5 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use
`--output=json` instead
6 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
7 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` instead of arrays of strings.
8 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
9 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the new location.
12 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
13 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to update the device name
15 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
17 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
20 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
22 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
24 - Incorrect error handling in register command
26 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
27 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
30 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
31 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
`--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
32 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
33 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
34 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
37 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
38 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
39 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
40 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
41 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
43 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
46 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
47 - Building native image with graalvm
49 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
51 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
52 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
53 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from master device
54 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
55 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
58 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
59 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
60 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
61 - Only respond to sync requests from master device
62 - Display of quit group messages
65 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
66 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
67 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
68 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
69 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
70 - Rework account storage for better reliability
71 - Improved device linking flow
72 - Allow relinking existing account
73 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
75 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
77 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked, isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
78 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
79 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
82 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
85 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
86 the same number are removed.
88 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
89 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
90 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
93 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
94 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
97 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
99 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
101 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
104 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
105 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
106 - Creating v1 groups works again
108 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
110 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
111 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
112 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
113 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
114 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
117 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
118 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
119 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
120 otherwise a user has to be specified.
121 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
122 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
123 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
124 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
125 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
128 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
129 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
130 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
131 - Issue with saving account file after linking
133 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
135 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
136 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
139 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
140 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
142 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
144 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
145 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
146 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
149 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
151 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
153 Support for groups of new type/v2
154 - Sending and receiving
155 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
156 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
157 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
159 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
160 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
163 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
165 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
167 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
168 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
171 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
172 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
175 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
179 Look at the
[release tags](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/releases) for information about older releases.