5 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use
`--output=json` instead
6 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
7 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` instead of arrays of strings.
8 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
9 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the new location.
11 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
13 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
16 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
18 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
20 - Incorrect error handling in register command
22 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
23 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
26 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
27 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
`--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
28 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
29 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
30 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
33 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
34 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
35 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
36 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
37 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
39 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
42 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
43 - Building native image with graalvm
45 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
47 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
48 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
49 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from master device
50 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
51 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
54 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
55 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
56 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
57 - Only respond to sync requests from master device
58 - Display of quit group messages
61 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
62 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
63 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
64 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
65 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
66 - Rework account storage for better reliability
67 - Improved device linking flow
68 - Allow relinking existing account
69 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
71 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
73 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked, isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
74 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
75 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
78 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
81 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
82 the same number are removed.
84 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
85 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
86 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
89 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
90 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
93 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
95 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
97 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
100 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
101 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
102 - Creating v1 groups works again
104 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
106 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
107 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
108 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
109 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
110 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
113 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
114 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
115 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
116 otherwise a user has to be specified.
117 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
118 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
119 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
120 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
121 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
124 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
125 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
126 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
127 - Issue with saving account file after linking
129 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
131 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
132 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
135 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
136 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
138 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
140 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
141 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
142 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
145 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
147 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
149 Support for groups of new type/v2
150 - Sending and receiving
151 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
152 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
153 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
155 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
156 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
159 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
161 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
163 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
164 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
167 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
168 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
171 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
175 Look at the
[release tags](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/releases) for information about older releases.