CockroachDB's 1.0 release marks its transition to a production-ready, cloud-native database, designed to address the limitations of traditional databases in handling distributed OLTP workloads. By combining the strong consistency of SQL with the scalability of NoSQL, CockroachDB allows businesses to scale their databases across multiple datacenters without substantial application changes. Core features such as distributed SQL, multi-active availability, and consensus-based replication enhance stability, performance, and usability, while supporting mission-critical applications. Although CockroachDB 1.0 does not yet support all PostgreSQL functionalities and faces network latency challenges, it is optimized for transactional workloads and offers robust community support. As Cockroach Labs continues to develop CockroachDB, they aim to expand its capabilities, improve query performance, and integrate with more deployment tools, driven by feedback from its users.