5 ## [0.13.15] - 2025-05-08
7 Requires libsignal-client version
0.70.0.
11 - Fix native access warning with Java
24
12 - Fix storage sync loop due to old removed e164 field
16 - Increased compatibility of native build with older/virtual CPUs
18 ## [0.13.14] - 2025-04-06
20 Requires libsignal-client version
0.68.1.
24 - Fix pre key import from old data files
28 - Use websocket connection instead of HTTP for more requests
29 - Improve handling of messages with decryption error
31 ## [0.13.13] - 2025-02-28
33 Requires libsignal-client version
0.66.2.
36 - Allow setting nickname and note with
`updateContact` command
39 - Fix syncing nickname, note and expiration timer
40 - Fix check for registered users with a proxy
41 - Improve handling of storage records not yet supported by signal-cli
42 - Fix contact sync for networks requiring proxy
44 ## [0.13.12] - 2025-01-18
46 Requires libsignal-client version
0.65.2.
50 - Fix sync of contact nick name
51 - Fix incorrectly marking recipients as unregistered after sync
52 - Fix cause of database deadlock (Thanks @dukhaSlayer)
53 - Fix parsing of account query param in events http endpoint
57 - Enable sqlite WAL journal\_mode for improved performance
59 ## [0.13.11] - 2024-12-26
61 Requires libsignal-client version
0.64.0.
64 - Fix issue with receiving messages that have an invalid destination
66 ## [0.13.10] - 2024-11-30
68 Requires libsignal-client version
0.62.0.
72 - Fix receiving some unusual contact sync messages
73 - Fix receiving expiration timer updates
76 - Add support for new storage encryption scheme
78 ## [0.13.9] - 2024-10-28
84 ## [0.13.8] - 2024-10-26
86 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.2
90 - Fix sending large text messages
91 - Fix setting message expiration timer with recent Signal apps
95 - Add group name and timestamps on json message (Thanks @jailson-dias)
97 ## [0.13.7] - 2024-09-28
99 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.0
103 - Fix unnecessary log output
104 - Fix issue with CDSI sync with invalid token
106 ## [0.13.6] - 2024-09-08
108 Requires libsignal-client version
0.56.0
112 - Send sync message to linked devices when sending read/viewed receipts
116 - Fix issue with sending to some groups
117 - Fix CDSI sync if no token is stored
118 - Fix possible db dead lock during storage sync
120 ## [0.13.5] - 2024-07-25
122 Requires libsignal-client version
0.52.2
126 - Fixed device linking, due to new feature flag
128 ## [0.13.4] - 2024-06-06
130 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.47.0
134 - Improve username update error message
135 - Update groups when using listGroups command
139 - Update libsignal to fix graalvm native startup
140 - Fix issue with saving username link
141 - Fix sendMessageRequestResponse type parameter parsing in JSON RPC mode
142 - Fix getUserStatus command with only username parameter
144 ## [0.13.3] - 2024-04-19
146 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.44.0
150 - Support for reading contact nickname and notes
151 - Add
`--internal` and
`--detailed` parameters to
`listContacts` command
155 - Fix issue with sending messages when a new session is created
157 ## [0.13.2] - 2024-03-23
159 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.40.1
163 - Add
`--username` parameter to
`getUserStatus` command
167 - Fixed setting and retrieving PIN after server changes
169 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-27
173 - Add
`--reregister` parameter to force registration of an already registered account
177 - Fixed rare issue with duplicate PNIs during migration
181 - Show information when requesting voice verification without prior SMS verification
182 - Username can now be set with an explicit discriminator (e.g. testname
.000)
183 - Improve behavior when PNI prekeys upload fails
184 - Improve
`submitRateLimitChallenge` error message if captcha is rejected by server
185 - Only retry messages after an identity was trusted
189 - Default number sharing to NOBODY, to match the official apps behavior.
191 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
193 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
197 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
198 behavior with notification, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added.
202 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
203 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
205 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`,
`--discoverable-by-number`,
`--number-sharing`,
`--username`
206 and
`--delete-username` parameter for
`updateAccount` command
207 - New
`--bus-name` parameter for
`daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
208 - New
`getAvatar` and
`getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
209 - New
`sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
213 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
217 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
218 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
219 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
220 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
222 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
228 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
230 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
234 - Fix linking to an existing account
236 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
240 - Fix linking to an existing account
241 - Fix migration from old account data
243 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
247 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
248 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
249 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
253 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
255 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
259 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
260 - Update captcha help text
262 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
266 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
267 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
268 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
269 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
270 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
271 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
275 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
279 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
280 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
282 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
284 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
288 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
289 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
293 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
295 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
299 - New
`addStickerPack` command
303 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
307 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
309 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
311 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
315 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
316 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
318 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
322 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
323 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
327 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
328 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
330 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
332 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
336 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
340 - Fixed migration of older account files
341 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
343 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
345 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
349 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
351 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
355 - Fix build with Java
20
357 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
361 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
363 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
367 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
371 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
372 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
373 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
374 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
378 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
380 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
382 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
386 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
387 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
388 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
392 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
394 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
398 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
399 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
403 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
404 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
406 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
410 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
412 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
414 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
418 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
419 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
420 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
421 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
422 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
423 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
424 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
428 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
429 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
431 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
435 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
436 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
440 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
441 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
445 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
447 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
451 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
452 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
453 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
454 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
456 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
460 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
462 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
466 - Fix sending group messages
467 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
468 - Fix building fat jars
470 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
472 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
476 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
477 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
478 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
479 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
483 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
484 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
485 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
489 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
493 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
494 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
496 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
498 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
502 - Output content of received story messages
504 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
506 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
510 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
511 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
513 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
517 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
521 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
522 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
524 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
528 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
529 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
530 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
534 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
535 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
537 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
541 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
542 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
543 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
544 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
545 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
546 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
551 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
553 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
555 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
559 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
560 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
561 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
565 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
569 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
570 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
571 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
572 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
574 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
576 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
580 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
584 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
585 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
586 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
587 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
589 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
593 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
594 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
596 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
600 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
601 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
603 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
607 - Implement support for change number as linked device
608 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
609 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
614 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
615 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
616 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
620 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
622 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
626 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
627 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
628 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
629 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
633 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
637 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
638 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
640 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
644 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
645 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
647 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
651 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
652 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
653 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
657 - Improve exit code for message sending.
658 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
659 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
660 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
661 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
662 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
663 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
667 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
668 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
670 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
672 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
676 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
677 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
678 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
679 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
680 - New command
`removeContact`
681 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
682 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
683 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
684 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
685 additional message info as a key/value map
686 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
687 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
688 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
689 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
693 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
694 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
695 old flags are also still supported for now.
696 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
697 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
698 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
699 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
700 additional information about the failure.
704 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
705 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
706 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
708 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
712 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
716 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
717 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
718 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
720 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
722 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
726 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
727 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
728 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
729 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
730 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
731 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
732 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
736 - Do not send message resend request to own device
737 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
738 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
739 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
743 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
744 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
746 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
748 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
752 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
753 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
754 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
755 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
756 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
761 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
762 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
764 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
765 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
766 - Support for announcement groups
767 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
768 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
769 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
770 to groups with signal-cli members.
771 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
772 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
776 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
778 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
782 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
786 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
788 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
792 - Incorrect error handling in register command
794 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
796 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
800 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
801 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
802 `--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
803 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
804 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
805 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
809 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
810 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
811 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
812 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
813 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
815 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
819 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
820 - Building native image with graalvm
822 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
826 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
827 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
828 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
829 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
830 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
834 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
835 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
836 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
837 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
838 - Display of quit group messages
842 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
843 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
844 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
845 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
846 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
847 - Rework account storage for better reliability
848 - Improved device linking flow
849 - Allow relinking existing account
850 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
852 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
856 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
857 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
858 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
859 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
863 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
867 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
868 the same number are removed.
870 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
872 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
873 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
874 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
878 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
879 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
883 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
885 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
889 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
893 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
894 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
895 - Creating v1 groups works again
897 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
901 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
902 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
903 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
904 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
905 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
909 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
910 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
911 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
912 otherwise a user has to be specified.
913 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
914 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
915 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
916 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
917 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
921 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
922 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
923 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
924 - Issue with saving account file after linking
926 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
930 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
931 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
935 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
936 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
938 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
942 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
943 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
944 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
948 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
950 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
954 Support for groups of new type/v2
956 - Sending and receiving
957 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
958 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
959 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
961 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
962 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
966 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
968 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
972 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
973 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
977 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
978 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
982 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
984 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
986 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
988 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
990 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
991 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
993 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
995 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
996 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
997 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
999 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
1001 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
1003 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
1004 libmatthew-unix-java)
1005 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
1006 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
1008 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
1010 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
1011 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
1012 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
1013 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
1015 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
1017 - Added listContacts command
1018 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
1019 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
1020 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
1021 - Support for message reactions with emojis
1022 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
1024 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
1026 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
1028 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
1030 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
1031 - Add additional info to json output
1032 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
1033 - Add command to update contact names
1035 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
1037 Bug fixes and small improvements
1039 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
1041 - Fixes sending of group messages
1043 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
1045 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
1046 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
1047 - Switch default data path:
1048 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
1049 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
1051 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
1053 - Simple json output
1054 - dbus signal for receiving messages
1055 - Registration lock PIN
1056 - Output quoted message
1058 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
1060 * new listGroups command
1061 * Support for attachments with file names
1062 * Support for complete contacts sync
1063 * Support for contact verification sync
1065 * Get/Set group info
1066 * Get/Set contact info
1068 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
1070 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
1071 - add unregister command
1073 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
1075 - Fix linking of new devices
1077 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
1079 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
1080 * Updated dependencies
1082 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
1084 - Add support for group info requests
1085 - Improve closing of file streams
1087 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
1089 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
1091 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
1093 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
1095 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
1096 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
1097 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
1098 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
1099 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
1101 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
1103 - Fix issue with creating groups
1104 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
1105 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
1107 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
1109 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
1110 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
1111 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
1113 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
1115 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
1117 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
1119 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
1121 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
1122 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
1123 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
1125 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
1127 - Improve dbus service
1128 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
1130 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
1132 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
1135 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
1137 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
1139 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
1141 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
1143 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
1144 - Show message group info
1146 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
1148 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
1150 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08