5 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
7 - Source name is included in JSON receive output
10 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
12 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
14 - Incorrect error handling in register command
16 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
17 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
20 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
21 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
`--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
22 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
23 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
24 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
27 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
28 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
29 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
30 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
31 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
33 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
36 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
37 - Building native image with graalvm
39 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
41 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
42 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
43 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from master device
44 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
45 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
48 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
49 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
50 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
51 - Only respond to sync requests from master device
52 - Display of quit group messages
55 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
56 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
57 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
58 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
59 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
60 - Rework account storage for better reliability
61 - Improved device linking flow
62 - Allow relinking existing account
63 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
65 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
67 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked, isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
68 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
69 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
72 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
75 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
76 the same number are removed.
78 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
79 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
80 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
83 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
84 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
87 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
89 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
91 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
94 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
95 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
96 - Creating v1 groups works again
98 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
100 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
101 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
102 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
103 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
104 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
107 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
108 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
109 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
110 otherwise a user has to be specified.
111 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
112 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
113 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
114 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
115 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
118 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
119 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
120 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
121 - Issue with saving account file after linking
123 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
125 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
126 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
129 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
130 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
132 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
134 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
135 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
136 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
139 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
141 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
143 Support for groups of new type/v2
144 - Sending and receiving
145 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
146 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
147 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
149 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
150 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
153 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
155 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
157 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
158 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
161 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
162 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
165 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
169 Look at the
[release tags](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/releases) for information about older releases.