5 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
9 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
10 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
13 Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
14 behavior, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added
15 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender` parameter for
`updateAccount command`
19 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
20 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
21 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
23 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
25 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
29 - Fix linking to an existing account
31 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
35 - Fix linking to an existing account
36 - Fix migration from old account data
38 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
42 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
43 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
44 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
48 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
50 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
54 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
55 - Update captcha help text
57 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
61 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
62 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
63 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
64 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
65 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
66 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
70 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
74 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
75 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
77 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
79 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
83 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
84 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
88 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
90 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
94 - New
`addStickerPack` command
98 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
102 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
104 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
106 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
110 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
111 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
113 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
117 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
118 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
122 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
123 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
125 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
127 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
131 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
135 - Fixed migration of older account files
136 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
138 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
140 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
144 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
146 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
150 - Fix build with Java
20
152 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
156 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
158 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
162 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
166 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
167 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
168 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
169 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
173 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
175 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
177 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
181 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
182 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
183 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
187 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
189 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
193 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
194 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
198 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
199 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
201 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
205 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
207 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
209 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
213 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
214 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
215 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
216 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
217 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
218 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
219 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
223 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
224 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
226 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
230 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
231 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
235 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
236 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
240 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
242 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
246 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
247 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
248 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
249 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
251 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
255 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
257 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
261 - Fix sending group messages
262 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
263 - Fix building fat jars
265 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
267 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
271 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
272 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
273 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
274 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
278 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
279 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
280 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
284 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
288 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
289 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
291 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
293 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
297 - Output content of received story messages
299 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
301 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
305 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
306 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
308 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
312 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
316 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
317 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
319 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
323 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
324 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
325 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
329 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
330 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
332 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
336 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
337 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
338 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
339 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
340 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
341 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
346 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
348 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
350 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
354 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
355 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
356 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
360 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
364 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
365 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
366 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
367 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
369 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
371 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
375 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
379 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
380 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
381 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
382 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
384 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
388 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
389 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
391 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
395 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
396 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
398 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
402 - Implement support for change number as linked device
403 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
404 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
409 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
410 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
411 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
415 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
417 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
421 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
422 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
423 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
424 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
428 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
432 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
433 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
435 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
439 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
440 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
442 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
446 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
447 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
448 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
452 - Improve exit code for message sending.
453 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
454 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
455 - Download profiles in parallel for improved perfomance
456 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
457 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
458 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
462 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
463 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
465 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
467 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
471 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
472 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
473 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
474 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
475 - New command
`removeContact`
476 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
477 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
478 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
479 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
480 additional message info as a key/value map
481 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
482 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
483 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
484 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
488 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
489 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
490 old flags are also still supported for now.
491 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
492 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
493 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
494 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
495 additional information about the failure.
499 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
500 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
501 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
503 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
507 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
511 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
512 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
513 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
515 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
517 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
521 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
522 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
523 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
524 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
525 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
526 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
527 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
531 - Do not send message resend request to own device
532 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
533 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
534 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
538 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
539 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
541 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
543 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
547 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
548 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
549 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
550 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
551 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
556 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
557 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
559 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
560 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
561 - Support for announcement groups
562 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
563 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
564 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
565 to groups with signal-cli members.
566 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
567 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
571 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
573 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
577 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
581 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
583 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
587 - Incorrect error handling in register command
589 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
591 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
595 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
596 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
`--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
597 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
598 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
599 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
603 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
604 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
605 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
606 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
607 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
609 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
613 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
614 - Building native image with graalvm
616 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
620 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
621 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
622 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
623 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
624 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
628 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
629 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
630 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
631 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
632 - Display of quit group messages
636 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
637 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
638 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
639 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
640 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
641 - Rework account storage for better reliability
642 - Improved device linking flow
643 - Allow relinking existing account
644 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
646 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
650 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
651 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
652 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
653 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
657 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
661 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
662 the same number are removed.
664 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
666 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
667 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
668 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
672 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
673 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
677 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
679 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
683 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
687 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
688 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
689 - Creating v1 groups works again
691 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
695 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
696 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
697 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
698 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
699 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
703 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
704 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
705 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
706 otherwise a user has to be specified.
707 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
708 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
709 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
710 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
711 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
715 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
716 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
717 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
718 - Issue with saving account file after linking
720 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
724 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
725 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
729 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
730 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
732 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
736 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
737 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
738 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
742 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
744 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
748 Support for groups of new type/v2
750 - Sending and receiving
751 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
752 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
753 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
755 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
756 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
760 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
762 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
766 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
767 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
771 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
772 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
776 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
778 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
780 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
782 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
784 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
785 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
787 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
789 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
790 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
791 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
793 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
795 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
797 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
798 libmatthew-unix-java)
799 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
800 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
802 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
804 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
805 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
806 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
807 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
809 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
811 - Added listContacts command
812 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
813 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
814 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
815 - Support for message reactions with emojis
816 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
818 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
820 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
822 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
824 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
825 - Add additional info to json output
826 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
827 - Add command to update contact names
829 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
831 Bug fixes and small improvements
833 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
835 - Fixes sending of group messages
837 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
839 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
840 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
841 - Switch default data path:
842 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
843 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
845 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
848 - dbus signal for receiving messages
849 - Registration lock PIN
850 - Output quoted message
852 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
854 * new listGroups command
855 * Support for attachments with file names
856 * Support for complete contacts sync
857 * Support for contact verification sync
860 * Get/Set contact info
862 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
864 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
865 - add unregister command
867 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
869 - Fix linking of new devices
871 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
873 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
874 * Updated dependencies
876 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
878 - Add support for group info requests
879 - Improve closing of file streams
881 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
883 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
885 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
887 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
889 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
890 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
891 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
892 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
893 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
895 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
897 - Fix issue with creating groups
898 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
899 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
901 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
903 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
904 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
905 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
907 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
909 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
911 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
913 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
915 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
916 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
917 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
919 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
921 - Improve dbus service
922 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
924 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
926 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
929 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
931 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
933 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
935 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
937 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
938 - Show message group info
940 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
942 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
944 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08