4 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
7 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
8 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
9 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
10 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
11 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts, sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
12 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
15 - Do not send message resend request to own device
16 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
17 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly sending the same delivery receipts
18 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
21 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
22 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
24 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
25 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
28 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
29 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
30 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
31 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
32 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the new location.
35 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
36 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the main device)
37 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
38 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
39 - Support for announcement groups
40 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
41 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
42 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out to groups with signal-cli members.
43 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
44 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
47 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
49 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
51 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
54 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
56 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
58 - Incorrect error handling in register command
60 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
61 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
64 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
65 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
`--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
66 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
67 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
68 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
71 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
72 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
73 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
74 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
75 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
77 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
80 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
81 - Building native image with graalvm
83 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
85 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
86 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
87 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from master device
88 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
89 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
92 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
93 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
94 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
95 - Only respond to sync requests from master device
96 - Display of quit group messages
99 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
100 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
101 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
102 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
103 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
104 - Rework account storage for better reliability
105 - Improved device linking flow
106 - Allow relinking existing account
107 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
109 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
111 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked, isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
112 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
113 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
116 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
119 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
120 the same number are removed.
122 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
123 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
124 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
127 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
128 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
131 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
133 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
135 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
138 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
139 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
140 - Creating v1 groups works again
142 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
144 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
145 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
146 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
147 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
148 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
151 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
152 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
153 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
154 otherwise a user has to be specified.
155 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
156 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
157 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
158 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
159 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
162 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
163 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
164 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
165 - Issue with saving account file after linking
167 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
169 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
170 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
173 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
174 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
176 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
178 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
179 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
180 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
183 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
185 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
187 Support for groups of new type/v2
188 - Sending and receiving
189 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
190 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
191 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
193 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
194 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
197 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
199 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
201 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
202 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
205 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
206 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
209 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
211 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
212 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
214 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
215 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
216 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
218 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
219 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
220 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
221 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
223 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
225 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
226 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of libmatthew-unix-java)
227 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
228 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
230 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
231 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
232 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
233 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
234 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
236 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
237 - Added listContacts command
238 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
239 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
240 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
241 - Support for message reactions with emojis
242 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
244 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
245 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
247 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
248 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
249 - Add additional info to json output
250 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
251 - Add command to update contact names
253 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
254 Bug fixes and small improvements
256 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
257 - Fixes sending of group messages
259 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
260 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
261 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
262 - Switch default data path:
263 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
264 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
266 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
268 - dbus signal for receiving messages
269 - Registration lock PIN
270 - Output quoted message
272 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
273 * new listGroups command
274 * Support for attachments with file names
275 * Support for complete contacts sync
276 * Support for contact verification sync
279 * Get/Set contact info
281 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
282 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
283 - add unregister command
285 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
286 - Fix linking of new devices
288 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
289 * New commandline paramter for receive: --ignore-attachments
290 * Updated dependencies
292 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
293 - Add support for group info requests
294 - Improve closing of file streams
296 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
297 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
299 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
301 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
302 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
303 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
304 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
305 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
306 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
308 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
309 - Fix issue with creating groups
310 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
311 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
313 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
314 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
315 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
316 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
318 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
319 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
321 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
323 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
324 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
325 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
326 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
328 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
329 - Improve dbus service
330 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
332 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
333 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with future releases).
335 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
337 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
338 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
340 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
341 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
342 - Show message group info
344 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
346 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
348 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08