3 ## [0.13.15] - 2025-05-08
5 Requires libsignal-client version
0.70.0.
9 - Fix native access warning with Java
24
10 - Fix storage sync loop due to old removed e164 field
14 - Increased compatibility of native build with older/virtual CPUs
16 ## [0.13.14] - 2025-04-06
18 Requires libsignal-client version
0.68.1.
22 - Fix pre key import from old data files
26 - Use websocket connection instead of HTTP for more requests
27 - Improve handling of messages with decryption error
29 ## [0.13.13] - 2025-02-28
31 Requires libsignal-client version
0.66.2.
34 - Allow setting nickname and note with
`updateContact` command
37 - Fix syncing nickname, note and expiration timer
38 - Fix check for registered users with a proxy
39 - Improve handling of storage records not yet supported by signal-cli
40 - Fix contact sync for networks requiring proxy
42 ## [0.13.12] - 2025-01-18
44 Requires libsignal-client version
0.65.2.
48 - Fix sync of contact nick name
49 - Fix incorrectly marking recipients as unregistered after sync
50 - Fix cause of database deadlock (Thanks @dukhaSlayer)
51 - Fix parsing of account query param in events http endpoint
55 - Enable sqlite WAL journal\_mode for improved performance
57 ## [0.13.11] - 2024-12-26
59 Requires libsignal-client version
0.64.0.
62 - Fix issue with receiving messages that have an invalid destination
64 ## [0.13.10] - 2024-11-30
66 Requires libsignal-client version
0.62.0.
70 - Fix receiving some unusual contact sync messages
71 - Fix receiving expiration timer updates
74 - Add support for new storage encryption scheme
76 ## [0.13.9] - 2024-10-28
82 ## [0.13.8] - 2024-10-26
84 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.2
88 - Fix sending large text messages
89 - Fix setting message expiration timer with recent Signal apps
93 - Add group name and timestamps on json message (Thanks @jailson-dias)
95 ## [0.13.7] - 2024-09-28
97 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.0
101 - Fix unnecessary log output
102 - Fix issue with CDSI sync with invalid token
104 ## [0.13.6] - 2024-09-08
106 Requires libsignal-client version
0.56.0
110 - Send sync message to linked devices when sending read/viewed receipts
114 - Fix issue with sending to some groups
115 - Fix CDSI sync if no token is stored
116 - Fix possible db dead lock during storage sync
118 ## [0.13.5] - 2024-07-25
120 Requires libsignal-client version
0.52.2
124 - Fixed device linking, due to new feature flag
126 ## [0.13.4] - 2024-06-06
128 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.47.0
132 - Improve username update error message
133 - Update groups when using listGroups command
137 - Update libsignal to fix graalvm native startup
138 - Fix issue with saving username link
139 - Fix sendMessageRequestResponse type parameter parsing in JSON RPC mode
140 - Fix getUserStatus command with only username parameter
142 ## [0.13.3] - 2024-04-19
144 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.44.0
148 - Support for reading contact nickname and notes
149 - Add
`--internal` and
`--detailed` parameters to
`listContacts` command
153 - Fix issue with sending messages when a new session is created
155 ## [0.13.2] - 2024-03-23
157 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.40.1
161 - Add
`--username` parameter to
`getUserStatus` command
165 - Fixed setting and retrieving PIN after server changes
167 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-27
171 - Add
`--reregister` parameter to force registration of an already registered account
175 - Fixed rare issue with duplicate PNIs during migration
179 - Show information when requesting voice verification without prior SMS verification
180 - Username can now be set with an explicit discriminator (e.g. testname
.000)
181 - Improve behavior when PNI prekeys upload fails
182 - Improve
`submitRateLimitChallenge` error message if captcha is rejected by server
183 - Only retry messages after an identity was trusted
187 - Default number sharing to NOBODY, to match the official apps behavior.
189 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
191 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
195 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
196 behavior with notification, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added.
200 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
201 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
203 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`,
`--discoverable-by-number`,
`--number-sharing`,
`--username`
204 and
`--delete-username` parameter for
`updateAccount` command
205 - New
`--bus-name` parameter for
`daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
206 - New
`getAvatar` and
`getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
207 - New
`sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
211 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
215 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
216 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
217 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
218 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
220 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
226 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
228 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
232 - Fix linking to an existing account
234 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
238 - Fix linking to an existing account
239 - Fix migration from old account data
241 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
245 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
246 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
247 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
251 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
253 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
257 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
258 - Update captcha help text
260 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
264 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
265 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
266 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
267 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
268 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
269 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
273 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
277 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
278 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
280 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
282 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
286 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
287 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
291 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
293 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
297 - New
`addStickerPack` command
301 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
305 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
307 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
309 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
313 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
314 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
316 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
320 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
321 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
325 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
326 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
328 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
330 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
334 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
338 - Fixed migration of older account files
339 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
341 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
343 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
347 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
349 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
353 - Fix build with Java
20
355 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
359 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
361 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
365 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
369 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
370 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
371 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
372 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
376 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
378 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
380 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
384 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
385 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
386 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
390 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
392 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
396 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
397 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
401 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
402 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
404 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
408 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
410 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
412 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
416 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
417 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
418 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
419 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
420 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
421 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
422 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
426 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
427 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
429 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
433 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
434 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
438 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
439 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
443 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
445 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
449 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
450 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
451 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
452 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
454 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
458 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
460 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
464 - Fix sending group messages
465 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
466 - Fix building fat jars
468 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
470 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
474 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
475 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
476 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
477 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
481 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
482 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
483 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
487 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
491 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
492 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
494 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
496 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
500 - Output content of received story messages
502 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
504 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
508 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
509 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
511 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
515 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
519 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
520 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
522 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
526 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
527 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
528 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
532 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
533 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
535 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
539 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
540 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
541 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
542 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
543 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
544 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
549 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
551 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
553 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
557 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
558 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
559 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
563 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
567 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
568 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
569 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
570 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
572 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
574 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
578 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
582 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
583 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
584 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
585 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
587 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
591 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
592 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
594 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
598 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
599 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
601 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
605 - Implement support for change number as linked device
606 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
607 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
612 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
613 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
614 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
618 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
620 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
624 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
625 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
626 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
627 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
631 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
635 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
636 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
638 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
642 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
643 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
645 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
649 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
650 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
651 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
655 - Improve exit code for message sending.
656 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
657 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
658 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
659 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
660 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
661 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
665 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
666 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
668 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
670 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
674 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
675 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
676 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
677 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
678 - New command
`removeContact`
679 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
680 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
681 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
682 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
683 additional message info as a key/value map
684 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
685 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
686 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
687 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
691 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
692 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
693 old flags are also still supported for now.
694 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
695 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
696 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
697 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
698 additional information about the failure.
702 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
703 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
704 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
706 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
710 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
714 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
715 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
716 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
718 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
720 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
724 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
725 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
726 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
727 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
728 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
729 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
730 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
734 - Do not send message resend request to own device
735 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
736 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
737 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
741 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
742 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
744 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
746 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
750 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
751 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
752 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
753 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
754 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
759 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
760 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
762 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
763 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
764 - Support for announcement groups
765 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
766 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
767 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
768 to groups with signal-cli members.
769 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
770 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
774 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
776 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
780 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
784 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
786 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
790 - Incorrect error handling in register command
792 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
794 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
798 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
799 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
800 `--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
801 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
802 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
803 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
807 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
808 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
809 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
810 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
811 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
813 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
817 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
818 - Building native image with graalvm
820 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
824 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
825 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
826 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
827 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
828 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
832 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
833 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
834 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
835 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
836 - Display of quit group messages
840 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
841 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
842 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
843 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
844 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
845 - Rework account storage for better reliability
846 - Improved device linking flow
847 - Allow relinking existing account
848 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
850 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
854 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
855 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
856 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
857 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
861 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
865 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
866 the same number are removed.
868 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
870 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
871 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
872 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
876 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
877 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
881 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
883 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
887 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
891 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
892 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
893 - Creating v1 groups works again
895 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
899 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
900 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
901 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
902 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
903 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
907 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
908 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
909 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
910 otherwise a user has to be specified.
911 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
912 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
913 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
914 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
915 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
919 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
920 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
921 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
922 - Issue with saving account file after linking
924 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
928 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
929 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
933 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
934 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
936 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
940 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
941 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
942 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
946 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
948 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
952 Support for groups of new type/v2
954 - Sending and receiving
955 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
956 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
957 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
959 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
960 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
964 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
966 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
970 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
971 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
975 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
976 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
980 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
982 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
984 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
986 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
988 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
989 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
991 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
993 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
994 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
995 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
997 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
999 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
1001 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
1002 libmatthew-unix-java)
1003 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
1004 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
1006 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
1008 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
1009 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
1010 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
1011 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
1013 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
1015 - Added listContacts command
1016 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
1017 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
1018 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
1019 - Support for message reactions with emojis
1020 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
1022 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
1024 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
1026 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
1028 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
1029 - Add additional info to json output
1030 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
1031 - Add command to update contact names
1033 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
1035 Bug fixes and small improvements
1037 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
1039 - Fixes sending of group messages
1041 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
1043 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
1044 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
1045 - Switch default data path:
1046 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
1047 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
1049 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
1051 - Simple json output
1052 - dbus signal for receiving messages
1053 - Registration lock PIN
1054 - Output quoted message
1056 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
1058 * new listGroups command
1059 * Support for attachments with file names
1060 * Support for complete contacts sync
1061 * Support for contact verification sync
1063 * Get/Set group info
1064 * Get/Set contact info
1066 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
1068 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
1069 - add unregister command
1071 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
1073 - Fix linking of new devices
1075 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
1077 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
1078 * Updated dependencies
1080 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
1082 - Add support for group info requests
1083 - Improve closing of file streams
1085 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
1087 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
1089 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
1091 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
1093 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
1094 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
1095 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
1096 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
1097 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
1099 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
1101 - Fix issue with creating groups
1102 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
1103 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
1105 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
1107 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
1108 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
1109 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
1111 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
1113 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
1115 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
1117 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
1119 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
1120 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
1121 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
1123 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
1125 - Improve dbus service
1126 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
1128 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
1130 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
1133 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
1135 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
1137 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
1139 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
1141 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
1142 - Show message group info
1144 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
1146 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
1148 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08