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1 # Changelog
2
3 ## [Unreleased]
4
5 ## [0.13.18] - 2025-07-16
6
7 Requires libsignal-client version 0.76.3.
8
9 ### Added
10
11 - Added `--view-once` parameter to send command to send view once images
12
13 ### Fixed
14
15 - Handle rate limit exception correctly when querying usernames
16
17 ### Improved
18
19 - Shut down when dbus daemon connection goes away unexpectedly
20 - In daemon mode, exit immediately if account check fails at startup
21 - Improve behavior when sending to devices that have no available prekeys
22
23 ## [0.13.17] - 2025-06-28
24
25 Requires libsignal-client version 0.76.0.
26
27 ### Fixed
28
29 - Fix issue when loading an older inactive group
30 - Close attachment input streams after upload
31 - Fix storage sync behavior with unhandled fields
32
33 ### Changed
34
35 - Improve behavior when pin data doesn't exist on the server
36
37 ## [0.13.16] - 2025-06-07
38
39 Requires libsignal-client version 0.73.2.
40
41 ### Changed
42
43 - Ensure every sent message gets a unique timestamp
44
45 ## [0.13.15] - 2025-05-08
46
47 Requires libsignal-client version 0.70.0.
48
49 ### Fixed
50
51 - Fix native access warning with Java 24
52 - Fix storage sync loop due to old removed e164 field
53
54 ### Changed
55
56 - Increased compatibility of native build with older/virtual CPUs
57
58 ## [0.13.14] - 2025-04-06
59
60 Requires libsignal-client version 0.68.1.
61
62 ### Fixed
63
64 - Fix pre key import from old data files
65
66 ### Changed
67
68 - Use websocket connection instead of HTTP for more requests
69 - Improve handling of messages with decryption error
70
71 ## [0.13.13] - 2025-02-28
72
73 Requires libsignal-client version 0.66.2.
74
75 ### Added
76 - Allow setting nickname and note with `updateContact` command
77
78 ### Fixed
79 - Fix syncing nickname, note and expiration timer
80 - Fix check for registered users with a proxy
81 - Improve handling of storage records not yet supported by signal-cli
82 - Fix contact sync for networks requiring proxy
83
84 ## [0.13.12] - 2025-01-18
85
86 Requires libsignal-client version 0.65.2.
87
88 ### Fixed
89
90 - Fix sync of contact nick name
91 - Fix incorrectly marking recipients as unregistered after sync
92 - Fix cause of database deadlock (Thanks @dukhaSlayer)
93 - Fix parsing of account query param in events http endpoint
94
95 ### Changed
96
97 - Enable sqlite WAL journal\_mode for improved performance
98
99 ## [0.13.11] - 2024-12-26
100
101 Requires libsignal-client version 0.64.0.
102
103 ### Fixed
104 - Fix issue with receiving messages that have an invalid destination
105
106 ## [0.13.10] - 2024-11-30
107
108 Requires libsignal-client version 0.62.0.
109
110 ### Fixed
111
112 - Fix receiving some unusual contact sync messages
113 - Fix receiving expiration timer updates
114
115 ### Improved
116 - Add support for new storage encryption scheme
117
118 ## [0.13.9] - 2024-10-28
119
120 ### Fixed
121
122 - Fix verify command
123
124 ## [0.13.8] - 2024-10-26
125
126 Requires libsignal-client version 0.58.2
127
128 ### Fixed
129
130 - Fix sending large text messages
131 - Fix setting message expiration timer with recent Signal apps
132
133 ### Improved
134
135 - Add group name and timestamps on json message (Thanks @jailson-dias)
136
137 ## [0.13.7] - 2024-09-28
138
139 Requires libsignal-client version 0.58.0
140
141 ### Fixed
142
143 - Fix unnecessary log output
144 - Fix issue with CDSI sync with invalid token
145
146 ## [0.13.6] - 2024-09-08
147
148 Requires libsignal-client version 0.56.0
149
150 ### Improved
151
152 - Send sync message to linked devices when sending read/viewed receipts
153
154 ### Fixed
155
156 - Fix issue with sending to some groups
157 - Fix CDSI sync if no token is stored
158 - Fix possible db dead lock during storage sync
159
160 ## [0.13.5] - 2024-07-25
161
162 Requires libsignal-client version 0.52.2
163
164 ### Fixed
165
166 - Fixed device linking, due to new feature flag
167
168 ## [0.13.4] - 2024-06-06
169
170 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version 0.47.0
171
172 ### Improved
173
174 - Improve username update error message
175 - Update groups when using listGroups command
176
177 ### Fixed
178
179 - Update libsignal to fix graalvm native startup
180 - Fix issue with saving username link
181 - Fix sendMessageRequestResponse type parameter parsing in JSON RPC mode
182 - Fix getUserStatus command with only username parameter
183
184 ## [0.13.3] - 2024-04-19
185
186 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version 0.44.0
187
188 ### Added
189
190 - Support for reading contact nickname and notes
191 - Add `--internal` and `--detailed` parameters to `listContacts` command
192
193 ### Fixed
194
195 - Fix issue with sending messages when a new session is created
196
197 ## [0.13.2] - 2024-03-23
198
199 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version 0.40.1
200
201 ### Added
202
203 - Add `--username` parameter to `getUserStatus` command
204
205 ### Fixed
206
207 - Fixed setting and retrieving PIN after server changes
208
209 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-27
210
211 ### Added
212
213 - Add `--reregister` parameter to force registration of an already registered account
214
215 ### Fixed
216
217 - Fixed rare issue with duplicate PNIs during migration
218
219 ### Improved
220
221 - Show information when requesting voice verification without prior SMS verification
222 - Username can now be set with an explicit discriminator (e.g. testname.000)
223 - Improve behavior when PNI prekeys upload fails
224 - Improve `submitRateLimitChallenge` error message if captcha is rejected by server
225 - Only retry messages after an identity was trusted
226
227 ### Changed
228
229 - Default number sharing to NOBODY, to match the official apps behavior.
230
231 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
232
233 **Attention**: Now requires Java 21 and libsignal-client version 0.39.2
234
235 ### Breaking changes
236
237 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the `--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
238 behavior with notification, the `--notify-self` parameter can be added.
239
240 ### Added
241
242 - New `--hidden` parameter for `removeContact` command
243 - New `--notify-self` parameter for `send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
244 or groups.
245 - New `--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`, `--discoverable-by-number`, `--number-sharing`, `--username`
246 and `--delete-username` parameter for `updateAccount` command
247 - New `--bus-name` parameter for `daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
248 - New `getAvatar` and `getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
249 - New `sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
250
251 ### Fixed
252
253 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
254
255 ### Improved
256
257 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
258 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
259 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
260 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
261
262 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
263
264 ### Fixes
265
266 - Update user agent
267
268 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
269
270 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.36.1
271
272 ### Fixes
273
274 - Fix linking to an existing account
275
276 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
277
278 ### Fixes
279
280 - Fix linking to an existing account
281 - Fix migration from old account data
282
283 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
284
285 ### Fixes
286
287 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
288 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
289 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
290
291 ### Changed
292
293 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
294
295 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
296
297 ### Fixes
298
299 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
300 - Update captcha help text
301
302 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
303
304 ### Added
305
306 - Added `startChangeNumber` and `finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
307 - Added `--quote-attachment` parameter to `send` command
308 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
309 - Added `EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
310 - Added new exit code `5` for rate limit failures
311 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
312
313 ### Fixed
314
315 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
316
317 ### Changed
318
319 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
320 Clients should make sure to use the `id` field to get the correct response for a request.
321
322 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
323
324 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.32.1
325
326 ### Added
327
328 - Added `--receive-mode` parameter for `jsonRpc` command
329 - Add `libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
330
331 ### Changed
332
333 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
334
335 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
336
337 ### Added
338
339 - New `addStickerPack` command
340
341 ### Fixed
342
343 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
344
345 ### Changed
346
347 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
348
349 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
350
351 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.30.0
352
353 ### Breaking changes
354
355 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
356 - Before: `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
357 - After:
358 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
359
360 ### Added
361
362 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
363 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
364
365 ### Fixed
366
367 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
368 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
369
370 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
371
372 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.25.0
373
374 ### Added
375
376 - New `--text-style` and `--quote-text-style` flags for `send` command
377
378 ### Fixed
379
380 - Fixed migration of older account files
381 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
382
383 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
384
385 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.23.1
386
387 ### Added
388
389 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with `--edit-timestamp`
390
391 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
392
393 ### Fixed
394
395 - Fix build with Java 20
396
397 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
398
399 ### Fixed
400
401 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
402
403 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
404
405 ### Added
406
407 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
408
409 ### Fixed
410
411 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
412 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
413 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
414 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
415
416 ### Improved
417
418 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
419
420 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
421
422 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.22.0
423
424 ### Fixed
425
426 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
427 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
428 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
429
430 ### Changed
431
432 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
433
434 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
435
436 ### Added
437
438 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
439 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
440
441 ### Fixed
442
443 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
444 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
445
446 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
447
448 ### Fixed
449
450 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
451
452 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
453
454 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.21.1
455
456 ### Added
457
458 - Add `--http` flag to `daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
459 - The `receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
460 - Add `getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
461 - Add `--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
462 - Add `--story` to `sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
463 - Add `--story-timestamp` and `--story-author` to `send` command, to reply to stories.
464 - Add `--max-messages` to `receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
465
466 ### Changed
467
468 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
469 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
470
471 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
472
473 ### Added
474
475 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
476 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
477
478 ### Fixed
479
480 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
481 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
482
483 ### Improved
484
485 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
486
487 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
488
489 ### Fixed
490
491 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
492 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
493 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
494 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
495
496 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
497
498 ### Fixed
499
500 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
501
502 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
503
504 ### Fixed
505
506 - Fix sending group messages
507 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
508 - Fix building fat jars
509
510 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
511
512 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.20.0
513
514 ### Breaking changes
515
516 - Changed meaning of `-v` flag from `--version` to `--verbose`.
517 So now extended logging can be achieved with `-vv`.
518 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
519 To read a message from stdin, use the `--message-from-stdin` flag.
520
521 ### Added
522
523 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
524 - Add `--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
525 - Add `sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
526
527 ### Fixed
528
529 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
530
531 ### Changed
532
533 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
534 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
535
536 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
537
538 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.19.3
539
540 ### Added
541
542 - Output content of received story messages
543
544 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
545
546 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.18.1
547
548 ### Fixed
549
550 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
551 - Workaround GraalVM 22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
552
553 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
554
555 ### Changed
556
557 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
558
559 ### Fixed
560
561 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
562 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
563
564 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
565
566 ### Added
567
568 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
569 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the `--version` flag.
570 In the next version the current short form `-v` will change its meaning to `--verbose`!
571
572 ### Improved
573
574 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
575 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
576
577 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
578
579 ### Added
580
581 - Added profile information to `listContacts` command output
582 - Added filter flags for `listContacts` command
583 - New `sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
584 - New `--given-name` and `--family-name` parameters for `updateContact` command
585 - Implement sending link previews with `--preview-url`, `--preview-title` parameters for the `send` command
586 - New `--send-read-receipts` parameter for `receive` and `daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
587 as read
588
589 ### Fixed
590
591 - Issue with endless growing `pre-keys-pni` data directory
592
593 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
594
595 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.17
596
597 ### Added
598
599 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
600 - New command `deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
601 - New parameter `-g` for `listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
602
603 ### Fixed
604
605 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
606
607 ### Changed
608
609 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
610 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
611 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
612 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
613
614 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
615
616 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.15
617
618 ### Added
619
620 - New `--ban`, `--unban` flags for `updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
621
622 ### Fixed
623
624 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
625 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
626 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
627 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
628
629 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
630
631 ### Fixed
632
633 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
634 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
635
636 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
637
638 ### Fixed
639
640 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
641 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
642
643 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
644
645 ### Added
646
647 - Implement support for change number as linked device
648 - Add `--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
649 reading from stdin if the `-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
650 version.
651
652 ### Changed
653
654 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
655 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
656 - Renamed `error` field in json receive response to `exception`
657
658 ### Fixed
659
660 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
661
662 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
663
664 ### Added
665
666 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for 24h.
667 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
668 - New global `--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
669 (`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
670
671 ### Improved
672
673 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC `subscribeReceive` command
674
675 ### Fixed
676
677 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
678 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
679
680 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
681
682 ### Fixed
683
684 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
685 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
686
687 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
688
689 ### Added
690
691 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
692 - New command `listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
693 - New flag `--sticker` for `send` command to send stickers
694
695 ### Changed
696
697 - Improve exit code for message sending.
698 Exit with 0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
699 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code 2 or 4 (for untrusted).
700 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
701 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
702 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
703 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
704
705 ### Fixed
706
707 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
708 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
709
710 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
711
712 **Attention**: Now requires Java 17 and libsignal-client version 0.11
713
714 ### Added
715
716 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (`--socket` and `--tcp`)
717 - New daemon command flag `--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
718 - New daemon command flag `--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
719 - New command `listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
720 - New command `removeContact`
721 - Extend `send` command to allow sending mentions (`--mention`) and
722 quotes (`--quote-timestamp`, `--quote-author`, `--quote-message`, `--quote-mention`)
723 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
724 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
725 additional message info as a key/value map
726 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
727 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
728 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
729 - `-c` alias for `--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
730
731 ### Changed
732
733 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
734 - Renamed `-u` and `--username` flags to `-a` and `--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
735 old flags are also still supported for now.
736 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
737 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
738 - dbus-java now uses Java 16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
739 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
740 additional information about the failure.
741
742 ### Fixed
743
744 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
745 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
746 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
747
748 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
749
750 ### Fixed
751
752 - dbus `listNumbers` method works again
753
754 ### Changed
755
756 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
757 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
758 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
759
760 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
761
762 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version 0.8
763
764 ### Added
765
766 - New command `updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
767 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
768 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
769 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
770 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
771 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
772 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
773
774 ### Fixed
775
776 - Do not send message resend request to own device
777 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
778 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
779 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
780
781 ### Changed
782
783 - Use new provisioning URL `sgnl://linkdevice` instead of `tsdevice:/`
784 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now `./gradlew nativeCompile`
785
786 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
787
788 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.9
789
790 ### Breaking changes
791
792 - Removed deprecated `--json` parameter, use global parameter `--output=json` instead
793 - Json output format of `listGroups` command changed:
794 Members are now arrays of `{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
795 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
796 For those still using the old paths (`$HOME/.config/signal`, `$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
797 new location.
798
799 ### Added
800
801 - New global parameter `--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
802 - New parameter `--device-name` for `updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
803 device)
804 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
805 - New `jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
806 - Support for announcement groups
807 - New parameter `--set-permission-send-messages` for `updateGroup` to create an announcement group
808 - New `sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
809 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
810 to groups with signal-cli members.
811 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
812 - New `submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
813
814 ### Fixed
815
816 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
817
818 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
819
820 ### Added
821
822 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
823
824 ### Fixed
825
826 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
827
828 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
829
830 ### Fixed
831
832 - Incorrect error handling in register command
833
834 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
835
836 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.8.1
837
838 ### Added
839
840 - New parameters for `updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
841 `--description`, `--remove-member`, `--admin`, `--remove-admin`, `--reset-link`, `--link`,
842 `--set-permission-add-member`, `--set-permission-edit-details`, `--expiration`
843 - New `--admin` parameter for `quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
844 - New `--delete` parameter for `quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
845 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
846
847 ### Fixed
848
849 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
850 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
851 - All commands now show a short description with `--help`
852 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
853 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
854
855 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
856
857 ### Fixed
858
859 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
860 - Building native image with graalvm
861
862 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
863
864 ### Added
865
866 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
867 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
868 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
869 - New `--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
870 - New `--family-name` argument for updateProfile
871
872 ### Fixed
873
874 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
875 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
876 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
877 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
878 - Display of quit group messages
879
880 ### Changed
881
882 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
883 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
884 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
885 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
886 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
887 - Rework account storage for better reliability
888 - Improved device linking flow
889 - Allow relinking existing account
890 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
891
892 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
893
894 ### Added
895
896 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
897 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
898 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
899 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
900
901 ### Fixed
902
903 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
904
905 ### Changed
906
907 - Behavior of `trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
908 the same number are removed.
909
910 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
911
912 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
913 required: [libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
914 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
915
916 ### Added
917
918 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
919 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
920
921 ### Fixed
922
923 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
924
925 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
926
927 ### Changed
928
929 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
930
931 ### Fixed
932
933 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
934 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
935 - Creating v1 groups works again
936
937 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
938
939 ### Added
940
941 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
942 - Global `--verbose` flag to increase log level
943 - Global `--output=json` flag, currently supported by `receive`, `daemon`, `getUserStatus`, `listGroups`
944 - `--note-to-self` flag for `send` command to send a note to linked devices
945 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
946
947 ### Changed
948
949 - signal-cli can now be used without the username `-u` flag
950 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
951 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
952 otherwise a user has to be specified.
953 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
954 send a sync message, use the new `--note-to-self` flag
955 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
956 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
957 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
958
959 ### Fixed
960
961 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
962 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
963 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
964 - Issue with saving account file after linking
965
966 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
967
968 ### Added
969
970 - Implement new registration lock PIN with `setPin` and `removePin` (with KBS)
971 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
972
973 ### Fixed
974
975 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
976 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
977
978 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
979
980 ### Added
981
982 - Accept group invitation with `updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
983 - Decline group invitation with `quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
984 - Join group via invitation link `joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
985
986 ### Fixed
987
988 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
989
990 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
991
992 ### Added
993
994 Support for groups of new type/v2
995
996 - Sending and receiving
997 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with `updateGroup`
998 - Quit group and decline invitation with `quitGroup`
999 - In the `listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
1000
1001 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
1002 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
1003
1004 ### Fixed
1005
1006 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
1007
1008 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
1009
1010 ### Added
1011
1012 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
1013 - `--captcha` parameter for `register` command, required for some IP ranges
1014
1015 ### Changed
1016
1017 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
1018 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
1019
1020 ### Fixed
1021
1022 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
1023
1024 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
1025
1026 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
1027
1028 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
1029
1030 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
1031 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
1032
1033 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
1034
1035 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
1036 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
1037 - signal-cli now requires Java 11
1038
1039 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in 0.6.10**
1040
1041 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
1042
1043 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
1044 libmatthew-unix-java)
1045 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
1046 - Add `--expiration` parameter to `updateContact` command to set expiration timer
1047
1048 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
1049
1050 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
1051 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
1052 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
1053 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
1054
1055 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
1056
1057 - Added listContacts command
1058 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
1059 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
1060 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
1061 - Support for message reactions with emojis
1062 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
1063
1064 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
1065
1066 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
1067
1068 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
1069
1070 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
1071 - Add additional info to json output
1072 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
1073 - Add command to update contact names
1074
1075 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
1076
1077 Bug fixes and small improvements
1078
1079 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
1080
1081 - Fixes sending of group messages
1082
1083 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
1084
1085 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
1086 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
1087 - Switch default data path:
1088 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
1089 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
1090
1091 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
1092
1093 - Simple json output
1094 - dbus signal for receiving messages
1095 - Registration lock PIN
1096 - Output quoted message
1097
1098 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
1099
1100 * new listGroups command
1101 * Support for attachments with file names
1102 * Support for complete contacts sync
1103 * Support for contact verification sync
1104 * DBus interface:
1105 * Get/Set group info
1106 * Get/Set contact info
1107
1108 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
1109
1110 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
1111 - add unregister command
1112
1113 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
1114
1115 - Fix linking of new devices
1116
1117 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
1118
1119 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
1120 * Updated dependencies
1121
1122 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
1123
1124 - Add support for group info requests
1125 - Improve closing of file streams
1126
1127 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
1128
1129 - Support new safety numbers (https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
1130 - Add a man page
1131 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
1132
1133 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
1134
1135 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
1136 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
1137 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
1138 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
1139 - Timestamps shown in ISO 8601 format
1140
1141 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
1142
1143 - Fix issue with creating groups
1144 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
1145 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
1146
1147 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
1148
1149 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
1150 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
1151 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
1152
1153 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
1154
1155 - Fix running with Oracle JRE 8
1156 - Fix registering
1157 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
1158
1159 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
1160
1161 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
1162 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
1163 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than 20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
1164
1165 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
1166
1167 - Improve dbus service
1168 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
1169
1170 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
1171
1172 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
1173 future releases).
1174
1175 This release works with Java 7 and 8.
1176
1177 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
1178
1179 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
1180
1181 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
1182
1183 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
1184 - Show message group info
1185
1186 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
1187
1188 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
1189
1190 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08
1191
1192 First release