3 ## [0.13.8] - 2024-10-26
5 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.2
9 - Fix sending large text messages
10 - Fix setting message expiration timer with recent Signal apps
14 - Add group name and timestamps on json message (Thanks @jailson-dias)
16 ## [0.13.7] - 2024-09-28
18 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.0
22 - Fix unnecessary log output
23 - Fix issue with CDSI sync with invalid token
25 ## [0.13.6] - 2024-09-08
27 Requires libsignal-client version
0.56.0
31 - Send sync message to linked devices when sending read/viewed receipts
35 - Fix issue with sending to some groups
36 - Fix CDSI sync if no token is stored
37 - Fix possible db dead lock during storage sync
39 ## [0.13.5] - 2024-07-25
41 Requires libsignal-client version
0.52.2
45 - Fixed device linking, due to new feature flag
47 ## [0.13.4] - 2024-06-06
49 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.47.0
53 - Improve username update error message
54 - Update groups when using listGroups command
58 - Update libsignal to fix graalvm native startup
59 - Fix issue with saving username link
60 - Fix sendMessageRequestResponse type parameter parsing in JSON RPC mode
61 - Fix getUserStatus command with only username parameter
63 ## [0.13.3] - 2024-04-19
65 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.44.0
69 - Support for reading contact nickname and notes
70 - Add
`--internal` and
`--detailed` parameters to
`listContacts` command
74 - Fix issue with sending messages when a new session is created
76 ## [0.13.2] - 2024-03-23
78 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.40.1
82 - Add
`--username` parameter to
`getUserStatus` command
86 - Fixed setting and retrieving PIN after server changes
88 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-27
92 - Add
`--reregister` parameter to force registration of an already registered account
96 - Fixed rare issue with duplicate PNIs during migration
100 - Show information when requesting voice verification without prior SMS verification
101 - Username can now be set with an explicit discriminator (e.g. testname
.000)
102 - Improve behavior when PNI prekeys upload fails
103 - Improve
`submitRateLimitChallenge` error message if captcha is rejected by server
104 - Only retry messages after an identity was trusted
108 - Default number sharing to NOBODY, to match the official apps behavior.
110 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
112 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
116 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
117 behavior with notification, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added.
121 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
122 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
124 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`,
`--discoverable-by-number`,
`--number-sharing`,
`--username`
125 and
`--delete-username` parameter for
`updateAccount` command
126 - New
`--bus-name` parameter for
`daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
127 - New
`getAvatar` and
`getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
128 - New
`sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
132 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
136 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
137 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
138 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
139 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
141 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
147 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
149 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
153 - Fix linking to an existing account
155 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
159 - Fix linking to an existing account
160 - Fix migration from old account data
162 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
166 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
167 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
168 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
172 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
174 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
178 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
179 - Update captcha help text
181 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
185 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
186 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
187 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
188 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
189 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
190 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
194 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
198 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
199 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
201 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
203 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
207 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
208 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
212 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
214 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
218 - New
`addStickerPack` command
222 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
226 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
228 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
230 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
234 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
235 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
237 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
241 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
242 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
246 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
247 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
249 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
251 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
255 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
259 - Fixed migration of older account files
260 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
262 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
264 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
268 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
270 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
274 - Fix build with Java
20
276 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
280 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
282 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
286 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
290 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
291 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
292 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
293 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
297 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
299 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
301 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
305 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
306 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
307 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
311 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
313 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
317 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
318 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
322 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
323 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
325 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
329 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
331 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
333 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
337 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
338 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
339 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
340 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
341 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
342 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
343 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
347 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
348 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
350 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
354 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
355 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
359 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
360 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
364 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
366 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
370 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
371 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
372 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
373 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
375 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
379 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
381 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
385 - Fix sending group messages
386 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
387 - Fix building fat jars
389 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
391 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
395 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
396 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
397 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
398 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
402 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
403 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
404 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
408 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
412 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
413 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
415 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
417 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
421 - Output content of received story messages
423 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
425 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
429 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
430 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
432 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
436 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
440 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
441 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
443 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
447 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
448 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
449 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
453 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
454 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
456 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
460 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
461 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
462 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
463 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
464 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
465 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
470 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
472 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
474 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
478 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
479 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
480 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
484 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
488 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
489 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
490 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
491 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
493 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
495 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
499 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
503 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
504 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
505 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
506 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
508 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
512 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
513 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
515 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
519 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
520 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
522 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
526 - Implement support for change number as linked device
527 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
528 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
533 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
534 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
535 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
539 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
541 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
545 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
546 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
547 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
548 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
552 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
556 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
557 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
559 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
563 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
564 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
566 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
570 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
571 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
572 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
576 - Improve exit code for message sending.
577 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
578 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
579 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
580 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
581 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
582 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
586 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
587 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
589 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
591 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
595 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
596 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
597 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
598 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
599 - New command
`removeContact`
600 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
601 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
602 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
603 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
604 additional message info as a key/value map
605 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
606 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
607 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
608 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
612 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
613 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
614 old flags are also still supported for now.
615 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
616 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
617 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
618 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
619 additional information about the failure.
623 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
624 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
625 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
627 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
631 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
635 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
636 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
637 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
639 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
641 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
645 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
646 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
647 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
648 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
649 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
650 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
651 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
655 - Do not send message resend request to own device
656 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
657 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
658 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
662 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
663 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
665 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
667 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
671 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
672 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
673 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
674 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
675 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
680 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
681 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
683 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
684 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
685 - Support for announcement groups
686 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
687 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
688 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
689 to groups with signal-cli members.
690 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
691 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
695 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
697 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
701 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
705 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
707 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
711 - Incorrect error handling in register command
713 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
715 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
719 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
720 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
721 `--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
722 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
723 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
724 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
728 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
729 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
730 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
731 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
732 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
734 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
738 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
739 - Building native image with graalvm
741 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
745 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
746 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
747 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
748 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
749 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
753 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
754 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
755 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
756 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
757 - Display of quit group messages
761 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
762 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
763 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
764 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
765 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
766 - Rework account storage for better reliability
767 - Improved device linking flow
768 - Allow relinking existing account
769 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
771 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
775 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
776 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
777 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
778 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
782 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
786 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
787 the same number are removed.
789 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
791 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
792 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
793 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
797 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
798 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
802 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
804 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
808 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
812 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
813 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
814 - Creating v1 groups works again
816 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
820 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
821 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
822 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
823 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
824 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
828 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
829 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
830 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
831 otherwise a user has to be specified.
832 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
833 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
834 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
835 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
836 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
840 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
841 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
842 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
843 - Issue with saving account file after linking
845 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
849 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
850 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
854 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
855 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
857 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
861 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
862 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
863 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
867 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
869 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
873 Support for groups of new type/v2
875 - Sending and receiving
876 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
877 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
878 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
880 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
881 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
885 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
887 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
891 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
892 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
896 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
897 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
901 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
903 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
905 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
907 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
909 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
910 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
912 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
914 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
915 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
916 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
918 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
920 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
922 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
923 libmatthew-unix-java)
924 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
925 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
927 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
929 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
930 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
931 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
932 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
934 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
936 - Added listContacts command
937 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
938 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
939 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
940 - Support for message reactions with emojis
941 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
943 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
945 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
947 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
949 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
950 - Add additional info to json output
951 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
952 - Add command to update contact names
954 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
956 Bug fixes and small improvements
958 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
960 - Fixes sending of group messages
962 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
964 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
965 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
966 - Switch default data path:
967 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
968 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
970 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
973 - dbus signal for receiving messages
974 - Registration lock PIN
975 - Output quoted message
977 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
979 * new listGroups command
980 * Support for attachments with file names
981 * Support for complete contacts sync
982 * Support for contact verification sync
985 * Get/Set contact info
987 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
989 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
990 - add unregister command
992 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
994 - Fix linking of new devices
996 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
998 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
999 * Updated dependencies
1001 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
1003 - Add support for group info requests
1004 - Improve closing of file streams
1006 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
1008 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
1010 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
1012 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
1014 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
1015 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
1016 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
1017 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
1018 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
1020 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
1022 - Fix issue with creating groups
1023 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
1024 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
1026 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
1028 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
1029 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
1030 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
1032 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
1034 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
1036 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
1038 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
1040 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
1041 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
1042 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
1044 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
1046 - Improve dbus service
1047 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
1049 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
1051 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
1054 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
1056 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
1058 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
1060 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
1062 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
1063 - Show message group info
1065 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
1067 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
1069 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08