3 ## [0.13.14] - 2025-04-06
5 Requires libsignal-client version
0.68.1.
9 - Fix pre key import from old data files
13 - Use websocket connection instead of HTTP for more requests
14 - Improve handling of messages with decryption error
16 ## [0.13.13] - 2025-02-28
18 Requires libsignal-client version
0.66.2.
21 - Allow setting nickname and note with
`updateContact` command
24 - Fix syncing nickname, note and expiration timer
25 - Fix check for registered users with a proxy
26 - Improve handling of storage records not yet supported by signal-cli
27 - Fix contact sync for networks requiring proxy
29 ## [0.13.12] - 2025-01-18
31 Requires libsignal-client version
0.65.2.
35 - Fix sync of contact nick name
36 - Fix incorrectly marking recipients as unregistered after sync
37 - Fix cause of database deadlock (Thanks @dukhaSlayer)
38 - Fix parsing of account query param in events http endpoint
42 - Enable sqlite WAL journal\_mode for improved performance
44 ## [0.13.11] - 2024-12-26
46 Requires libsignal-client version
0.64.0.
49 - Fix issue with receiving messages that have an invalid destination
51 ## [0.13.10] - 2024-11-30
53 Requires libsignal-client version
0.62.0.
57 - Fix receiving some unusual contact sync messages
58 - Fix receiving expiration timer updates
61 - Add support for new storage encryption scheme
63 ## [0.13.9] - 2024-10-28
69 ## [0.13.8] - 2024-10-26
71 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.2
75 - Fix sending large text messages
76 - Fix setting message expiration timer with recent Signal apps
80 - Add group name and timestamps on json message (Thanks @jailson-dias)
82 ## [0.13.7] - 2024-09-28
84 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.0
88 - Fix unnecessary log output
89 - Fix issue with CDSI sync with invalid token
91 ## [0.13.6] - 2024-09-08
93 Requires libsignal-client version
0.56.0
97 - Send sync message to linked devices when sending read/viewed receipts
101 - Fix issue with sending to some groups
102 - Fix CDSI sync if no token is stored
103 - Fix possible db dead lock during storage sync
105 ## [0.13.5] - 2024-07-25
107 Requires libsignal-client version
0.52.2
111 - Fixed device linking, due to new feature flag
113 ## [0.13.4] - 2024-06-06
115 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.47.0
119 - Improve username update error message
120 - Update groups when using listGroups command
124 - Update libsignal to fix graalvm native startup
125 - Fix issue with saving username link
126 - Fix sendMessageRequestResponse type parameter parsing in JSON RPC mode
127 - Fix getUserStatus command with only username parameter
129 ## [0.13.3] - 2024-04-19
131 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.44.0
135 - Support for reading contact nickname and notes
136 - Add
`--internal` and
`--detailed` parameters to
`listContacts` command
140 - Fix issue with sending messages when a new session is created
142 ## [0.13.2] - 2024-03-23
144 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.40.1
148 - Add
`--username` parameter to
`getUserStatus` command
152 - Fixed setting and retrieving PIN after server changes
154 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-27
158 - Add
`--reregister` parameter to force registration of an already registered account
162 - Fixed rare issue with duplicate PNIs during migration
166 - Show information when requesting voice verification without prior SMS verification
167 - Username can now be set with an explicit discriminator (e.g. testname
.000)
168 - Improve behavior when PNI prekeys upload fails
169 - Improve
`submitRateLimitChallenge` error message if captcha is rejected by server
170 - Only retry messages after an identity was trusted
174 - Default number sharing to NOBODY, to match the official apps behavior.
176 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
178 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
182 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
183 behavior with notification, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added.
187 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
188 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
190 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`,
`--discoverable-by-number`,
`--number-sharing`,
`--username`
191 and
`--delete-username` parameter for
`updateAccount` command
192 - New
`--bus-name` parameter for
`daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
193 - New
`getAvatar` and
`getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
194 - New
`sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
198 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
202 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
203 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
204 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
205 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
207 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
213 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
215 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
219 - Fix linking to an existing account
221 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
225 - Fix linking to an existing account
226 - Fix migration from old account data
228 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
232 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
233 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
234 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
238 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
240 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
244 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
245 - Update captcha help text
247 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
251 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
252 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
253 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
254 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
255 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
256 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
260 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
264 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
265 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
267 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
269 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
273 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
274 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
278 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
280 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
284 - New
`addStickerPack` command
288 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
292 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
294 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
296 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
300 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
301 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
303 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
307 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
308 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
312 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
313 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
315 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
317 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
321 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
325 - Fixed migration of older account files
326 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
328 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
330 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
334 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
336 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
340 - Fix build with Java
20
342 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
346 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
348 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
352 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
356 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
357 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
358 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
359 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
363 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
365 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
367 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
371 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
372 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
373 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
377 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
379 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
383 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
384 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
388 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
389 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
391 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
395 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
397 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
399 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
403 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
404 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
405 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
406 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
407 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
408 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
409 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
413 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
414 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
416 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
420 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
421 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
425 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
426 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
430 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
432 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
436 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
437 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
438 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
439 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
441 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
445 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
447 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
451 - Fix sending group messages
452 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
453 - Fix building fat jars
455 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
457 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
461 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
462 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
463 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
464 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
468 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
469 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
470 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
474 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
478 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
479 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
481 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
483 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
487 - Output content of received story messages
489 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
491 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
495 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
496 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
498 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
502 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
506 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
507 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
509 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
513 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
514 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
515 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
519 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
520 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
522 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
526 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
527 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
528 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
529 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
530 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
531 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
536 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
538 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
540 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
544 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
545 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
546 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
550 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
554 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
555 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
556 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
557 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
559 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
561 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
565 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
569 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
570 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
571 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
572 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
574 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
578 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
579 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
581 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
585 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
586 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
588 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
592 - Implement support for change number as linked device
593 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
594 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
599 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
600 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
601 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
605 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
607 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
611 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
612 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
613 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
614 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
618 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
622 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
623 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
625 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
629 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
630 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
632 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
636 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
637 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
638 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
642 - Improve exit code for message sending.
643 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
644 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
645 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
646 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
647 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
648 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
652 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
653 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
655 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
657 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
661 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
662 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
663 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
664 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
665 - New command
`removeContact`
666 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
667 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
668 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
669 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
670 additional message info as a key/value map
671 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
672 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
673 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
674 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
678 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
679 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
680 old flags are also still supported for now.
681 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
682 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
683 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
684 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
685 additional information about the failure.
689 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
690 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
691 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
693 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
697 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
701 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
702 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
703 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
705 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
707 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
711 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
712 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
713 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
714 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
715 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
716 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
717 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
721 - Do not send message resend request to own device
722 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
723 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
724 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
728 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
729 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
731 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
733 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
737 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
738 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
739 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
740 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
741 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
746 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
747 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
749 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
750 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
751 - Support for announcement groups
752 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
753 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
754 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
755 to groups with signal-cli members.
756 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
757 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
761 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
763 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
767 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
771 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
773 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
777 - Incorrect error handling in register command
779 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
781 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
785 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
786 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
787 `--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
788 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
789 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
790 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
794 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
795 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
796 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
797 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
798 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
800 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
804 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
805 - Building native image with graalvm
807 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
811 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
812 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
813 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
814 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
815 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
819 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
820 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
821 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
822 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
823 - Display of quit group messages
827 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
828 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
829 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
830 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
831 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
832 - Rework account storage for better reliability
833 - Improved device linking flow
834 - Allow relinking existing account
835 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
837 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
841 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
842 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
843 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
844 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
848 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
852 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
853 the same number are removed.
855 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
857 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
858 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
859 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
863 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
864 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
868 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
870 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
874 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
878 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
879 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
880 - Creating v1 groups works again
882 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
886 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
887 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
888 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
889 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
890 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
894 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
895 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
896 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
897 otherwise a user has to be specified.
898 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
899 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
900 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
901 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
902 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
906 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
907 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
908 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
909 - Issue with saving account file after linking
911 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
915 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
916 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
920 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
921 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
923 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
927 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
928 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
929 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
933 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
935 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
939 Support for groups of new type/v2
941 - Sending and receiving
942 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
943 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
944 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
946 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
947 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
951 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
953 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
957 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
958 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
962 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
963 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
967 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
969 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
971 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
973 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
975 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
976 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
978 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
980 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
981 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
982 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
984 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
986 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
988 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
989 libmatthew-unix-java)
990 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
991 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
993 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
995 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
996 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
997 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
998 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
1000 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
1002 - Added listContacts command
1003 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
1004 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
1005 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
1006 - Support for message reactions with emojis
1007 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
1009 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
1011 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
1013 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
1015 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
1016 - Add additional info to json output
1017 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
1018 - Add command to update contact names
1020 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
1022 Bug fixes and small improvements
1024 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
1026 - Fixes sending of group messages
1028 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
1030 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
1031 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
1032 - Switch default data path:
1033 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
1034 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
1036 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
1038 - Simple json output
1039 - dbus signal for receiving messages
1040 - Registration lock PIN
1041 - Output quoted message
1043 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
1045 * new listGroups command
1046 * Support for attachments with file names
1047 * Support for complete contacts sync
1048 * Support for contact verification sync
1050 * Get/Set group info
1051 * Get/Set contact info
1053 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
1055 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
1056 - add unregister command
1058 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
1060 - Fix linking of new devices
1062 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
1064 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
1065 * Updated dependencies
1067 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
1069 - Add support for group info requests
1070 - Improve closing of file streams
1072 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
1074 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
1076 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
1078 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
1080 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
1081 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
1082 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
1083 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
1084 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
1086 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
1088 - Fix issue with creating groups
1089 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
1090 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
1092 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
1094 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
1095 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
1096 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
1098 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
1100 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
1102 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
1104 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
1106 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
1107 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
1108 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
1110 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
1112 - Improve dbus service
1113 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
1115 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
1117 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
1120 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
1122 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
1124 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
1126 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
1128 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
1129 - Show message group info
1131 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
1133 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
1135 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08