5 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.37
8 - New --hidden parameter for removeContact command
9 - New --notify-self parameter for send command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients or groups.
10 With this parameter sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the --note-to-self parameter.
13 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
15 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
17 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
20 - Fix linking to an existing account
22 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
25 - Fix linking to an existing account
26 - Fix migration from old account data
28 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
31 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
32 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
33 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
36 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
38 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
41 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
42 - Update captcha help text
44 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
48 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
49 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
50 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
51 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
52 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
53 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
57 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
61 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
62 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
64 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
66 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
70 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
71 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
74 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
76 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
80 - New
`addStickerPack` command
83 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
86 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
88 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
89 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
92 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
93 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
94 - After:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
97 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
98 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
101 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
102 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
104 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
105 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
108 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
111 - Fixed migration of older account files
112 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
114 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
115 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
118 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
120 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
123 - Fix build with Java
20
125 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
128 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
130 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
133 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
136 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
137 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
138 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
139 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
142 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
144 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
145 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
148 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
149 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
150 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
153 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
155 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
158 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
159 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
162 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
163 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
165 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
168 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
170 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
171 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
174 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
175 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
176 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
177 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
178 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
179 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
180 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
183 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
184 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
186 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
189 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
190 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
193 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
194 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
197 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
199 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
202 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
203 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
204 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
205 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
207 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
210 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
212 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
215 - Fix sending group messages
216 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
217 - Fix building fat jars
219 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
220 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
223 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
224 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
225 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
226 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
229 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
230 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
231 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
234 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
237 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
238 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
240 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
241 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
244 - Output content of received story messages
246 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
247 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
250 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
251 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
253 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
256 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
259 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
260 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
262 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
265 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
266 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
267 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
270 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
271 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
273 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
276 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
277 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
278 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
279 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
280 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
281 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages as read
284 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
286 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
287 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
290 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
291 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
292 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
295 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
298 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
299 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
300 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
301 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
303 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
304 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
307 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
310 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
311 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
312 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
313 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
315 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
317 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
318 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
320 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
322 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
323 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
325 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
327 - Implement support for change number as linked device
328 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
329 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
333 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
334 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
335 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
338 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
340 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
342 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
343 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
344 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
345 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
348 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
351 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
352 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
354 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
356 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
357 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
359 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
361 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
362 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
363 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
366 - Improve exit code for message sending.
367 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
368 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
369 - Download profiles in parallel for improved perfomance
370 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
371 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
372 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
375 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
376 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
378 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
379 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
382 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
383 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
384 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
385 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
386 - New command
`removeContact`
387 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
388 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
389 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with additional message info as a key/value map
390 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
391 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
392 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
393 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
396 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
397 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The old flags are also still supported for now.
398 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
399 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
400 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
401 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints additional information about the failure.
404 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
405 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
406 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
408 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
410 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
413 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
414 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
415 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
417 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
418 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
421 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
422 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
423 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
424 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
425 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts, sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
426 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
429 - Do not send message resend request to own device
430 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
431 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
432 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
435 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
436 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
438 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
439 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
442 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
443 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
444 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
445 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
446 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the new location.
449 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
450 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary device)
451 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
452 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
453 - Support for announcement groups
454 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
455 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
456 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out to groups with signal-cli members.
457 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
458 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
461 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
463 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
465 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
468 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
470 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
472 - Incorrect error handling in register command
474 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
475 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
478 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
479 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
`--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
480 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
481 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
482 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
485 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
486 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
487 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
488 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
489 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
491 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
494 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
495 - Building native image with graalvm
497 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
499 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
500 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
501 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
502 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
503 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
506 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
507 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
508 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
509 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
510 - Display of quit group messages
513 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
514 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
515 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
516 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
517 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
518 - Rework account storage for better reliability
519 - Improved device linking flow
520 - Allow relinking existing account
521 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
523 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
525 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked, isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
526 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
527 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
530 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
533 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
534 the same number are removed.
536 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
537 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
538 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
541 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
542 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
545 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
547 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
549 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
552 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
553 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
554 - Creating v1 groups works again
556 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
558 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
559 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
560 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
561 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
562 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
565 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
566 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
567 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
568 otherwise a user has to be specified.
569 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
570 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
571 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
572 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
573 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
576 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
577 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
578 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
579 - Issue with saving account file after linking
581 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
583 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
584 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
587 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
588 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
590 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
592 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
593 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
594 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
597 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
599 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
601 Support for groups of new type/v2
602 - Sending and receiving
603 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
604 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
605 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
607 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
608 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
611 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
613 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
615 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
616 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
619 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
620 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
623 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
625 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
626 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
628 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
629 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
630 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
632 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
633 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
634 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
635 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
637 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
639 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
640 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of libmatthew-unix-java)
641 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
642 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
644 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
645 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
646 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
647 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
648 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
650 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
651 - Added listContacts command
652 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
653 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
654 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
655 - Support for message reactions with emojis
656 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
658 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
659 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
661 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
662 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
663 - Add additional info to json output
664 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
665 - Add command to update contact names
667 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
668 Bug fixes and small improvements
670 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
671 - Fixes sending of group messages
673 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
674 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
675 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
676 - Switch default data path:
677 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
678 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
680 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
682 - dbus signal for receiving messages
683 - Registration lock PIN
684 - Output quoted message
686 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
687 * new listGroups command
688 * Support for attachments with file names
689 * Support for complete contacts sync
690 * Support for contact verification sync
693 * Get/Set contact info
695 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
696 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
697 - add unregister command
699 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
700 - Fix linking of new devices
702 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
703 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
704 * Updated dependencies
706 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
707 - Add support for group info requests
708 - Improve closing of file streams
710 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
711 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
713 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
715 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
716 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
717 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
718 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
719 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
720 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
722 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
723 - Fix issue with creating groups
724 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
725 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
727 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
728 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
729 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
730 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
732 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
733 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
735 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
737 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
738 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
739 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
740 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
742 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
743 - Improve dbus service
744 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
746 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
747 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with future releases).
749 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
751 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
752 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
754 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
755 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
756 - Show message group info
758 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
760 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
762 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08