5 ## [0.13.13] - 2025-02-28
7 Requires libsignal-client version
0.66.2.
10 - Allow setting nickname and note with
`updateContact` command
13 - Fix syncing nickname, note and expiration timer
14 - Fix check for registered users with a proxy
15 - Improve handling of storage records not yet supported by signal-cli
16 - Fix contact sync for networks requiring proxy
18 ## [0.13.12] - 2025-01-18
20 Requires libsignal-client version
0.65.2.
24 - Fix sync of contact nick name
25 - Fix incorrectly marking recipients as unregistered after sync
26 - Fix cause of database deadlock (Thanks @dukhaSlayer)
27 - Fix parsing of account query param in events http endpoint
31 - Enable sqlite WAL journal\_mode for improved performance
33 ## [0.13.11] - 2024-12-26
35 Requires libsignal-client version
0.64.0.
38 - Fix issue with receiving messages that have an invalid destination
40 ## [0.13.10] - 2024-11-30
42 Requires libsignal-client version
0.62.0.
46 - Fix receiving some unusual contact sync messages
47 - Fix receiving expiration timer updates
50 - Add support for new storage encryption scheme
52 ## [0.13.9] - 2024-10-28
58 ## [0.13.8] - 2024-10-26
60 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.2
64 - Fix sending large text messages
65 - Fix setting message expiration timer with recent Signal apps
69 - Add group name and timestamps on json message (Thanks @jailson-dias)
71 ## [0.13.7] - 2024-09-28
73 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.0
77 - Fix unnecessary log output
78 - Fix issue with CDSI sync with invalid token
80 ## [0.13.6] - 2024-09-08
82 Requires libsignal-client version
0.56.0
86 - Send sync message to linked devices when sending read/viewed receipts
90 - Fix issue with sending to some groups
91 - Fix CDSI sync if no token is stored
92 - Fix possible db dead lock during storage sync
94 ## [0.13.5] - 2024-07-25
96 Requires libsignal-client version
0.52.2
100 - Fixed device linking, due to new feature flag
102 ## [0.13.4] - 2024-06-06
104 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.47.0
108 - Improve username update error message
109 - Update groups when using listGroups command
113 - Update libsignal to fix graalvm native startup
114 - Fix issue with saving username link
115 - Fix sendMessageRequestResponse type parameter parsing in JSON RPC mode
116 - Fix getUserStatus command with only username parameter
118 ## [0.13.3] - 2024-04-19
120 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.44.0
124 - Support for reading contact nickname and notes
125 - Add
`--internal` and
`--detailed` parameters to
`listContacts` command
129 - Fix issue with sending messages when a new session is created
131 ## [0.13.2] - 2024-03-23
133 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.40.1
137 - Add
`--username` parameter to
`getUserStatus` command
141 - Fixed setting and retrieving PIN after server changes
143 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-27
147 - Add
`--reregister` parameter to force registration of an already registered account
151 - Fixed rare issue with duplicate PNIs during migration
155 - Show information when requesting voice verification without prior SMS verification
156 - Username can now be set with an explicit discriminator (e.g. testname
.000)
157 - Improve behavior when PNI prekeys upload fails
158 - Improve
`submitRateLimitChallenge` error message if captcha is rejected by server
159 - Only retry messages after an identity was trusted
163 - Default number sharing to NOBODY, to match the official apps behavior.
165 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
167 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
171 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
172 behavior with notification, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added.
176 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
177 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
179 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`,
`--discoverable-by-number`,
`--number-sharing`,
`--username`
180 and
`--delete-username` parameter for
`updateAccount` command
181 - New
`--bus-name` parameter for
`daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
182 - New
`getAvatar` and
`getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
183 - New
`sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
187 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
191 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
192 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
193 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
194 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
196 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
202 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
204 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
208 - Fix linking to an existing account
210 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
214 - Fix linking to an existing account
215 - Fix migration from old account data
217 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
221 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
222 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
223 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
227 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
229 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
233 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
234 - Update captcha help text
236 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
240 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
241 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
242 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
243 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
244 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
245 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
249 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
253 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
254 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
256 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
258 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
262 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
263 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
267 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
269 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
273 - New
`addStickerPack` command
277 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
281 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
283 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
285 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
289 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
290 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
292 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
296 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
297 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
301 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
302 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
304 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
306 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
310 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
314 - Fixed migration of older account files
315 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
317 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
319 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
323 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
325 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
329 - Fix build with Java
20
331 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
335 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
337 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
341 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
345 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
346 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
347 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
348 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
352 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
354 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
356 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
360 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
361 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
362 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
366 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
368 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
372 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
373 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
377 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
378 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
380 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
384 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
386 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
388 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
392 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
393 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
394 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
395 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
396 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
397 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
398 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
402 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
403 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
405 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
409 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
410 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
414 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
415 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
419 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
421 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
425 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
426 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
427 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
428 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
430 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
434 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
436 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
440 - Fix sending group messages
441 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
442 - Fix building fat jars
444 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
446 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
450 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
451 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
452 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
453 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
457 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
458 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
459 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
463 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
467 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
468 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
470 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
472 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
476 - Output content of received story messages
478 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
480 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
484 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
485 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
487 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
491 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
495 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
496 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
498 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
502 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
503 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
504 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
508 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
509 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
511 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
515 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
516 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
517 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
518 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
519 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
520 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
525 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
527 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
529 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
533 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
534 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
535 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
539 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
543 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
544 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
545 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
546 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
548 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
550 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
554 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
558 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
559 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
560 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
561 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
563 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
567 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
568 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
570 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
574 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
575 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
577 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
581 - Implement support for change number as linked device
582 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
583 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
588 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
589 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
590 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
594 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
596 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
600 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
601 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
602 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
603 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
607 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
611 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
612 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
614 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
618 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
619 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
621 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
625 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
626 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
627 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
631 - Improve exit code for message sending.
632 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
633 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
634 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
635 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
636 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
637 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
641 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
642 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
644 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
646 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
650 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
651 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
652 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
653 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
654 - New command
`removeContact`
655 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
656 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
657 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
658 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
659 additional message info as a key/value map
660 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
661 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
662 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
663 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
667 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
668 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
669 old flags are also still supported for now.
670 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
671 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
672 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
673 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
674 additional information about the failure.
678 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
679 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
680 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
682 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
686 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
690 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
691 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
692 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
694 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
696 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
700 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
701 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
702 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
703 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
704 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
705 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
706 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
710 - Do not send message resend request to own device
711 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
712 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
713 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
717 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
718 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
720 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
722 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
726 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
727 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
728 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
729 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
730 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
735 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
736 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
738 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
739 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
740 - Support for announcement groups
741 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
742 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
743 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
744 to groups with signal-cli members.
745 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
746 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
750 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
752 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
756 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
760 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
762 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
766 - Incorrect error handling in register command
768 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
770 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
774 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
775 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
776 `--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
777 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
778 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
779 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
783 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
784 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
785 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
786 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
787 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
789 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
793 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
794 - Building native image with graalvm
796 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
800 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
801 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
802 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
803 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
804 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
808 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
809 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
810 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
811 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
812 - Display of quit group messages
816 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
817 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
818 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
819 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
820 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
821 - Rework account storage for better reliability
822 - Improved device linking flow
823 - Allow relinking existing account
824 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
826 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
830 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
831 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
832 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
833 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
837 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
841 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
842 the same number are removed.
844 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
846 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
847 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
848 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
852 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
853 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
857 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
859 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
863 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
867 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
868 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
869 - Creating v1 groups works again
871 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
875 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
876 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
877 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
878 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
879 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
883 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
884 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
885 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
886 otherwise a user has to be specified.
887 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
888 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
889 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
890 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
891 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
895 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
896 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
897 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
898 - Issue with saving account file after linking
900 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
904 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
905 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
909 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
910 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
912 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
916 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
917 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
918 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
922 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
924 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
928 Support for groups of new type/v2
930 - Sending and receiving
931 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
932 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
933 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
935 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
936 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
940 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
942 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
946 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
947 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
951 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
952 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
956 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
958 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
960 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
962 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
964 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
965 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
967 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
969 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
970 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
971 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
973 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
975 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
977 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
978 libmatthew-unix-java)
979 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
980 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
982 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
984 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
985 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
986 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
987 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
989 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
991 - Added listContacts command
992 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
993 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
994 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
995 - Support for message reactions with emojis
996 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
998 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
1000 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
1002 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
1004 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
1005 - Add additional info to json output
1006 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
1007 - Add command to update contact names
1009 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
1011 Bug fixes and small improvements
1013 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
1015 - Fixes sending of group messages
1017 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
1019 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
1020 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
1021 - Switch default data path:
1022 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
1023 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
1025 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
1027 - Simple json output
1028 - dbus signal for receiving messages
1029 - Registration lock PIN
1030 - Output quoted message
1032 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
1034 * new listGroups command
1035 * Support for attachments with file names
1036 * Support for complete contacts sync
1037 * Support for contact verification sync
1039 * Get/Set group info
1040 * Get/Set contact info
1042 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
1044 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
1045 - add unregister command
1047 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
1049 - Fix linking of new devices
1051 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
1053 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
1054 * Updated dependencies
1056 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
1058 - Add support for group info requests
1059 - Improve closing of file streams
1061 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
1063 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
1065 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
1067 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
1069 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
1070 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
1071 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
1072 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
1073 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
1075 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
1077 - Fix issue with creating groups
1078 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
1079 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
1081 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
1083 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
1084 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
1085 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
1087 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
1089 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
1091 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
1093 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
1095 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
1096 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
1097 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
1099 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
1101 - Improve dbus service
1102 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
1104 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
1106 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
1109 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
1111 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
1113 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
1115 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
1117 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
1118 - Show message group info
1120 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
1122 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
1124 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08