4 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
7 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
8 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
9 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
10 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
11 - New command
`removeContact`
12 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
13 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
14 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with additional message info as a key/value map
15 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
16 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
17 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
18 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
21 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
22 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The old flags are also still supported for now.
23 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by main device
24 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
25 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
28 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
29 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
30 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
32 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
34 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
37 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
38 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
39 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
41 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
42 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
45 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
46 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
47 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
48 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
49 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts, sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
50 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
53 - Do not send message resend request to own device
54 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
55 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
56 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
59 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
60 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
62 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
63 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
66 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
67 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
68 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
69 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
70 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the new location.
73 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
74 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the main device)
75 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
76 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
77 - Support for announcement groups
78 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
79 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
80 - 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.
81 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
82 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
85 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
87 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
89 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
92 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
94 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
96 - Incorrect error handling in register command
98 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
99 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
102 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
103 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
`--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
104 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
105 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
106 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
109 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
110 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
111 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
112 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
113 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
115 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
118 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
119 - Building native image with graalvm
121 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
123 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
124 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
125 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from master device
126 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
127 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
130 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
131 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
132 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
133 - Only respond to sync requests from master device
134 - Display of quit group messages
137 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
138 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
139 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
140 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
141 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
142 - Rework account storage for better reliability
143 - Improved device linking flow
144 - Allow relinking existing account
145 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
147 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
149 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked, isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
150 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
151 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
154 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
157 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
158 the same number are removed.
160 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
161 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
162 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
165 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
166 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
169 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
171 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
173 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
176 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
177 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
178 - Creating v1 groups works again
180 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
182 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
183 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
184 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
185 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
186 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
189 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
190 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
191 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
192 otherwise a user has to be specified.
193 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
194 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
195 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
196 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
197 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
200 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
201 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
202 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
203 - Issue with saving account file after linking
205 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
207 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
208 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
211 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
212 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
214 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
216 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
217 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
218 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
221 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
223 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
225 Support for groups of new type/v2
226 - Sending and receiving
227 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
228 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
229 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
231 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
232 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
235 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
237 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
239 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
240 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
243 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
244 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
247 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
249 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
250 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
252 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
253 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
254 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
256 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
257 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
258 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
259 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
261 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
263 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
264 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of libmatthew-unix-java)
265 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
266 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
268 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
269 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
270 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
271 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
272 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
274 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
275 - Added listContacts command
276 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
277 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
278 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
279 - Support for message reactions with emojis
280 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
282 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
283 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
285 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
286 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
287 - Add additional info to json output
288 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
289 - Add command to update contact names
291 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
292 Bug fixes and small improvements
294 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
295 - Fixes sending of group messages
297 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
298 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
299 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
300 - Switch default data path:
301 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
302 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
304 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
306 - dbus signal for receiving messages
307 - Registration lock PIN
308 - Output quoted message
310 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
311 * new listGroups command
312 * Support for attachments with file names
313 * Support for complete contacts sync
314 * Support for contact verification sync
317 * Get/Set contact info
319 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
320 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
321 - add unregister command
323 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
324 - Fix linking of new devices
326 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
327 * New commandline paramter for receive: --ignore-attachments
328 * Updated dependencies
330 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
331 - Add support for group info requests
332 - Improve closing of file streams
334 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
335 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
337 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
339 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
340 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
341 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
342 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
343 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
344 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
346 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
347 - Fix issue with creating groups
348 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
349 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
351 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
352 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
353 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
354 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
356 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
357 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
359 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
361 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
362 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
363 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
364 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
366 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
367 - Improve dbus service
368 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
370 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
371 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with future releases).
373 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
375 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
376 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
378 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
379 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
380 - Show message group info
382 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
384 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
386 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08