5 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use
`--output=json` instead
7 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
9 - Source name is included in JSON receive output
12 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
14 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
16 - Incorrect error handling in register command
18 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
19 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
22 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
23 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
`--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
24 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
25 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
26 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
29 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
30 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
31 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
32 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
33 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
35 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
38 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
39 - Building native image with graalvm
41 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
43 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
44 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
45 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from master device
46 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
47 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
50 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
51 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
52 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
53 - Only respond to sync requests from master device
54 - Display of quit group messages
57 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
58 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
59 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
60 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
61 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
62 - Rework account storage for better reliability
63 - Improved device linking flow
64 - Allow relinking existing account
65 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
67 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
69 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked, isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
70 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
71 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
74 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
77 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
78 the same number are removed.
80 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
81 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
82 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
85 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
86 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
89 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
91 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
93 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
96 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
97 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
98 - Creating v1 groups works again
100 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
102 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
103 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
104 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
105 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
106 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
109 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
110 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
111 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
112 otherwise a user has to be specified.
113 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
114 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
115 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
116 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
117 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
120 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
121 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
122 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
123 - Issue with saving account file after linking
125 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
127 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
128 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
131 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
132 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
134 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
136 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
137 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
138 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
141 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
143 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
145 Support for groups of new type/v2
146 - Sending and receiving
147 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
148 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
149 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
151 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
152 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
155 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
157 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
159 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
160 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
163 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
164 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
167 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
171 Look at the
[release tags](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/releases) for information about older releases.