5 ## [0.13.18] - 2025-07-16
7 Requires libsignal-client version
0.76.3.
11 - Added
`--view-once` parameter to send command to send view once images
15 - Handle rate limit exception correctly when querying usernames
19 - Shut down when dbus daemon connection goes away unexpectedly
20 - In daemon mode, exit immediately if account check fails at startup
21 - Improve behavior when sending to devices that have no available prekeys
23 ## [0.13.17] - 2025-06-28
25 Requires libsignal-client version
0.76.0.
29 - Fix issue when loading an older inactive group
30 - Close attachment input streams after upload
31 - Fix storage sync behavior with unhandled fields
35 - Improve behavior when pin data doesn't exist on the server
37 ## [0.13.16] - 2025-06-07
39 Requires libsignal-client version
0.73.2.
43 - Ensure every sent message gets a unique timestamp
45 ## [0.13.15] - 2025-05-08
47 Requires libsignal-client version
0.70.0.
51 - Fix native access warning with Java
24
52 - Fix storage sync loop due to old removed e164 field
56 - Increased compatibility of native build with older/virtual CPUs
58 ## [0.13.14] - 2025-04-06
60 Requires libsignal-client version
0.68.1.
64 - Fix pre key import from old data files
68 - Use websocket connection instead of HTTP for more requests
69 - Improve handling of messages with decryption error
71 ## [0.13.13] - 2025-02-28
73 Requires libsignal-client version
0.66.2.
76 - Allow setting nickname and note with
`updateContact` command
79 - Fix syncing nickname, note and expiration timer
80 - Fix check for registered users with a proxy
81 - Improve handling of storage records not yet supported by signal-cli
82 - Fix contact sync for networks requiring proxy
84 ## [0.13.12] - 2025-01-18
86 Requires libsignal-client version
0.65.2.
90 - Fix sync of contact nick name
91 - Fix incorrectly marking recipients as unregistered after sync
92 - Fix cause of database deadlock (Thanks @dukhaSlayer)
93 - Fix parsing of account query param in events http endpoint
97 - Enable sqlite WAL journal\_mode for improved performance
99 ## [0.13.11] - 2024-12-26
101 Requires libsignal-client version
0.64.0.
104 - Fix issue with receiving messages that have an invalid destination
106 ## [0.13.10] - 2024-11-30
108 Requires libsignal-client version
0.62.0.
112 - Fix receiving some unusual contact sync messages
113 - Fix receiving expiration timer updates
116 - Add support for new storage encryption scheme
118 ## [0.13.9] - 2024-10-28
124 ## [0.13.8] - 2024-10-26
126 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.2
130 - Fix sending large text messages
131 - Fix setting message expiration timer with recent Signal apps
135 - Add group name and timestamps on json message (Thanks @jailson-dias)
137 ## [0.13.7] - 2024-09-28
139 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.0
143 - Fix unnecessary log output
144 - Fix issue with CDSI sync with invalid token
146 ## [0.13.6] - 2024-09-08
148 Requires libsignal-client version
0.56.0
152 - Send sync message to linked devices when sending read/viewed receipts
156 - Fix issue with sending to some groups
157 - Fix CDSI sync if no token is stored
158 - Fix possible db dead lock during storage sync
160 ## [0.13.5] - 2024-07-25
162 Requires libsignal-client version
0.52.2
166 - Fixed device linking, due to new feature flag
168 ## [0.13.4] - 2024-06-06
170 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.47.0
174 - Improve username update error message
175 - Update groups when using listGroups command
179 - Update libsignal to fix graalvm native startup
180 - Fix issue with saving username link
181 - Fix sendMessageRequestResponse type parameter parsing in JSON RPC mode
182 - Fix getUserStatus command with only username parameter
184 ## [0.13.3] - 2024-04-19
186 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.44.0
190 - Support for reading contact nickname and notes
191 - Add
`--internal` and
`--detailed` parameters to
`listContacts` command
195 - Fix issue with sending messages when a new session is created
197 ## [0.13.2] - 2024-03-23
199 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.40.1
203 - Add
`--username` parameter to
`getUserStatus` command
207 - Fixed setting and retrieving PIN after server changes
209 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-27
213 - Add
`--reregister` parameter to force registration of an already registered account
217 - Fixed rare issue with duplicate PNIs during migration
221 - Show information when requesting voice verification without prior SMS verification
222 - Username can now be set with an explicit discriminator (e.g. testname
.000)
223 - Improve behavior when PNI prekeys upload fails
224 - Improve
`submitRateLimitChallenge` error message if captcha is rejected by server
225 - Only retry messages after an identity was trusted
229 - Default number sharing to NOBODY, to match the official apps behavior.
231 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
233 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
237 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
238 behavior with notification, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added.
242 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
243 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
245 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`,
`--discoverable-by-number`,
`--number-sharing`,
`--username`
246 and
`--delete-username` parameter for
`updateAccount` command
247 - New
`--bus-name` parameter for
`daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
248 - New
`getAvatar` and
`getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
249 - New
`sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
253 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
257 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
258 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
259 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
260 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
262 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
268 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
270 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
274 - Fix linking to an existing account
276 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
280 - Fix linking to an existing account
281 - Fix migration from old account data
283 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
287 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
288 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
289 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
293 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
295 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
299 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
300 - Update captcha help text
302 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
306 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
307 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
308 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
309 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
310 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
311 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
315 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
319 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
320 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
322 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
324 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
328 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
329 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
333 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
335 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
339 - New
`addStickerPack` command
343 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
347 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
349 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
351 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
355 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
356 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
358 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
362 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
363 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
367 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
368 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
370 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
372 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
376 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
380 - Fixed migration of older account files
381 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
383 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
385 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
389 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
391 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
395 - Fix build with Java
20
397 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
401 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
403 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
407 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
411 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
412 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
413 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
414 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
418 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
420 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
422 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
426 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
427 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
428 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
432 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
434 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
438 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
439 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
443 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
444 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
446 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
450 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
452 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
454 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
458 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
459 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
460 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
461 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
462 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
463 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
464 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
468 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
469 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
471 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
475 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
476 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
480 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
481 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
485 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
487 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
491 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
492 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
493 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
494 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
496 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
500 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
502 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
506 - Fix sending group messages
507 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
508 - Fix building fat jars
510 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
512 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
516 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
517 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
518 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
519 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
523 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
524 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
525 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
529 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
533 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
534 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
536 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
538 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
542 - Output content of received story messages
544 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
546 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
550 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
551 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
553 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
557 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
561 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
562 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
564 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
568 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
569 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
570 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
574 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
575 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
577 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
581 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
582 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
583 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
584 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
585 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
586 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
591 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
593 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
595 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
599 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
600 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
601 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
605 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
609 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
610 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
611 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
612 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
614 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
616 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
620 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
624 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
625 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
626 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
627 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
629 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
633 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
634 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
636 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
640 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
641 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
643 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
647 - Implement support for change number as linked device
648 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
649 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
654 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
655 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
656 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
660 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
662 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
666 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
667 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
668 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
669 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
673 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
677 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
678 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
680 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
684 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
685 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
687 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
691 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
692 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
693 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
697 - Improve exit code for message sending.
698 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
699 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
700 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
701 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
702 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
703 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
707 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
708 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
710 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
712 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
716 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
717 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
718 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
719 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
720 - New command
`removeContact`
721 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
722 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
723 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
724 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
725 additional message info as a key/value map
726 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
727 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
728 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
729 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
733 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
734 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
735 old flags are also still supported for now.
736 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
737 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
738 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
739 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
740 additional information about the failure.
744 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
745 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
746 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
748 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
752 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
756 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
757 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
758 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
760 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
762 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
766 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
767 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
768 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
769 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
770 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
771 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
772 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
776 - Do not send message resend request to own device
777 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
778 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
779 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
783 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
784 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
786 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
788 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
792 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
793 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
794 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
795 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
796 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
801 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
802 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
804 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
805 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
806 - Support for announcement groups
807 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
808 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
809 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
810 to groups with signal-cli members.
811 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
812 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
816 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
818 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
822 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
826 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
828 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
832 - Incorrect error handling in register command
834 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
836 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
840 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
841 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
842 `--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
843 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
844 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
845 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
849 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
850 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
851 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
852 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
853 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
855 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
859 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
860 - Building native image with graalvm
862 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
866 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
867 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
868 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
869 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
870 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
874 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
875 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
876 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
877 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
878 - Display of quit group messages
882 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
883 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
884 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
885 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
886 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
887 - Rework account storage for better reliability
888 - Improved device linking flow
889 - Allow relinking existing account
890 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
892 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
896 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
897 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
898 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
899 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
903 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
907 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
908 the same number are removed.
910 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
912 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
913 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
914 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
918 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
919 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
923 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
925 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
929 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
933 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
934 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
935 - Creating v1 groups works again
937 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
941 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
942 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
943 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
944 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
945 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
949 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
950 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
951 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
952 otherwise a user has to be specified.
953 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
954 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
955 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
956 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
957 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
961 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
962 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
963 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
964 - Issue with saving account file after linking
966 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
970 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
971 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
975 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
976 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
978 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
982 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
983 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
984 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
988 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
990 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
994 Support for groups of new type/v2
996 - Sending and receiving
997 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
998 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
999 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
1001 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
1002 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
1006 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
1008 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
1012 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
1013 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
1017 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
1018 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
1022 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
1024 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
1026 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
1028 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
1030 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
1031 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
1033 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
1035 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
1036 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
1037 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
1039 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
1041 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
1043 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
1044 libmatthew-unix-java)
1045 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
1046 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
1048 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
1050 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
1051 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
1052 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
1053 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
1055 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
1057 - Added listContacts command
1058 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
1059 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
1060 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
1061 - Support for message reactions with emojis
1062 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
1064 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
1066 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
1068 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
1070 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
1071 - Add additional info to json output
1072 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
1073 - Add command to update contact names
1075 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
1077 Bug fixes and small improvements
1079 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
1081 - Fixes sending of group messages
1083 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
1085 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
1086 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
1087 - Switch default data path:
1088 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
1089 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
1091 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
1093 - Simple json output
1094 - dbus signal for receiving messages
1095 - Registration lock PIN
1096 - Output quoted message
1098 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
1100 * new listGroups command
1101 * Support for attachments with file names
1102 * Support for complete contacts sync
1103 * Support for contact verification sync
1105 * Get/Set group info
1106 * Get/Set contact info
1108 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
1110 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
1111 - add unregister command
1113 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
1115 - Fix linking of new devices
1117 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
1119 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
1120 * Updated dependencies
1122 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
1124 - Add support for group info requests
1125 - Improve closing of file streams
1127 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
1129 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
1131 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
1133 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
1135 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
1136 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
1137 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
1138 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
1139 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
1141 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
1143 - Fix issue with creating groups
1144 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
1145 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
1147 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
1149 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
1150 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
1151 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
1153 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
1155 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
1157 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
1159 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
1161 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
1162 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
1163 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
1165 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
1167 - Improve dbus service
1168 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
1170 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
1172 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
1175 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
1177 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
1179 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
1181 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
1183 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
1184 - Show message group info
1186 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
1188 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
1190 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08