diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cbf81e6..2be95c1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
-project(tidesdb_cpp VERSION 2.3.4 LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(tidesdb_cpp VERSION 2.3.5 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
diff --git a/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp b/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp
index e910e32..b35356d 100644
--- a/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp
+++ b/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp
@@ -256,6 +256,28 @@ struct Stats
     double btreeAvgHeight = 0.0;        ///< Average tree height across all SSTables
 };
 
+/**
+ * @brief Database-level statistics
+ */
+struct DbStats
+{
+    int numColumnFamilies = 0;
+    std::uint64_t totalMemory = 0;
+    std::uint64_t availableMemory = 0;
+    std::size_t resolvedMemoryLimit = 0;
+    int memoryPressureLevel = 0;
+    int flushPendingCount = 0;
+    std::int64_t totalMemtableBytes = 0;
+    int totalImmutableCount = 0;
+    int totalSstableCount = 0;
+    std::uint64_t totalDataSizeBytes = 0;
+    int numOpenSstables = 0;
+    std::uint64_t globalSeq = 0;
+    std::int64_t txnMemoryBytes = 0;
+    std::size_t compactionQueueSize = 0;
+    std::size_t flushQueueSize = 0;
+};
+
 /**
  * @brief Block cache statistics
  */
@@ -306,6 +328,14 @@ class ColumnFamily
      */
     void purge();
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Force an immediate fsync of the active write-ahead log
+     *
+     * Useful for explicit durability control when using SyncMode::None or
+     * SyncMode::Interval. Thread-safe.
+     */
+    void syncWal();
+
     /**
      * @brief Check if a flush operation is in progress
      * @return true if flushing, false otherwise
@@ -596,6 +626,12 @@ class TidesDB
      */
     [[nodiscard]] Transaction beginTransaction(IsolationLevel isolation);
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Get database-level statistics
+     * @return Aggregate statistics across the entire database instance
+     */
+    [[nodiscard]] DbStats getDbStats();
+
     /**
      * @brief Get block cache statistics
      * @return Cache statistics
diff --git a/src/tidesdb.cpp b/src/tidesdb.cpp
index 52be007..93959e3 100644
--- a/src/tidesdb.cpp
+++ b/src/tidesdb.cpp
@@ -271,6 +271,12 @@ void ColumnFamily::purge()
     checkResult(result, "failed to purge column family");
 }
 
+void ColumnFamily::syncWal()
+{
+    int result = tidesdb_sync_wal(cf_);
+    checkResult(result, "failed to sync WAL");
+}
+
 bool ColumnFamily::isFlushing() const
 {
     return tidesdb_is_flushing(cf_) != 0;
@@ -738,6 +744,32 @@ Transaction TidesDB::beginTransaction(IsolationLevel isolation)
     return Transaction(txn);
 }
 
+DbStats TidesDB::getDbStats()
+{
+    tidesdb_db_stats_t cStats;
+    int result = tidesdb_get_db_stats(db_, &cStats);
+    checkResult(result, "failed to get database stats");
+
+    DbStats stats;
+    stats.numColumnFamilies = cStats.num_column_families;
+    stats.totalMemory = cStats.total_memory;
+    stats.availableMemory = cStats.available_memory;
+    stats.resolvedMemoryLimit = cStats.resolved_memory_limit;
+    stats.memoryPressureLevel = cStats.memory_pressure_level;
+    stats.flushPendingCount = cStats.flush_pending_count;
+    stats.totalMemtableBytes = cStats.total_memtable_bytes;
+    stats.totalImmutableCount = cStats.total_immutable_count;
+    stats.totalSstableCount = cStats.total_sstable_count;
+    stats.totalDataSizeBytes = cStats.total_data_size_bytes;
+    stats.numOpenSstables = cStats.num_open_sstables;
+    stats.globalSeq = cStats.global_seq;
+    stats.txnMemoryBytes = cStats.txn_memory_bytes;
+    stats.compactionQueueSize = cStats.compaction_queue_size;
+    stats.flushQueueSize = cStats.flush_queue_size;
+
+    return stats;
+}
+
 CacheStats TidesDB::getCacheStats()
 {
     tidesdb_cache_stats_t cStats;
diff --git a/tests/tidesdb_test.cpp b/tests/tidesdb_test.cpp
index e0a603d..33d98c5 100644
--- a/tests/tidesdb_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/tidesdb_test.cpp
@@ -1188,6 +1188,100 @@ TEST_F(TidesDBTest, TransactionResetAfterRollback)
     }
 }
 
+TEST_F(TidesDBTest, SyncWal)
+{
+    tidesdb::TidesDB db(getConfig());
+
+    auto cfConfig = tidesdb::ColumnFamilyConfig::defaultConfig();
+    cfConfig.syncMode = tidesdb::SyncMode::None;
+    db.createColumnFamily("test_cf", cfConfig);
+
+    auto cf = db.getColumnFamily("test_cf");
+
+    // Write some data
+    {
+        auto txn = db.beginTransaction();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
+        {
+            std::string key = "key" + std::to_string(i);
+            std::string value = "value" + std::to_string(i);
+            txn.put(cf, key, value, -1);
+        }
+        txn.commit();
+    }
+
+    // Force WAL sync -- should not throw
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(cf.syncWal());
+}
+
+TEST_F(TidesDBTest, SyncWalWithIntervalMode)
+{
+    tidesdb::TidesDB db(getConfig());
+
+    auto cfConfig = tidesdb::ColumnFamilyConfig::defaultConfig();
+    cfConfig.syncMode = tidesdb::SyncMode::Interval;
+    cfConfig.syncIntervalUs = 1000000;  // 1 second
+    db.createColumnFamily("test_cf", cfConfig);
+
+    auto cf = db.getColumnFamily("test_cf");
+
+    // Write data
+    {
+        auto txn = db.beginTransaction();
+        txn.put(cf, "key1", "value1", -1);
+        txn.commit();
+    }
+
+    // Explicit sync before the interval fires
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(cf.syncWal());
+}
+
+TEST_F(TidesDBTest, GetDbStats)
+{
+    tidesdb::TidesDB db(getConfig());
+
+    auto cfConfig = tidesdb::ColumnFamilyConfig::defaultConfig();
+    db.createColumnFamily("cf1", cfConfig);
+    db.createColumnFamily("cf2", cfConfig);
+
+    auto cf1 = db.getColumnFamily("cf1");
+    auto cf2 = db.getColumnFamily("cf2");
+
+    // Write some data
+    {
+        auto txn = db.beginTransaction();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 20; ++i)
+        {
+            txn.put(cf1, "k1_" + std::to_string(i), "v1_" + std::to_string(i), -1);
+            txn.put(cf2, "k2_" + std::to_string(i), "v2_" + std::to_string(i), -1);
+        }
+        txn.commit();
+    }
+
+    auto dbStats = db.getDbStats();
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(dbStats.numColumnFamilies, 2);
+    ASSERT_GT(dbStats.totalMemory, 0u);
+    ASSERT_GE(dbStats.resolvedMemoryLimit, 0u);
+    ASSERT_GE(dbStats.memoryPressureLevel, 0);
+    ASSERT_GE(dbStats.globalSeq, 0u);
+    ASSERT_GE(dbStats.flushQueueSize, 0u);
+    ASSERT_GE(dbStats.compactionQueueSize, 0u);
+}
+
+TEST_F(TidesDBTest, GetDbStatsEmpty)
+{
+    tidesdb::TidesDB db(getConfig());
+
+    auto cfConfig = tidesdb::ColumnFamilyConfig::defaultConfig();
+    db.createColumnFamily("empty_cf", cfConfig);
+
+    auto dbStats = db.getDbStats();
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(dbStats.numColumnFamilies, 1);
+    ASSERT_GT(dbStats.totalMemory, 0u);
+}
+
 // Commit hook test helpers
 struct HookTestCtx
 {