5 ## [0.13.17] - 2025-06-28
7 Requires libsignal-client version
0.76.0.
11 - Fix issue when loading an older inactive group
12 - Close attachment input streams after upload
13 - Fix storage sync behavior with unhandled fields
17 - Improve behavior when pin data doesn't exist on the server
19 ## [0.13.16] - 2025-06-07
21 Requires libsignal-client version
0.73.2.
25 - Ensure every sent message gets a unique timestamp
27 ## [0.13.15] - 2025-05-08
29 Requires libsignal-client version
0.70.0.
33 - Fix native access warning with Java
24
34 - Fix storage sync loop due to old removed e164 field
38 - Increased compatibility of native build with older/virtual CPUs
40 ## [0.13.14] - 2025-04-06
42 Requires libsignal-client version
0.68.1.
46 - Fix pre key import from old data files
50 - Use websocket connection instead of HTTP for more requests
51 - Improve handling of messages with decryption error
53 ## [0.13.13] - 2025-02-28
55 Requires libsignal-client version
0.66.2.
58 - Allow setting nickname and note with
`updateContact` command
61 - Fix syncing nickname, note and expiration timer
62 - Fix check for registered users with a proxy
63 - Improve handling of storage records not yet supported by signal-cli
64 - Fix contact sync for networks requiring proxy
66 ## [0.13.12] - 2025-01-18
68 Requires libsignal-client version
0.65.2.
72 - Fix sync of contact nick name
73 - Fix incorrectly marking recipients as unregistered after sync
74 - Fix cause of database deadlock (Thanks @dukhaSlayer)
75 - Fix parsing of account query param in events http endpoint
79 - Enable sqlite WAL journal\_mode for improved performance
81 ## [0.13.11] - 2024-12-26
83 Requires libsignal-client version
0.64.0.
86 - Fix issue with receiving messages that have an invalid destination
88 ## [0.13.10] - 2024-11-30
90 Requires libsignal-client version
0.62.0.
94 - Fix receiving some unusual contact sync messages
95 - Fix receiving expiration timer updates
98 - Add support for new storage encryption scheme
100 ## [0.13.9] - 2024-10-28
106 ## [0.13.8] - 2024-10-26
108 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.2
112 - Fix sending large text messages
113 - Fix setting message expiration timer with recent Signal apps
117 - Add group name and timestamps on json message (Thanks @jailson-dias)
119 ## [0.13.7] - 2024-09-28
121 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.0
125 - Fix unnecessary log output
126 - Fix issue with CDSI sync with invalid token
128 ## [0.13.6] - 2024-09-08
130 Requires libsignal-client version
0.56.0
134 - Send sync message to linked devices when sending read/viewed receipts
138 - Fix issue with sending to some groups
139 - Fix CDSI sync if no token is stored
140 - Fix possible db dead lock during storage sync
142 ## [0.13.5] - 2024-07-25
144 Requires libsignal-client version
0.52.2
148 - Fixed device linking, due to new feature flag
150 ## [0.13.4] - 2024-06-06
152 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.47.0
156 - Improve username update error message
157 - Update groups when using listGroups command
161 - Update libsignal to fix graalvm native startup
162 - Fix issue with saving username link
163 - Fix sendMessageRequestResponse type parameter parsing in JSON RPC mode
164 - Fix getUserStatus command with only username parameter
166 ## [0.13.3] - 2024-04-19
168 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.44.0
172 - Support for reading contact nickname and notes
173 - Add
`--internal` and
`--detailed` parameters to
`listContacts` command
177 - Fix issue with sending messages when a new session is created
179 ## [0.13.2] - 2024-03-23
181 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.40.1
185 - Add
`--username` parameter to
`getUserStatus` command
189 - Fixed setting and retrieving PIN after server changes
191 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-27
195 - Add
`--reregister` parameter to force registration of an already registered account
199 - Fixed rare issue with duplicate PNIs during migration
203 - Show information when requesting voice verification without prior SMS verification
204 - Username can now be set with an explicit discriminator (e.g. testname
.000)
205 - Improve behavior when PNI prekeys upload fails
206 - Improve
`submitRateLimitChallenge` error message if captcha is rejected by server
207 - Only retry messages after an identity was trusted
211 - Default number sharing to NOBODY, to match the official apps behavior.
213 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
215 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
219 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
220 behavior with notification, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added.
224 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
225 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
227 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`,
`--discoverable-by-number`,
`--number-sharing`,
`--username`
228 and
`--delete-username` parameter for
`updateAccount` command
229 - New
`--bus-name` parameter for
`daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
230 - New
`getAvatar` and
`getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
231 - New
`sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
235 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
239 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
240 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
241 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
242 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
244 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
250 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
252 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
256 - Fix linking to an existing account
258 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
262 - Fix linking to an existing account
263 - Fix migration from old account data
265 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
269 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
270 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
271 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
275 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
277 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
281 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
282 - Update captcha help text
284 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
288 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
289 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
290 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
291 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
292 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
293 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
297 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
301 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
302 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
304 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
306 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
310 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
311 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
315 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
317 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
321 - New
`addStickerPack` command
325 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
329 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
331 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
333 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
337 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
338 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
340 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
344 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
345 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
349 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
350 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
352 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
354 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
358 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
362 - Fixed migration of older account files
363 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
365 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
367 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
371 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
373 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
377 - Fix build with Java
20
379 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
383 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
385 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
389 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
393 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
394 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
395 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
396 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
400 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
402 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
404 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
408 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
409 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
410 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
414 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
416 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
420 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
421 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
425 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
426 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
428 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
432 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
434 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
436 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
440 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
441 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
442 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
443 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
444 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
445 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
446 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
450 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
451 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
453 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
457 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
458 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
462 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
463 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
467 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
469 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
473 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
474 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
475 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
476 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
478 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
482 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
484 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
488 - Fix sending group messages
489 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
490 - Fix building fat jars
492 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
494 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
498 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
499 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
500 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
501 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
505 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
506 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
507 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
511 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
515 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
516 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
518 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
520 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
524 - Output content of received story messages
526 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
528 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
532 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
533 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
535 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
539 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
543 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
544 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
546 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
550 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
551 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
552 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
556 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
557 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
559 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
563 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
564 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
565 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
566 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
567 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
568 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
573 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
575 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
577 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
581 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
582 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
583 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
587 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
591 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
592 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
593 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
594 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
596 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
598 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
602 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
606 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
607 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
608 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
609 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
611 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
615 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
616 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
618 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
622 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
623 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
625 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
629 - Implement support for change number as linked device
630 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
631 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
636 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
637 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
638 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
642 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
644 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
648 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
649 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
650 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
651 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
655 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
659 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
660 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
662 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
666 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
667 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
669 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
673 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
674 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
675 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
679 - Improve exit code for message sending.
680 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
681 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
682 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
683 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
684 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
685 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
689 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
690 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
692 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
694 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
698 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
699 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
700 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
701 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
702 - New command
`removeContact`
703 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
704 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
705 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
706 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
707 additional message info as a key/value map
708 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
709 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
710 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
711 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
715 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
716 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
717 old flags are also still supported for now.
718 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
719 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
720 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
721 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
722 additional information about the failure.
726 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
727 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
728 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
730 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
734 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
738 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
739 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
740 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
742 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
744 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
748 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
749 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
750 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
751 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
752 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
753 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
754 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
758 - Do not send message resend request to own device
759 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
760 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
761 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
765 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
766 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
768 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
770 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
774 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
775 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
776 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
777 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
778 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
783 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
784 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
786 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
787 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
788 - Support for announcement groups
789 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
790 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
791 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
792 to groups with signal-cli members.
793 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
794 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
798 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
800 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
804 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
808 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
810 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
814 - Incorrect error handling in register command
816 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
818 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
822 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
823 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
824 `--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
825 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
826 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
827 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
831 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
832 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
833 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
834 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
835 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
837 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
841 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
842 - Building native image with graalvm
844 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
848 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
849 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
850 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
851 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
852 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
856 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
857 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
858 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
859 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
860 - Display of quit group messages
864 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
865 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
866 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
867 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
868 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
869 - Rework account storage for better reliability
870 - Improved device linking flow
871 - Allow relinking existing account
872 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
874 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
878 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
879 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
880 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
881 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
885 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
889 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
890 the same number are removed.
892 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
894 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
895 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
896 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
900 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
901 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
905 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
907 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
911 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
915 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
916 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
917 - Creating v1 groups works again
919 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
923 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
924 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
925 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
926 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
927 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
931 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
932 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
933 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
934 otherwise a user has to be specified.
935 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
936 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
937 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
938 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
939 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
943 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
944 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
945 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
946 - Issue with saving account file after linking
948 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
952 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
953 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
957 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
958 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
960 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
964 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
965 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
966 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
970 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
972 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
976 Support for groups of new type/v2
978 - Sending and receiving
979 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
980 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
981 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
983 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
984 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
988 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
990 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
994 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
995 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
999 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
1000 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
1004 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
1006 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
1008 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
1010 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
1012 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
1013 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
1015 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
1017 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
1018 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
1019 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
1021 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
1023 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
1025 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
1026 libmatthew-unix-java)
1027 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
1028 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
1030 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
1032 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
1033 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
1034 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
1035 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
1037 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
1039 - Added listContacts command
1040 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
1041 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
1042 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
1043 - Support for message reactions with emojis
1044 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
1046 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
1048 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
1050 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
1052 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
1053 - Add additional info to json output
1054 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
1055 - Add command to update contact names
1057 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
1059 Bug fixes and small improvements
1061 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
1063 - Fixes sending of group messages
1065 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
1067 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
1068 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
1069 - Switch default data path:
1070 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
1071 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
1073 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
1075 - Simple json output
1076 - dbus signal for receiving messages
1077 - Registration lock PIN
1078 - Output quoted message
1080 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
1082 * new listGroups command
1083 * Support for attachments with file names
1084 * Support for complete contacts sync
1085 * Support for contact verification sync
1087 * Get/Set group info
1088 * Get/Set contact info
1090 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
1092 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
1093 - add unregister command
1095 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
1097 - Fix linking of new devices
1099 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
1101 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
1102 * Updated dependencies
1104 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
1106 - Add support for group info requests
1107 - Improve closing of file streams
1109 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
1111 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
1113 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
1115 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
1117 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
1118 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
1119 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
1120 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
1121 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
1123 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
1125 - Fix issue with creating groups
1126 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
1127 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
1129 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
1131 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
1132 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
1133 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
1135 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
1137 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
1139 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
1141 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
1143 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
1144 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
1145 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
1147 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
1149 - Improve dbus service
1150 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
1152 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
1154 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
1157 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
1159 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
1161 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
1163 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
1165 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
1166 - Show message group info
1168 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
1170 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
1172 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08