5 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.42.0
7 ## [0.13.2] - 2024-03-23
9 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.40.1
13 - Add
`--username` parameter to
`getUserStatus` command
17 - Fixed setting and retrieving PIN after server changes
19 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-27
23 - Add
`--reregister` parameter to force registration of an already registered account
27 - Fixed rare issue with duplicate PNIs during migration
31 - Show information when requesting voice verification without prior SMS verification
32 - Username can now be set with an explicit discriminator (e.g. testname
.000)
33 - Improve behavior when PNI prekeys upload fails
34 - Improve
`submitRateLimitChallenge` error message if captcha is rejected by server
35 - Only retry messages after an identity was trusted
39 - Default number sharing to NOBODY, to match the official apps behavior.
41 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
43 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
47 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
48 behavior with notification, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added.
52 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
53 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
55 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`,
`--discoverable-by-number`,
`--number-sharing`,
`--username`
56 and
`--delete-username` parameter for
`updateAccount` command
57 - New
`--bus-name` parameter for
`daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
58 - New
`getAvatar` and
`getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
59 - New
`sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
63 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
67 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
68 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
69 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
70 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
72 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
78 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
80 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
84 - Fix linking to an existing account
86 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
90 - Fix linking to an existing account
91 - Fix migration from old account data
93 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
97 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
98 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
99 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
103 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
105 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
109 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
110 - Update captcha help text
112 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
116 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
117 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
118 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
119 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
120 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
121 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
125 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
129 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
130 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
132 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
134 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
138 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
139 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
143 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
145 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
149 - New
`addStickerPack` command
153 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
157 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
159 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
161 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
165 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
166 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
168 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
172 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
173 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
177 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
178 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
180 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
182 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
186 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
190 - Fixed migration of older account files
191 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
193 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
195 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
199 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
201 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
205 - Fix build with Java
20
207 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
211 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
213 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
217 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
221 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
222 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
223 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
224 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
228 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
230 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
232 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
236 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
237 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
238 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
242 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
244 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
248 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
249 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
253 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
254 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
256 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
260 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
262 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
264 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
268 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
269 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
270 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
271 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
272 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
273 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
274 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
278 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
279 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
281 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
285 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
286 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
290 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
291 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
295 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
297 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
301 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
302 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
303 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
304 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
306 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
310 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
312 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
316 - Fix sending group messages
317 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
318 - Fix building fat jars
320 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
322 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
326 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
327 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
328 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
329 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
333 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
334 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
335 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
339 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
343 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
344 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
346 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
348 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
352 - Output content of received story messages
354 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
356 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
360 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
361 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
363 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
367 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
371 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
372 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
374 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
378 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
379 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
380 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
384 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
385 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
387 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
391 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
392 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
393 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
394 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
395 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
396 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
401 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
403 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
405 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
409 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
410 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
411 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
415 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
419 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
420 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
421 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
422 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
424 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
426 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
430 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
434 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
435 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
436 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
437 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
439 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
443 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
444 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
446 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
450 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
451 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
453 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
457 - Implement support for change number as linked device
458 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
459 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
464 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
465 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
466 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
470 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
472 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
476 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
477 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
478 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
479 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
483 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
487 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
488 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
490 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
494 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
495 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
497 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
501 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
502 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
503 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
507 - Improve exit code for message sending.
508 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
509 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
510 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
511 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
512 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
513 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
517 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
518 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
520 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
522 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
526 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
527 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
528 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
529 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
530 - New command
`removeContact`
531 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
532 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
533 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
534 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
535 additional message info as a key/value map
536 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
537 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
538 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
539 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
543 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
544 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
545 old flags are also still supported for now.
546 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
547 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
548 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
549 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
550 additional information about the failure.
554 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
555 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
556 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
558 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
562 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
566 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
567 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
568 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
570 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
572 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
576 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
577 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
578 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
579 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
580 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
581 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
582 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
586 - Do not send message resend request to own device
587 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
588 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
589 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
593 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
594 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
596 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
598 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
602 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
603 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
604 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
605 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
606 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
611 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
612 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
614 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
615 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
616 - Support for announcement groups
617 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
618 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
619 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
620 to groups with signal-cli members.
621 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
622 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
626 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
628 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
632 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
636 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
638 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
642 - Incorrect error handling in register command
644 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
646 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
650 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
651 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
`--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
652 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
653 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
654 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
658 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
659 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
660 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
661 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
662 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
664 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
668 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
669 - Building native image with graalvm
671 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
675 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
676 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
677 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
678 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
679 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
683 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
684 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
685 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
686 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
687 - Display of quit group messages
691 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
692 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
693 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
694 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
695 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
696 - Rework account storage for better reliability
697 - Improved device linking flow
698 - Allow relinking existing account
699 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
701 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
705 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
706 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
707 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
708 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
712 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
716 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
717 the same number are removed.
719 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
721 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
722 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
723 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
727 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
728 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
732 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
734 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
738 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
742 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
743 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
744 - Creating v1 groups works again
746 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
750 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
751 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
752 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
753 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
754 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
758 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
759 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
760 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
761 otherwise a user has to be specified.
762 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
763 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
764 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
765 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
766 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
770 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
771 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
772 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
773 - Issue with saving account file after linking
775 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
779 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
780 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
784 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
785 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
787 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
791 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
792 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
793 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
797 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
799 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
803 Support for groups of new type/v2
805 - Sending and receiving
806 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
807 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
808 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
810 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
811 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
815 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
817 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
821 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
822 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
826 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
827 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
831 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
833 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
835 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
837 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
839 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
840 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
842 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
844 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
845 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
846 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
848 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
850 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
852 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
853 libmatthew-unix-java)
854 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
855 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
857 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
859 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
860 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
861 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
862 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
864 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
866 - Added listContacts command
867 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
868 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
869 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
870 - Support for message reactions with emojis
871 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
873 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
875 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
877 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
879 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
880 - Add additional info to json output
881 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
882 - Add command to update contact names
884 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
886 Bug fixes and small improvements
888 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
890 - Fixes sending of group messages
892 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
894 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
895 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
896 - Switch default data path:
897 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
898 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
900 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
903 - dbus signal for receiving messages
904 - Registration lock PIN
905 - Output quoted message
907 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
909 * new listGroups command
910 * Support for attachments with file names
911 * Support for complete contacts sync
912 * Support for contact verification sync
915 * Get/Set contact info
917 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
919 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
920 - add unregister command
922 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
924 - Fix linking of new devices
926 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
928 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
929 * Updated dependencies
931 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
933 - Add support for group info requests
934 - Improve closing of file streams
936 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
938 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
940 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
942 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
944 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
945 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
946 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
947 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
948 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
950 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
952 - Fix issue with creating groups
953 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
954 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
956 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
958 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
959 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
960 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
962 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
964 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
966 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
968 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
970 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
971 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
972 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
974 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
976 - Improve dbus service
977 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
979 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
981 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
984 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
986 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
988 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
990 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
992 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
993 - Show message group info
995 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
997 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
999 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08