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1 # Changelog
2
3 ## [Unreleased]
4
5 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
6 ### Fixed
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
9
10 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
11 ### Added
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
15 version.
16
17 ### Changed
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`
21
22 ### Fixed
23 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
24
25 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
26 ### Added
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)
31
32 ### Improved
33 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC `subscribeReceive` command
34
35 ### Fixed
36 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
37 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
38
39 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
40 ### Fixed
41 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
42 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
43
44 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
45 ### Added
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
49
50 ### Changed
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.
58
59 ### Fixed
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.
62
63 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
64 **Attention**: Now requires Java 17 and libsignal-client version 0.11
65
66 ### Added
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)
79
80 ### Changed
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.
87
88 ### Fixed
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
92
93 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
94 ### Fixed
95 - dbus `listNumbers` method works again
96
97 ### Changed
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
101
102 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
103 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version 0.8
104
105 ### Added
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
112
113 ### Fixed
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
118
119 ### Changed
120 - Use new provisioning URL `sgnl://linkdevice` instead of `tsdevice:/`
121 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now `./gradlew nativeCompile`
122
123 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
124 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.9
125
126 ### Breaking changes
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.
132
133 ### Added
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
144
145 ### Fixed
146 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
147
148 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
149 ### Added
150 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
151
152 ### Fixed
153 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
154
155 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
156 ### Fixed
157 - Incorrect error handling in register command
158
159 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
160 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.8.1
161
162 ### Added
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
168
169 ### Fixed
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
175
176 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
177
178 ### Fixed
179 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
180 - Building native image with graalvm
181
182 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
183 ### Added
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
189
190 ### Fixed
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
196
197 ### Changed
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
207
208 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
209 ### Added
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
213
214 ### Fixed
215 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
216
217 ### Changed
218 - Behavior of `trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
219 the same number are removed.
220
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.
224
225 ### Added
226 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
227 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
228
229 ### Fixed
230 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
231
232 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
233 ### Changed
234 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
235
236 ### Fixed
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
240
241 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
242 ### Added
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
248
249 ### Changed
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
259
260 ### Fixed
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
265
266 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
267 ### Added
268 - Implement new registration lock PIN with `setPin` and `removePin` (with KBS)
269 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
270
271 ### Fixed
272 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
273 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
274
275 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
276 ### Added
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/#...`
280
281 ### Fixed
282 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
283
284 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
285 ### Added
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
291
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.
294
295 ### Fixed
296 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
297
298 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
299 ### Added
300 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
301 - `--captcha` parameter for `register` command, required for some IP ranges
302
303 ### Changed
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
306
307 ### Fixed
308 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
309
310 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
311 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
312
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
316
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
321
322 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in 0.6.10**
323
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
328
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
334
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
342
343 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
344 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
345
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
351
352 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
353 Bug fixes and small improvements
354
355 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
356 - Fixes sending of group messages
357
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)
364
365 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
366 - Simple json output
367 - dbus signal for receiving messages
368 - Registration lock PIN
369 - Output quoted message
370
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
376 * DBus interface:
377 * Get/Set group info
378 * Get/Set contact info
379
380 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
381 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
382 - add unregister command
383
384 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
385 - Fix linking of new devices
386
387 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
388 * New commandline paramter for receive: --ignore-attachments
389 * Updated dependencies
390
391 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
392 - Add support for group info requests
393 - Improve closing of file streams
394
395 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
396 - Support new safety numbers (https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
397 - Add a man page
398 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
399
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
406
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
411
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)
416
417 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
418 - Fix running with Oracle JRE 8
419 - Fix registering
420 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
421
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
426
427 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
428 - Improve dbus service
429 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
430
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).
433
434 This release works with Java 7 and 8.
435
436 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
437 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
438
439 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
440 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
441 - Show message group info
442
443 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
444
445 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
446
447 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08
448 First release