diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4b273fe..0be3ee0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.0.4 - 2026-10-18
+
+- The README no longer states the first public release date, that no
+  production use by other people is known, that longer soak tests are open
+  work, or that version 1.0 makes no claim of measured scale.
+  `docs/versioning.md` keeps the other three limits, and the README links it.
+  The comparison pages keep the first public release date.
+
 ## 1.0.3 - 2026-10-18
 
 - Add `docs/maintenance.md`. It tells you who maintains the package, how CI
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 855bf50..5ab8c91 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ explains the model and when to use it.
 
 **Status.** Version 1.0: the public API follows semantic versioning and does
 not break before 2.0. [Versioning](docs/versioning.md) gives the limits of the
-promise. First public release: August 13, 2026.
+promise.
 
 **Production use.** One first-party application with more than 100,000 users
-runs it in production. That is a count of users, not a measure of load. No
-production use by other people is known. The [benchmarks](docs/benchmarks.md)
-are development measurements, and longer soak tests are open work.
+runs it in production. That is a count of users, not a measure of load. The
+[benchmarks](docs/benchmarks.md) are development measurements.
 
 **It is not** Solid Queue, SolidJS, or the `service_actor` gem, and it is not
 affiliated with Rails or Cloudflare.
@@ -304,9 +303,7 @@ notes remain in `docs/`, where long documentation can be long on purpose.
 
 Version 1.0 promises a stable public API. The correctness core has automated
 coverage across the supported databases, browser runtime, recovery paths, and
-packaged artifact. It makes no claim of measured scale: the
-[benchmarks](docs/benchmarks.md) are development measurements, and longer soak
-tests are open work. [Versioning](docs/versioning.md) says what a release can
+packaged artifact. [Versioning](docs/versioning.md) says what a release can
 change. The Cloudflare backend is experimental and is outside that promise.
 
 Solid Objects is released under the [MIT License](MIT-LICENSE). It is an
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4e8edf..37fa4b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "solid-objects",
-  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
   "description": "Fix race conditions across Node.js processes: ordered operations, expiring holds, and state that survives a restart, in your SQL database. A SQL-backed virtual actor library for TypeScript and Node.js.",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index 44dcd98..25405f6 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = "1.0.3"
+export const VERSION = "1.0.4"