5 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
6 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
9 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
10 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
`--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
11 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
12 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
13 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
16 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
17 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
18 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
19 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
20 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
22 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
25 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
26 - Building native image with graalvm
28 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
30 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
31 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
32 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from master device
33 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
34 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
37 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
38 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
39 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
40 - Only respond to sync requests from master device
41 - Display of quit group messages
44 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
45 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
46 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
47 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
48 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
49 - Rework account storage for better reliability
50 - Improved device linking flow
51 - Allow relinking existing account
52 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
54 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
56 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked, isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
57 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
58 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
61 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
64 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
65 the same number are removed.
67 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
68 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
69 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
72 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
73 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
76 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
78 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
80 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
83 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
84 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
85 - Creating v1 groups works again
87 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
89 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
90 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
91 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
92 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
93 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
96 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
97 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
98 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
99 otherwise a user has to be specified.
100 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
101 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
102 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
103 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
104 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
107 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
108 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
109 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
110 - Issue with saving account file after linking
112 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
114 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
115 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
118 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
119 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
121 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
123 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
124 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
125 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
128 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
130 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
132 Support for groups of new type/v2
133 - Sending and receiving
134 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
135 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
136 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
138 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
139 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
142 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
144 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
146 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
147 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
150 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
151 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
154 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
158 Look at the
[release tags](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/releases) for information about older releases.