diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a223dd..b5b8942 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 0.1.0 - 2026-09-14
+
+- Release the qualified RC.3 runtime for production use within the documented
+  Linux x86_64 and macOS ARM64 workloads and platforms.
+- Commit to compatible public APIs and supported contracts throughout `0.1.x`;
+  breaking changes require `0.2`. The feature set remains deliberately limited.
+- Promote shared package versions, exact internal pins, lockfiles, and installation
+  examples together. Preserve the full native, application, sustained, archive,
+  consumer, and attestation gates for the final release.
+
 ## 0.1.0-rc.3 - 2026-09-11
 
 - Require sustained runtime qualification before release planning: one uninterrupted
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 796a0b7..4207203 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ checksum = "ba73ea9cf16a25df0c8caa16c51acb937d5712a8429db78a3ee29d5dcacd3a65"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vthread"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-queue",
  "libc",
@@ -303,28 +303,28 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vthread-lab"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "vthread",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vthread-stack"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vthread-sync-core"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "loom",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vthreads"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "vthread",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1693d37..c1d8020 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ members = ["crates/vthread", "crates/vthreads", "crates/vthread-stack", "crates/
 resolver = "3"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.96"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ repository = "https://github.com/zsumz/vthread"
 authors = ["vthread contributors"]
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-vthread = { path = "crates/vthread", version = "=0.1.0-rc.3" }
-vthread-stack = { path = "crates/vthread-stack", version = "=0.1.0-rc.3" }
-vthread-sync-core = { path = "crates/vthread-sync-core", version = "=0.1.0-rc.3" }
+vthread = { path = "crates/vthread", version = "=0.1.0" }
+vthread-stack = { path = "crates/vthread-stack", version = "=0.1.0" }
+vthread-sync-core = { path = "crates/vthread-sync-core", version = "=0.1.0" }
 zio = { version = "=0.0.1-dev.1", default-features = false }
 socket2 = { version = "=0.6.5", default-features = false }
 libc = "=0.2.189"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae820ec..43719dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Add vthread to your project:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-vthread = "=0.1.0-rc.3"
+vthread = "=0.1.0"
 ```
 
 ```rust
@@ -76,11 +76,10 @@ for verification coverage and known limitations.
 
 ## Compatibility
 
-vthread `0.1.0-rc.3` is a candidate for production use on its supported platforms
-within the documented boundaries. The eventual `0.1.0` release and subsequent
-`0.1.x` releases will keep compatible public API updates within `0.1`; breaking API
-or contract changes move to `0.2`. Tested configurations and known limitations are
-in the [release notes](RELEASE.md).
+vthread `0.1.0` is production ready within the documented supported workloads and
+platforms, with a deliberately limited feature set. Public APIs and supported
+contracts remain compatible throughout `0.1.x`; breaking changes require `0.2`.
+Tested configurations and known limitations are in the [release notes](RELEASE.md).
 
 ## Docs
 
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index d28c8b8..636fcd0 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ Release automation uses [zrelease](https://github.com/zsumz/zrelease), pinned to
 [the Rehearse workflow](.github/workflows/rehearse.yml) and
 [the Release workflow](.github/workflows/release.yml).
 
-The current candidate is `0.1.0-rc.3`. It retains the published RC.2 runtime
-implementation and adds the sustained production-scope gate described below.
-Package versions, exact internal dependency
-pins, and the release tag must agree. Both workflows enable zrelease's lockstep
-policy; a stable-looking tag over RC packages is rejected. This cycle prepares
-and qualifies an RC; final `0.1.0` publication remains a separate action.
+The current release is `0.1.0`. It retains the qualified RC.3 runtime
+implementation and the sustained production-scope gate described below.
+Package versions, exact internal dependency pins, and the release tag must agree.
+Both workflows enable zrelease's lockstep policy; a stable-looking tag over RC
+packages is rejected. The final version's source and archives must pass the full
+release workflow before registry publication.
 
 ## Production support contract
 
-The release standard for `0.1.0` is **production ready within the documented
+`0.1.0` is **production ready within the documented
 supported workloads and platforms**, with a deliberately limited feature set.
 Supported applications use `vthread` or its `vthreads` alias on Linux x86_64 or
 macOS ARM64 with Rust 1.96+ and unwinding panics. Internal support crates are
@@ -175,12 +175,29 @@ OIDC exchanges, registry uploads, and registry-only consumer builds, tests, and
 runs succeeded. Every final delivery receipt is `consumer-verified`.
 The approved plan, candidate attestations, downloaded registry bytes, consumer
 lockfiles, and receipts were independently verified against the signed tag and
-pinned pipeline. This establishes the live RC path; no final `0.1.0` was created.
+pinned pipeline. This established the live RC publication path.
 
 RC-to-final automation should prepare a version-change PR from a verified RC
 receipt, updating manifests, exact dependency pins, lockfiles and release docs.
 That new commit needs its own qualification and approval. Simply retagging an RC
-cannot change its packaged version. Final promotion remains a future design item.
+cannot change its packaged version. Automated preparation remains a future design
+item; `0.1.0` uses a reviewed version-change commit and the existing release gates.
+
+## RC3 baseline for 0.1.0
+
+Signed tag `v0.1.0-rc.3` identifies
+`7da33f8ea8da5d2288712533341225e087d1b23b`. Its full
+[release rehearsal](https://github.com/zsumz/vthread/actions/runs/34646749573)
+passed on 2026-09-11 with 34 successful jobs and nine expected non-publishing skips.
+The four uninterrupted one-hour runs completed 70,873,482 task lifetimes. Warmed
+RSS growth was 90–336 KiB, descriptor counts were unchanged, and task accounting,
+service drain, and final shutdown checks passed on both supported platforms.
+
+Canonical, native-stack, and application checks passed on both platforms. All
+four archives, fresh staged consumers, attestations, and rehearsal receipts were
+verified against the signed source and pinned pipeline. RC.3 was not published to
+crates.io. The final `0.1.0` version retains its runtime source and qualifies its
+own manifests, archives, and registry consumers through the same release gates.
 
 ## Update zrelease
 
@@ -224,7 +241,7 @@ above the tested scope, absolute memory footprint, controlled loaded-tail target
 and controlled-host idle CPU remain unqualified. Local timing is
 observational; `zcheck run perf-cancellation-history` is a separate timing guard.
 
-The eventual `0.1.0` and subsequent `0.1.x` releases preserve public API
+The `0.1.0` and subsequent `0.1.x` releases preserve public API
 compatibility within `0.1`; breaking API or contract changes move to `0.2`.
 The exact dependency set includes `zio = "=0.0.1-dev.1"`; a normal vthread version
 does not imply a stable-version contract for every dependency.
diff --git a/benchmarks/Cargo.lock b/benchmarks/Cargo.lock
index 6be02a5..149315a 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Cargo.lock
+++ b/benchmarks/Cargo.lock
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vthread"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-queue",
  "libc",
@@ -82,21 +82,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vthread-benchmarks"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "vthread",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vthread-stack"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vthread-sync-core"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-link"
diff --git a/benchmarks/Cargo.toml b/benchmarks/Cargo.toml
index ef8ee2b..3696f59 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benchmarks/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "vthread-benchmarks"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 publish = false
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ scheduler-profiling = ["vthread/scheduler-profiling"]
 handoff-profiling = ["scheduler-profiling", "vthread/handoff-profiling"]
 
 [dependencies]
-vthread = { path = "../crates/vthread", version = "=0.1.0-rc.3" }
+vthread = { path = "../crates/vthread", version = "=0.1.0" }
 
 [profile.release]
 codegen-units = 1
diff --git a/crates/vthread-stack/README.md b/crates/vthread-stack/README.md
index 48aadf0..4d885b6 100644
--- a/crates/vthread-stack/README.md
+++ b/crates/vthread-stack/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Use [`vthread`](https://github.com/zsumz/vthread) in applications. Its public cr
 forbids unsafe Rust. This support crate isolates the unsafe stack mechanics and has no
 compatibility contract for direct downstream use.
 
-See [release notes](https://github.com/zsumz/vthread/blob/v0.1.0-rc.3/RELEASE.md)
+See [release notes](https://github.com/zsumz/vthread/blob/v0.1.0/RELEASE.md)
 for verification coverage and known limitations.
 
 ## Ownership and safety
diff --git a/crates/vthread-sync-core/README.md b/crates/vthread-sync-core/README.md
index 5c6060d..28b9c66 100644
--- a/crates/vthread-sync-core/README.md
+++ b/crates/vthread-sync-core/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The narrow exclusive-value and protocol core supporting `vthread` synchronizatio
 Use [`vthread`](https://github.com/zsumz/vthread) in applications. This support crate
 has no compatibility contract for direct downstream use.
 
-See [release notes](https://github.com/zsumz/vthread/blob/v0.1.0-rc.3/RELEASE.md)
+See [release notes](https://github.com/zsumz/vthread/blob/v0.1.0/RELEASE.md)
 for verification coverage and known limitations.
 
 ## Runtime boundary
diff --git a/crates/vthread/README.md b/crates/vthread/README.md
index c52d2b5..5b83fe2 100644
--- a/crates/vthread/README.md
+++ b/crates/vthread/README.md
@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ suspension points. The public runtime crate forbids unsafe Rust.
 
 Supported targets are Linux x86_64 and macOS ARM64, with Rust 1.96 or newer and
 `panic = "unwind"`. Builds with `panic = "abort"` are rejected.
-See [release notes](https://github.com/zsumz/vthread/blob/v0.1.0-rc.3/RELEASE.md)
+See [release notes](https://github.com/zsumz/vthread/blob/v0.1.0/RELEASE.md)
 for verification coverage and known limitations.
 
-vthread `0.1.0-rc.3` is a candidate for production use on its supported platforms
-within the documented boundaries. The eventual `0.1.0` release and subsequent
-`0.1.x` releases will keep compatible public API updates within `0.1`; breaking API
-or contract changes move to `0.2`.
+vthread `0.1.0` is production ready within the documented supported workloads and
+platforms, with a deliberately limited feature set. Public APIs and supported
+contracts remain compatible throughout `0.1.x`; breaking changes require `0.2`.
 
 ## A first task
 
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ Add vthread to your project:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-vthread = "=0.1.0-rc.3"
+vthread = "=0.1.0"
 ```
 
 ```rust
diff --git a/crates/vthreads/Cargo.toml b/crates/vthreads/Cargo.toml
index ab5c900..8995cc1 100644
--- a/crates/vthreads/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/vthreads/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ runtime-evidence = ["vthread/runtime-evidence"]
 qualification = ["vthread/qualification"]
 
 [dependencies]
-vthread = { path = "../vthread", version = "=0.1.0-rc.3" }
+vthread = { path = "../vthread", version = "=0.1.0" }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/vthreads/README.md b/crates/vthreads/README.md
index bcb3ae2..a146263 100644
--- a/crates/vthreads/README.md
+++ b/crates/vthreads/README.md
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ Its `runtime-evidence` and `qualification` features forward directly to `vthread
 
 It shares vthread's Linux x86_64 and macOS ARM64 targets, Rust 1.96 minimum, and
 `panic = "unwind"` requirement.
-See [release notes](https://github.com/zsumz/vthread/blob/v0.1.0-rc.3/RELEASE.md)
+See [release notes](https://github.com/zsumz/vthread/blob/v0.1.0/RELEASE.md)
 for verification coverage and known limitations.
 
-This release candidate follows vthread's pre-1.0 compatibility policy. The eventual
-`0.1.0` release and subsequent `0.1.x` releases will keep compatible public API
-updates within `0.1`; breaking API or contract changes move to `0.2`.
+`0.1.0` shares vthread's production support contract within the documented workloads
+and platforms. Public APIs and supported contracts remain compatible throughout
+`0.1.x`; breaking changes require `0.2`.
 
 ## Using the alias
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Add the alias to your project:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-vthreads = "=0.1.0-rc.3"
+vthreads = "=0.1.0"
 ```
 
 ```rust
diff --git a/reference/Cargo.lock b/reference/Cargo.lock
index 0fd05d4..3a49810 100644
--- a/reference/Cargo.lock
+++ b/reference/Cargo.lock
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vthread"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-queue",
  "libc",
@@ -82,21 +82,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vthread-reference"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "vthread",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vthread-stack"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vthread-sync-core"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-link"
diff --git a/reference/Cargo.toml b/reference/Cargo.toml
index 944fe98..ecfcd1d 100644
--- a/reference/Cargo.toml
+++ b/reference/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "vthread-reference"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.96"
 publish = false
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 [workspace]
 
 [dependencies]
-vthread = { path = "../crates/vthread", version = "=0.1.0-rc.3" }
+vthread = { path = "../crates/vthread", version = "=0.1.0" }
 
 [profile.release]
 panic = "unwind"
diff --git a/reference/README.md b/reference/README.md
index b1fcf0f..006fdf4 100644
--- a/reference/README.md
+++ b/reference/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ For an application beside a checkout named `vthread`:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-vthread = { path = "../vthread/crates/vthread", version = "=0.1.0-rc.3" }
+vthread = { path = "../vthread/crates/vthread", version = "=0.1.0" }
 ```
 
 - Give the runtime one application-level owner. Use scopes for requests and operations,
diff --git a/zrail.lock b/zrail.lock
index f5e34b1..13eb5b6 100644
--- a/zrail.lock
+++ b/zrail.lock
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ contract_sha256 = "8603e24df9addfcc603707c15027481b9ad5e11ada455e48eba1fb9de67b5
 ratchet = []
 
 [analysis]
-inventory_sha256 = "290bf864d4fffa080e4c3ca746d802caf72dce51e4e42622a1b19c6c923482b0"
+inventory_sha256 = "2a02d5599ea6208daf5c0672491533b6cd4ec636a330f1a695ee12043464a9b3"
 exclusions_sha256 = "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855"
-cargo_lock_sha256 = "8771cde95c5d51ab68b6dd048e6d200f58517b0e80ff9c1e10eaa00a2fe232dd"
+cargo_lock_sha256 = "a0a97f71a1af7fbef4d36407ee2f10b2fadcd74556aaac2968b652d1b78c5c24"
 cargo_features_sha256 = "3e43f336e44215719c080510ba8ce053576e4fa44eab81b200117ebcbf4d3d64"
 feature_worlds_sha256 = "6edfb4a1172e614d373d2aba49cdfa4e544769ce212a82805cc63e4e3b99d116"
 feature_worlds = 5
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ default_features = true
 [package.dependency.source]
 kind = "workspace-member"
 directory = "crates/vthread-stack"
-requirement = "=0.1.0-rc.3"
+requirement = "=0.1.0"
 
 [[package.dependency]]
 alias = "vthread-sync-core"
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ default_features = true
 [package.dependency.source]
 kind = "workspace-member"
 directory = "crates/vthread-sync-core"
-requirement = "=0.1.0-rc.3"
+requirement = "=0.1.0"
 
 [[package.dependency]]
 alias = "zio"
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ default_features = true
 [package.dependency.source]
 kind = "workspace-member"
 directory = "crates/vthread"
-requirement = "=0.1.0-rc.3"
+requirement = "=0.1.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vthread-stack"
@@ -168,4 +168,4 @@ default_features = true
 [package.dependency.source]
 kind = "workspace-member"
 directory = "crates/vthread"
-requirement = "=0.1.0-rc.3"
+requirement = "=0.1.0"