedValue<Stat
       right: [],
     };
 
-    // add Lens specific components
-    res.left.push(AutoUpdateComponent);
-
-    // add extension-registered components
-    for (const registration of registrations.get()) {
+    for (const registration of registrations) {
       if (!registration || typeof registration !== "object") {
         continue;
       }
 
-      if (registration.item) {
-        const { item } = registration;
+      const { position = "right", component } = registration;
 
-        // default for old API is "right"
-        res.right.push(
-          () => (
-            <>
-              {
-                typeof item === "function"
-                  ? item()
-                  : item
-              }
-            </>
-          ),
-        );
-      } else if (registration.components) {
-        const { position = "right", Item } = registration.components;
-
-        if (position !== "left" && position !== "right") {
-          throw new TypeError("StatusBarRegistration.components.position must be either 'right' or 'left'");
-        }
-
-        res[position].push(Item);
+      if (position !== "left" && position !== "right") {
+        throw new TypeError("StatusBarRegistration.components.position must be either 'right' or 'left'");
       }
+
+      res[position].push(component);
     }
 
     // This is done so that the first ones registered are closest to the corner
@@ -75,7 +49,7 @@ const statusBarItemsInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "status-bar-items",
 
   instantiate: (di) => getStatusBarItems({
-    registrations: di.inject(registeredStatusBarItemsInjectable),
+    registrations: di.injectMany(statusBarItemInjectionToken),
   }),
 
 });