5 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
6 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
9 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
10 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
11 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
12 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
13 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the new location.
16 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
17 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the main device)
18 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
19 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
20 - Support for announcement groups
21 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
22 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
23 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out to groups with signal-cli members.
24 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
25 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
28 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
30 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
32 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
35 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
37 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
39 - Incorrect error handling in register command
41 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
42 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
45 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
46 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
`--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
47 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
48 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
49 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
52 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
53 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
54 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
55 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
56 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
58 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
61 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
62 - Building native image with graalvm
64 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
66 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
67 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
68 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from master device
69 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
70 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
73 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
74 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
75 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
76 - Only respond to sync requests from master device
77 - Display of quit group messages
80 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
81 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
82 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
83 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
84 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
85 - Rework account storage for better reliability
86 - Improved device linking flow
87 - Allow relinking existing account
88 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
90 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
92 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked, isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
93 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
94 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
97 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
100 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
101 the same number are removed.
103 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
104 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
105 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
108 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
109 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
112 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
114 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
116 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
119 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
120 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
121 - Creating v1 groups works again
123 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
125 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
126 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
127 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
128 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
129 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
132 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
133 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
134 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
135 otherwise a user has to be specified.
136 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
137 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
138 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
139 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
140 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
143 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
144 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
145 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
146 - Issue with saving account file after linking
148 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
150 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
151 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
154 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
155 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
157 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
159 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
160 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
161 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
164 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
166 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
168 Support for groups of new type/v2
169 - Sending and receiving
170 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
171 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
172 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
174 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
175 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
178 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
180 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
182 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
183 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
186 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
187 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
190 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
194 Look at the
[release tags](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/releases) for information about older releases.