diff --git a/tests/test_extension_periodic_log.py b/tests/test_extension_periodic_log.py
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+import datetime
+import unittest
+
+from scrapy.crawler import Crawler
+from scrapy.exceptions import NotConfigured
+from scrapy.extensions.periodic_log import PeriodicLog
+
+from .spiders import MetaSpider
+
+stats_dump_1 = {
+    "log_count/INFO": 10,
+    "log_count/WARNING": 1,
+    "start_time": datetime.datetime(2023, 6, 16, 8, 59, 18, 993170),
+    "scheduler/enqueued/memory": 190,
+    "scheduler/enqueued": 190,
+    "scheduler/dequeued/memory": 166,
+    "scheduler/dequeued": 166,
+    "downloader/request_count": 166,
+    "downloader/request_method_count/GET": 166,
+    "downloader/request_bytes": 56803,
+    "downloader/response_count": 150,
+    "downloader/response_status_count/200": 150,
+    "downloader/response_bytes": 595698,
+    "httpcompression/response_bytes": 3186068,
+    "httpcompression/response_count": 150,
+    "response_received_count": 150,
+    "request_depth_max": 9,
+    "dupefilter/filtered": 180,
+    "item_scraped_count": 140,
+}
+stats_dump_2 = {
+    "log_count/INFO": 12,
+    "log_count/WARNING": 1,
+    "start_time": datetime.datetime(2023, 6, 16, 8, 59, 18, 993170),
+    "scheduler/enqueued/memory": 337,
+    "scheduler/enqueued": 337,
+    "scheduler/dequeued/memory": 280,
+    "scheduler/dequeued": 280,
+    "downloader/request_count": 280,
+    "downloader/request_method_count/GET": 280,
+    "downloader/request_bytes": 95754,
+    "downloader/response_count": 264,
+    "downloader/response_status_count/200": 264,
+    "downloader/response_bytes": 1046274,
+    "httpcompression/response_bytes": 5614484,
+    "httpcompression/response_count": 264,
+    "response_received_count": 264,
+    "request_depth_max": 16,
+    "dupefilter/filtered": 320,
+    "item_scraped_count": 248,
+}
+
+
+class TestPeriodicLog(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_extension_enabled(self):
+        extension = PeriodicLog.from_crawler(
+            Crawler(
+                MetaSpider,
+                settings={"PERIODIC_LOG_STATS": True, "LOGSTATS_INTERVAL": 60},
+            )
+        )
+        # Test enabled
+        assert extension
+
+        # Raise not configured if not set by settings
+        with self.assertRaises(NotConfigured):
+            PeriodicLog.from_crawler(Crawler(MetaSpider))
+
+    def test_periodic_log_stats(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_log_delta(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_settings_include(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_settings_exclude(self):
+        pass