diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d692476..1591567 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ All notable changes to this module will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this module adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.0.0] — 2026-05-12
+
+### Added
+
+- `Client.BeginTx(ctx context.Context, opts pgx.TxOptions) (Tx, error)` — starts a transaction with explicit isolation level and read-only options using pgx-native `pgx.TxOptions`.
+- `Component.Stats() *pgxpool.Stat` — returns connection pool metrics (`TotalConns`, `IdleConns`, `AcquiredConns`, `MaxConns`, etc.) for observability and alerting; returns a zero-value `*pgxpool.Stat` when called before `OnInit`.
+
+### Changed
+
+- `Client.Begin(ctx context.Context) (Tx, error)` — refactored as a convenience wrapper calling `BeginTx(ctx, pgx.TxOptions{})`; behavior is identical, no breaking change.
+- All micro-lib dependencies bumped from v0.9.0 to v1.0.0: `logz`, `health`, `launcher`, `xerrors`.
+
+### Unchanged
+
+All other API (`Executor`, `Tx`, `Client`, `Component`, `UnitOfWork`, `Config`, `New`,
+`NewUnitOfWork`, `HandleError`) is API-compatible with v0.9.0.
+
+[1.0.0]: https://code.nochebuena.dev/go/postgres/releases/tag/v1.0.0
+
 ## [0.9.0] - 2026-03-18
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 775c0e0..0f34172 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ module code.nochebuena.dev/go/postgres
 go 1.25
 
 require (
-	code.nochebuena.dev/go/health v0.9.0
-	code.nochebuena.dev/go/launcher v0.9.0
-	code.nochebuena.dev/go/logz v0.9.0
-	code.nochebuena.dev/go/xerrors v0.9.0
+	code.nochebuena.dev/go/health v1.0.0
+	code.nochebuena.dev/go/launcher v1.0.0
+	code.nochebuena.dev/go/logz v1.0.0
+	code.nochebuena.dev/go/xerrors v1.0.0
 	github.com/jackc/pgerrcode v0.0.0-20250907135507-afb5586c32a6
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.8.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a327c8c..517214c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-code.nochebuena.dev/go/health v0.9.0 h1:x0UKjC7CHAE3AgwyFzCyjmGJIjoLBBxeOHxXuqpbKwI=
-code.nochebuena.dev/go/health v0.9.0/go.mod h1:f3IsNtU60JSn5yXmBBh9XOvr5pRyEah5+wS4tjDQZso=
-code.nochebuena.dev/go/launcher v0.9.0 h1:dJHonA9Xm03AQKK0919FJaQn9ZKHZ+RZfB9yxjnx3TA=
-code.nochebuena.dev/go/launcher v0.9.0/go.mod h1:IBtntmbnyddukjEhxlc7Ysdzz9nZsnd9+8FzAIHt77g=
-code.nochebuena.dev/go/logz v0.9.0 h1:wfV7vtI4V/8ED7Hm31Fbql7Y5iOGrlHN4X8Z5ajTZZE=
-code.nochebuena.dev/go/logz v0.9.0/go.mod h1:qODhSbKb+tWE7rdhHLcKweiP5CgwIaWoZxadCT3bQV8=
-code.nochebuena.dev/go/xerrors v0.9.0 h1:8wrDto7e44ZW1YPOnT6JrxYXTqnvNuKpAO1/5bcT4TE=
-code.nochebuena.dev/go/xerrors v0.9.0/go.mod h1:mtXo7xscBreCB7w7smlBP5Onv8H1HVohCvF0I/VXbAY=
+code.nochebuena.dev/go/health v1.0.0 h1:MOlvrTj8Go0sVgczo1O68nBplZ2DM9Td4aBJqL4HI10=
+code.nochebuena.dev/go/health v1.0.0/go.mod h1:f3IsNtU60JSn5yXmBBh9XOvr5pRyEah5+wS4tjDQZso=
+code.nochebuena.dev/go/launcher v1.0.0 h1:Jwqdc/1XX9do5CIzZpayC8wqhqiHsbiYJSIrLIpoaZ4=
+code.nochebuena.dev/go/launcher v1.0.0/go.mod h1:gD2D+aPKfsKNUsT6YkvjszB2fy0qAwvBRXVAtWa4mxo=
+code.nochebuena.dev/go/logz v1.0.0 h1:DpNvLuVFqyLSVKxaRa799sG8RpHnm1j6dhu4pKiFOvY=
+code.nochebuena.dev/go/logz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:qODhSbKb+tWE7rdhHLcKweiP5CgwIaWoZxadCT3bQV8=
+code.nochebuena.dev/go/xerrors v1.0.0 h1:si24SFGa7cHwAxbu75AAEB+a3qRmF118F/BM2SFI7VI=
+code.nochebuena.dev/go/xerrors v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mtXo7xscBreCB7w7smlBP5Onv8H1HVohCvF0I/VXbAY=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
diff --git a/postgres.go b/postgres.go
index 3c5d4f5..b73733f 100644
--- a/postgres.go
+++ b/postgres.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ type Client interface {
 	// otherwise returns the pool.
 	GetExecutor(ctx context.Context) Executor
 	Begin(ctx context.Context) (Tx, error)
+	BeginTx(ctx context.Context, opts pgx.TxOptions) (Tx, error)
 	Ping(ctx context.Context) error
 	HandleError(err error) error
 }
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ type Component interface {
 	launcher.Component
 	health.Checkable
 	Client
+	Stats() *pgxpool.Stat
 }
 
 // UnitOfWork wraps operations in a single database transaction.
@@ -159,20 +161,34 @@ func (c *pgComponent) GetExecutor(ctx context.Context) Executor {
 	return pool
 }
 
-func (c *pgComponent) Begin(ctx context.Context) (Tx, error) {
+func (c *pgComponent) BeginTx(ctx context.Context, opts pgx.TxOptions) (Tx, error) {
 	c.mu.RLock()
 	pool := c.pool
 	c.mu.RUnlock()
 	if pool == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("postgres: pool not initialized")
 	}
-	tx, err := pool.Begin(ctx)
+	tx, err := pool.BeginTx(ctx, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &pgTx{Tx: tx}, nil
 }
 
+func (c *pgComponent) Begin(ctx context.Context) (Tx, error) {
+	return c.BeginTx(ctx, pgx.TxOptions{})
+}
+
+func (c *pgComponent) Stats() *pgxpool.Stat {
+	c.mu.RLock()
+	pool := c.pool
+	c.mu.RUnlock()
+	if pool == nil {
+		return &pgxpool.Stat{}
+	}
+	return pool.Stat()
+}
+
 func (c *pgComponent) Exec(ctx context.Context, sql string, args ...any) (pgconn.CommandTag, error) {
 	c.mu.RLock()
 	pool := c.pool
diff --git a/postgres_test.go b/postgres_test.go
index b110298..8258d03 100644
--- a/postgres_test.go
+++ b/postgres_test.go
@@ -105,9 +105,10 @@ func (m *mockTx) Rollback(ctx context.Context) error
 
 type mockClient struct{ tx *mockTx }
 
-func (m *mockClient) Begin(ctx context.Context) (Tx, error)         { return m.tx, nil }
-func (m *mockClient) Ping(ctx context.Context) error                { return nil }
-func (m *mockClient) HandleError(err error) error                   { return HandleError(err) }
+func (m *mockClient) Begin(ctx context.Context) (Tx, error)                       { return m.tx, nil }
+func (m *mockClient) BeginTx(ctx context.Context, opts pgx.TxOptions) (Tx, error) { return m.tx, nil }
+func (m *mockClient) Ping(ctx context.Context) error                              { return nil }
+func (m *mockClient) HandleError(err error) error                                 { return HandleError(err) }
 func (m *mockClient) GetExecutor(ctx context.Context) Executor {
 	if tx, ok := ctx.Value(ctxTxKey{}).(Executor); ok {
 		return tx
@@ -149,6 +150,24 @@ func TestUnitOfWork_InjectsExecutor(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// --- BeginTx / Stats ---
+
+func TestComponent_BeginTx_NilPool(t *testing.T) {
+	c := &pgComponent{logger: newLogger()}
+	_, err := c.BeginTx(context.Background(), pgx.TxOptions{})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error for nil pool")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestComponent_Stats_NilPool(t *testing.T) {
+	c := &pgComponent{logger: newLogger()}
+	stats := c.Stats()
+	if stats == nil {
+		t.Error("Stats() should return non-nil zero value when pool is nil")
+	}
+}
+
 // --- helpers ---
 
 func assertCode(t *testing.T, err error, want xerrors.Code) {