5 ## [0.13.10] - 2024-11-30
7 Requires libsignal-client version
0.62.0.
11 - Fix receiving some unusual contact sync messages
12 - Fix receiving expiration timer updates
15 - Add support for new storage encryption scheme
17 ## [0.13.9] - 2024-10-28
23 ## [0.13.8] - 2024-10-26
25 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.2
29 - Fix sending large text messages
30 - Fix setting message expiration timer with recent Signal apps
34 - Add group name and timestamps on json message (Thanks @jailson-dias)
36 ## [0.13.7] - 2024-09-28
38 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.0
42 - Fix unnecessary log output
43 - Fix issue with CDSI sync with invalid token
45 ## [0.13.6] - 2024-09-08
47 Requires libsignal-client version
0.56.0
51 - Send sync message to linked devices when sending read/viewed receipts
55 - Fix issue with sending to some groups
56 - Fix CDSI sync if no token is stored
57 - Fix possible db dead lock during storage sync
59 ## [0.13.5] - 2024-07-25
61 Requires libsignal-client version
0.52.2
65 - Fixed device linking, due to new feature flag
67 ## [0.13.4] - 2024-06-06
69 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.47.0
73 - Improve username update error message
74 - Update groups when using listGroups command
78 - Update libsignal to fix graalvm native startup
79 - Fix issue with saving username link
80 - Fix sendMessageRequestResponse type parameter parsing in JSON RPC mode
81 - Fix getUserStatus command with only username parameter
83 ## [0.13.3] - 2024-04-19
85 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.44.0
89 - Support for reading contact nickname and notes
90 - Add
`--internal` and
`--detailed` parameters to
`listContacts` command
94 - Fix issue with sending messages when a new session is created
96 ## [0.13.2] - 2024-03-23
98 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.40.1
102 - Add
`--username` parameter to
`getUserStatus` command
106 - Fixed setting and retrieving PIN after server changes
108 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-27
112 - Add
`--reregister` parameter to force registration of an already registered account
116 - Fixed rare issue with duplicate PNIs during migration
120 - Show information when requesting voice verification without prior SMS verification
121 - Username can now be set with an explicit discriminator (e.g. testname
.000)
122 - Improve behavior when PNI prekeys upload fails
123 - Improve
`submitRateLimitChallenge` error message if captcha is rejected by server
124 - Only retry messages after an identity was trusted
128 - Default number sharing to NOBODY, to match the official apps behavior.
130 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
132 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
136 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
137 behavior with notification, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added.
141 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
142 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
144 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`,
`--discoverable-by-number`,
`--number-sharing`,
`--username`
145 and
`--delete-username` parameter for
`updateAccount` command
146 - New
`--bus-name` parameter for
`daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
147 - New
`getAvatar` and
`getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
148 - New
`sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
152 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
156 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
157 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
158 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
159 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
161 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
167 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
169 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
173 - Fix linking to an existing account
175 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
179 - Fix linking to an existing account
180 - Fix migration from old account data
182 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
186 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
187 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
188 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
192 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
194 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
198 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
199 - Update captcha help text
201 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
205 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
206 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
207 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
208 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
209 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
210 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
214 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
218 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
219 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
221 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
223 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
227 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
228 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
232 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
234 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
238 - New
`addStickerPack` command
242 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
246 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
248 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
250 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
254 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
255 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
257 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
261 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
262 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
266 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
267 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
269 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
271 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
275 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
279 - Fixed migration of older account files
280 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
282 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
284 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
288 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
290 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
294 - Fix build with Java
20
296 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
300 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
302 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
306 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
310 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
311 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
312 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
313 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
317 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
319 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
321 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
325 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
326 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
327 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
331 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
333 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
337 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
338 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
342 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
343 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
345 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
349 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
351 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
353 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
357 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
358 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
359 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
360 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
361 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
362 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
363 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
367 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
368 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
370 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
374 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
375 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
379 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
380 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
384 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
386 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
390 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
391 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
392 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
393 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
395 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
399 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
401 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
405 - Fix sending group messages
406 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
407 - Fix building fat jars
409 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
411 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
415 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
416 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
417 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
418 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
422 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
423 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
424 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
428 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
432 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
433 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
435 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
437 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
441 - Output content of received story messages
443 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
445 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
449 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
450 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
452 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
456 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
460 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
461 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
463 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
467 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
468 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
469 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
473 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
474 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
476 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
480 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
481 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
482 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
483 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
484 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
485 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
490 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
492 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
494 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
498 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
499 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
500 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
504 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
508 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
509 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
510 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
511 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
513 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
515 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
519 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
523 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
524 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
525 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
526 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
528 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
532 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
533 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
535 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
539 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
540 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
542 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
546 - Implement support for change number as linked device
547 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
548 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
553 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
554 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
555 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
559 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
561 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
565 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
566 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
567 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
568 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
572 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
576 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
577 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
579 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
583 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
584 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
586 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
590 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
591 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
592 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
596 - Improve exit code for message sending.
597 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
598 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
599 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
600 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
601 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
602 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
606 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
607 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
609 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
611 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
615 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
616 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
617 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
618 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
619 - New command
`removeContact`
620 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
621 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
622 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
623 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
624 additional message info as a key/value map
625 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
626 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
627 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
628 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
632 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
633 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
634 old flags are also still supported for now.
635 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
636 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
637 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
638 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
639 additional information about the failure.
643 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
644 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
645 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
647 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
651 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
655 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
656 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
657 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
659 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
661 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
665 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
666 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
667 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
668 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
669 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
670 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
671 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
675 - Do not send message resend request to own device
676 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
677 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
678 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
682 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
683 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
685 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
687 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
691 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
692 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
693 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
694 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
695 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
700 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
701 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
703 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
704 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
705 - Support for announcement groups
706 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
707 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
708 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
709 to groups with signal-cli members.
710 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
711 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
715 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
717 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
721 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
725 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
727 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
731 - Incorrect error handling in register command
733 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
735 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
739 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
740 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
741 `--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
742 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
743 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
744 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
748 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
749 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
750 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
751 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
752 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
754 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
758 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
759 - Building native image with graalvm
761 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
765 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
766 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
767 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
768 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
769 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
773 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
774 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
775 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
776 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
777 - Display of quit group messages
781 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
782 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
783 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
784 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
785 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
786 - Rework account storage for better reliability
787 - Improved device linking flow
788 - Allow relinking existing account
789 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
791 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
795 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
796 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
797 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
798 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
802 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
806 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
807 the same number are removed.
809 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
811 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
812 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
813 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
817 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
818 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
822 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
824 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
828 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
832 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
833 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
834 - Creating v1 groups works again
836 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
840 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
841 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
842 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
843 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
844 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
848 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
849 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
850 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
851 otherwise a user has to be specified.
852 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
853 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
854 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
855 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
856 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
860 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
861 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
862 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
863 - Issue with saving account file after linking
865 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
869 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
870 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
874 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
875 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
877 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
881 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
882 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
883 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
887 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
889 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
893 Support for groups of new type/v2
895 - Sending and receiving
896 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
897 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
898 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
900 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
901 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
905 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
907 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
911 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
912 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
916 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
917 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
921 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
923 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
925 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
927 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
929 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
930 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
932 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
934 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
935 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
936 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
938 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
940 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
942 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
943 libmatthew-unix-java)
944 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
945 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
947 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
949 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
950 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
951 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
952 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
954 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
956 - Added listContacts command
957 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
958 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
959 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
960 - Support for message reactions with emojis
961 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
963 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
965 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
967 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
969 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
970 - Add additional info to json output
971 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
972 - Add command to update contact names
974 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
976 Bug fixes and small improvements
978 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
980 - Fixes sending of group messages
982 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
984 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
985 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
986 - Switch default data path:
987 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
988 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
990 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
993 - dbus signal for receiving messages
994 - Registration lock PIN
995 - Output quoted message
997 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
999 * new listGroups command
1000 * Support for attachments with file names
1001 * Support for complete contacts sync
1002 * Support for contact verification sync
1004 * Get/Set group info
1005 * Get/Set contact info
1007 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
1009 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
1010 - add unregister command
1012 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
1014 - Fix linking of new devices
1016 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
1018 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
1019 * Updated dependencies
1021 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
1023 - Add support for group info requests
1024 - Improve closing of file streams
1026 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
1028 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
1030 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
1032 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
1034 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
1035 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
1036 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
1037 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
1038 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
1040 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
1042 - Fix issue with creating groups
1043 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
1044 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
1046 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
1048 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
1049 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
1050 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
1052 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
1054 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
1056 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
1058 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
1060 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
1061 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
1062 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
1064 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
1066 - Improve dbus service
1067 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
1069 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
1071 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
1074 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
1076 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
1078 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
1080 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
1082 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
1083 - Show message group info
1085 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
1087 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
1089 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08