5 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
7 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
8 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
10 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
12 - Implement support for change number as linked device
13 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
14 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
18 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
19 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
20 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
23 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
25 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
27 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
28 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
29 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
30 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
33 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
36 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
37 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
39 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
41 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
42 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
44 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
46 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
47 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
48 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
51 - Improve exit code for message sending.
52 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
53 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
54 - Download profiles in parallel for improved perfomance
55 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
56 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
57 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
60 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
61 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
63 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
64 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
67 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
68 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
69 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
70 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
71 - New command
`removeContact`
72 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
73 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
74 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with additional message info as a key/value map
75 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
76 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
77 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
78 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
81 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
82 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The old flags are also still supported for now.
83 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by main device
84 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
85 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
86 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints additional information about the failure.
89 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
90 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
91 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
93 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
95 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
98 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
99 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
100 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
102 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
103 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
106 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
107 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
108 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
109 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
110 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts, sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
111 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
114 - Do not send message resend request to own device
115 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
116 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
117 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
120 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
121 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
123 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
124 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
127 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
128 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
129 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
130 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
131 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the new location.
134 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
135 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the main device)
136 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
137 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
138 - Support for announcement groups
139 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
140 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
141 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out to groups with signal-cli members.
142 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
143 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
146 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
148 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
150 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
153 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
155 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
157 - Incorrect error handling in register command
159 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
160 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
163 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
164 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
`--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
165 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
166 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
167 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
170 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
171 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
172 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
173 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
174 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
176 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
179 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
180 - Building native image with graalvm
182 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
184 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
185 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
186 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from master device
187 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
188 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
191 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
192 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
193 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
194 - Only respond to sync requests from master device
195 - Display of quit group messages
198 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
199 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
200 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
201 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
202 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
203 - Rework account storage for better reliability
204 - Improved device linking flow
205 - Allow relinking existing account
206 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
208 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
210 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked, isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
211 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
212 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
215 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
218 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
219 the same number are removed.
221 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
222 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
223 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
226 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
227 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
230 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
232 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
234 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
237 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
238 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
239 - Creating v1 groups works again
241 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
243 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
244 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
245 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
246 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
247 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
250 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
251 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
252 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
253 otherwise a user has to be specified.
254 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
255 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
256 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
257 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
258 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
261 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
262 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
263 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
264 - Issue with saving account file after linking
266 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
268 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
269 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
272 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
273 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
275 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
277 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
278 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
279 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
282 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
284 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
286 Support for groups of new type/v2
287 - Sending and receiving
288 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
289 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
290 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
292 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
293 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
296 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
298 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
300 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
301 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
304 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
305 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
308 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
310 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
311 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
313 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
314 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
315 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
317 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
318 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
319 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
320 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
322 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
324 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
325 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of libmatthew-unix-java)
326 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
327 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
329 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
330 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
331 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
332 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
333 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
335 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
336 - Added listContacts command
337 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
338 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
339 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
340 - Support for message reactions with emojis
341 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
343 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
344 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
346 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
347 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
348 - Add additional info to json output
349 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
350 - Add command to update contact names
352 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
353 Bug fixes and small improvements
355 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
356 - Fixes sending of group messages
358 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
359 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
360 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
361 - Switch default data path:
362 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
363 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
365 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
367 - dbus signal for receiving messages
368 - Registration lock PIN
369 - Output quoted message
371 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
372 * new listGroups command
373 * Support for attachments with file names
374 * Support for complete contacts sync
375 * Support for contact verification sync
378 * Get/Set contact info
380 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
381 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
382 - add unregister command
384 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
385 - Fix linking of new devices
387 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
388 * New commandline paramter for receive: --ignore-attachments
389 * Updated dependencies
391 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
392 - Add support for group info requests
393 - Improve closing of file streams
395 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
396 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
398 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
400 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
401 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
402 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
403 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
404 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
405 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
407 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
408 - Fix issue with creating groups
409 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
410 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
412 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
413 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
414 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
415 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
417 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
418 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
420 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
422 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
423 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
424 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
425 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
427 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
428 - Improve dbus service
429 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
431 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
432 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with future releases).
434 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
436 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
437 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
439 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
440 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
441 - Show message group info
443 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
445 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
447 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08