diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e18ee07..37fcefa 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.0.0"
+  ".": "1.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 27b8b67..e13429a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,46 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/). From the first release on, release-please maintains this file from Conventional Commit messages.
 
+## 1.0.0 (2026-10-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add central variables.example.yml and gitignore variables.yml (issue [#15](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/issues/15)) ([def61f6](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/def61f63ec3ca44f6600474386227f88845fe856))
+* add correctly named icon SVG, banner SVG, and update docs home page ([e46f1a6](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/e46f1a62949f95be75d3e2167c38bf3a3c454d1b)), closes [#22](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/issues/22)
+* add unique project ID field automation (LOAD-N prefix) ([c463d71](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/c463d71ad2675ea540102f698fe241b2808e1002))
+* **claude:** add Claude Code scaffold ([883c0d9](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/883c0d9b39abc965929e15dc576039f2f5580d47))
+* **claude:** add Claude Code scaffold ([0309f6d](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/0309f6d8344aebec0f0a587b36ef068f3f9b1f15))
+* **config:** add missing tool variables to variables.example.yml ([93cddcb](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/93cddcb9054094b08ce66c10a5931941e872b244))
+* GitHub Project & Repo Standardization (Plan 1) ([9aa924e](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/9aa924e978e1a8494bd579e88b1791e902600986))
+* GitHub Project & Repo Standardization (Plan 1) ([5df58c9](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/5df58c9755389365221f4aa8fde89557ce6641be))
+* implement fio, hammerdb, iperf, stress-ng tools ([58ee58c](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/58ee58cff67a5958d113c126f2a9e14d93b4fb16))
+* **reporting:** offline report, baseline comparison with regression exit code, trend, and Day-2 smoke gate ([e2be1f4](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/e2be1f48496d37a0a68efa3e6f0c2e1d8af2ec2b))
+* VMFleet load testing implementation ([2fbcbb6](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/2fbcbb6d90a539c03934166e1790769a424d3d31))
+* **vmfleet:** opt-in failure-injection profile with guarded node-pause and drive-fault helpers ([8909625](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/890962533c7d37d1ef2b604f565b9499bf6a3635))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add fetch-depth: 0 to checkout step for drawio-export-action ([442dc58](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/442dc58337ff883af1df0e1449a12b5d9d162ce1))
+* add README.md and remove legacy AsciiDoc files ([#21](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/issues/21)) ([11df59d](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/11df59dc9a9602a17011798fe33f36a62c9c9f6d))
+* add reopened trigger to add-to-project workflow ([0bf99ba](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/0bf99ba7f1295509b7e6c978fc1dda63cfb9618d))
+* **ci:** result keys no longer collide, suppress analyzer false positive; fix invalid-computer-name test ([98c1275](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/98c12755103efde63f799e8da8ad2f25d2a1f72f))
+* **docs:** inject base path and convert mkdocs admonitions AB[#4945](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/issues/4945) ([764eab9](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/764eab92ed8dfbd06cbeff0c3058ab2c57056c66))
+* **docs:** restore branding and ignore dead links AB[#4945](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/issues/4945) ([2ddc18d](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/2ddc18dccd335b54a8863a201055b15eea58b254))
+* **docs:** restore custom navigation, logos, and github links AB[#4945](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/issues/4945) ([34b45be](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/34b45becfa1417214a980672f62ccaabfa4c0069))
+* **hooks:** substitute {{REPO_ROOT}} placeholder in hook scripts ([1f46785](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/1f46785c57fae0ea914c6233b81a4c3c9acd3b5b))
+* make set-fields resilient to add-to-project failures ([a8ff714](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/a8ff714e42de898ba9719cab5be5ce348e27099c))
+* pin actions/add-to-project to v1.0.2 ([51d5c02](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/51d5c02b739f73a2062dee818f769f02e5db36e9))
+* remove invalid sitemap plugin, move gtag to preset options ([1a88b6d](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/1a88b6da1edea7f26dc9f9d3d9c730c68d73f490))
+* remove old AsciiDoc build-docs.yml workflow ([102e643](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/102e6431df8decbada20e761668b0526fb0d4914))
+* repair failing Pester tests, parse errors, regex bugs, and PSScriptAnalyzer lint exit condition ([abba316](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/abba316746d8b983834966158cdae5720b481e96))
+* repair the 7 failing Pester tests and the bugs behind them ([99fca68](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/99fca68416893c2359b9e887443ee1e32b9b1594))
+* restore docs standards and repair vmfleet tests ([95596ec](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/95596ec171b6b62da8c64dcea8c9ca38fddd0c43))
+* **standards:** update canonical path to docs/standards/ in platform ([21f8ba6](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/21f8ba6e54b26aa86856894ad91b04c41f27188e))
+* update Solution field option IDs after Toolkit option added to Project [#3](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/issues/3) ([2c9323e](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/2c9323ea5ac965f35d3b9aba8dc3be7279352cee))
+* use action output for item ID, fix stale solution field option IDs ([0248421](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/024842132a9cb7313993b67ab34d4b73e865b1da))
+
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 Target: 0.1.0, the first tagged pre-release. Nothing in this repository has been proven on a live Azure Local cluster; see `docs/reference/status.md`.