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1 # Changelog
2
3 ## [Unreleased]
4
5 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
6
7 ### Fixed
8 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
9
10 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
11
12 ### Fixed
13 - Fix sending group messages
14 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
15 - Fix building fat jars
16
17 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
18 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.20.0
19
20 ### Breaking changes
21 - Changed meaning of `-v` flag from `--version` to `--verbose`.
22 So now extended logging can be achieved with `-vv`.
23 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
24 To read a message from stdin, use the `--message-from-stdin` flag.
25
26 ### Added
27 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
28 - Add `--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
29 - Add `sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
30
31 ### Fixed
32 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
33
34 ### Changed
35 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
36 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
37
38 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
39 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.19.3
40
41 ### Added
42 - Output content of received story messages
43
44 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
45 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.18.1
46
47 ### Fixed
48 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
49 - Workaround GraalVM 22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
50
51 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
52
53 ### Changed
54 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
55
56 ### Fixed
57 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
58 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
59
60 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
61
62 ### Added
63 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
64 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the `--version` flag.
65 In the next version the current short form `-v` will change its meaning to `--verbose`!
66
67 ### Improved
68 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
69 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
70
71 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
72
73 ### Added
74 - Added profile information to `listContacts` command output
75 - Added filter flags for `listContacts` command
76 - New `sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
77 - New `--given-name` and `--family-name` parameters for `updateContact` command
78 - Implement sending link previews with `--preview-url`, `--preview-title` parameters for the `send` command
79 - New `--send-read-receipts` parameter for `receive` and `daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages as read
80
81 ### Fixed
82 - Issue with endless growing `pre-keys-pni` data directory
83
84 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
85 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.17
86
87 ### Added
88 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
89 - New command `deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
90 - New parameter `-g` for `listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
91
92 ### Fixed
93 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
94
95 ### Changed
96 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
97 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
98 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
99 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
100
101 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
102 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.15
103
104 ### Added
105 - New `--ban`, `--unban` flags for `updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
106
107 ### Fixed
108 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
109 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
110 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
111 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
112
113 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
114 ### Fixed
115 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
116 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
117
118 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
119 ### Fixed
120 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
121 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
122
123 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
124 ### Added
125 - Implement support for change number as linked device
126 - Add `--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
127 reading from stdin if the `-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
128 version.
129
130 ### Changed
131 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
132 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
133 - Renamed `error` field in json receive response to `exception`
134
135 ### Fixed
136 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
137
138 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
139 ### Added
140 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for 24h.
141 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
142 - New global `--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
143 (`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
144
145 ### Improved
146 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC `subscribeReceive` command
147
148 ### Fixed
149 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
150 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
151
152 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
153 ### Fixed
154 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
155 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
156
157 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
158 ### Added
159 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
160 - New command `listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
161 - New flag `--sticker` for `send` command to send stickers
162
163 ### Changed
164 - Improve exit code for message sending.
165 Exit with 0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
166 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code 2 or 4 (for untrusted).
167 - Download profiles in parallel for improved perfomance
168 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
169 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
170 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
171
172 ### Fixed
173 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
174 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
175
176 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
177 **Attention**: Now requires Java 17 and libsignal-client version 0.11
178
179 ### Added
180 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (`--socket` and `--tcp`)
181 - New daemon command flag `--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
182 - New daemon command flag `--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
183 - New command `listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
184 - New command `removeContact`
185 - Extend `send` command to allow sending mentions (`--mention`) and quotes (`--quote-timestamp`, `--quote-author`, `--quote-message`, `--quote-mention`)
186 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
187 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with additional message info as a key/value map
188 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
189 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
190 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
191 - `-c` alias for `--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
192
193 ### Changed
194 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
195 - Renamed `-u` and `--username` flags to `-a` and `--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The old flags are also still supported for now.
196 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
197 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
198 - dbus-java now uses Java 16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
199 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints additional information about the failure.
200
201 ### Fixed
202 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
203 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
204 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
205
206 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
207 ### Fixed
208 - dbus `listNumbers` method works again
209
210 ### Changed
211 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
212 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
213 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
214
215 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
216 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version 0.8
217
218 ### Added
219 - New command `updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
220 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
221 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
222 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
223 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts, sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
224 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
225
226 ### Fixed
227 - Do not send message resend request to own device
228 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
229 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
230 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
231
232 ### Changed
233 - Use new provisioning URL `sgnl://linkdevice` instead of `tsdevice:/`
234 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now `./gradlew nativeCompile`
235
236 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
237 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.9
238
239 ### Breaking changes
240 - Removed deprecated `--json` parameter, use global parameter `--output=json` instead
241 - Json output format of `listGroups` command changed:
242 Members are now arrays of `{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
243 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
244 For those still using the old paths (`$HOME/.config/signal`, `$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the new location.
245
246 ### Added
247 - New global parameter `--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
248 - New parameter `--device-name` for `updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary device)
249 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
250 - New `jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
251 - Support for announcement groups
252 - New parameter `--set-permission-send-messages` for `updateGroup` to create an announcement group
253 - New `sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
254 - 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.
255 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
256 - New `submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
257
258 ### Fixed
259 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
260
261 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
262 ### Added
263 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
264
265 ### Fixed
266 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
267
268 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
269 ### Fixed
270 - Incorrect error handling in register command
271
272 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
273 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version 0.8.1
274
275 ### Added
276 - New parameters for `updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
277 `--description`, `--remove-member`, `--admin`, `--remove-admin`, `--reset-link`, `--link`, `--set-permission-add-member`, `--set-permission-edit-details`, `--expiration`
278 - New `--admin` parameter for `quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
279 - New `--delete` parameter for `quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
280 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
281
282 ### Fixed
283 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
284 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
285 - All commands now show a short description with `--help`
286 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
287 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
288
289 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
290
291 ### Fixed
292 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
293 - Building native image with graalvm
294
295 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
296 ### Added
297 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
298 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
299 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
300 - New `--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
301 - New `--family-name` argument for updateProfile
302
303 ### Fixed
304 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
305 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
306 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
307 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
308 - Display of quit group messages
309
310 ### Changed
311 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
312 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
313 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
314 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
315 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
316 - Rework account storage for better reliability
317 - Improved device linking flow
318 - Allow relinking existing account
319 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
320
321 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
322 ### Added
323 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked, isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
324 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
325 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
326
327 ### Fixed
328 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
329
330 ### Changed
331 - Behavior of `trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
332 the same number are removed.
333
334 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
335 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now required: [libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
336 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
337
338 ### Added
339 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
340 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
341
342 ### Fixed
343 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
344
345 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
346 ### Changed
347 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
348
349 ### Fixed
350 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
351 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
352 - Creating v1 groups works again
353
354 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
355 ### Added
356 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
357 - Global `--verbose` flag to increase log level
358 - Global `--output=json` flag, currently supported by `receive`, `daemon`, `getUserStatus`, `listGroups`
359 - `--note-to-self` flag for `send` command to send a note to linked devices
360 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
361
362 ### Changed
363 - signal-cli can now be used without the username `-u` flag
364 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
365 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
366 otherwise a user has to be specified.
367 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
368 send a sync message, use the new `--note-to-self` flag
369 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
370 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
371 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
372
373 ### Fixed
374 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
375 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
376 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
377 - Issue with saving account file after linking
378
379 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
380 ### Added
381 - Implement new registration lock PIN with `setPin` and `removePin` (with KBS)
382 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
383
384 ### Fixed
385 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
386 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
387
388 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
389 ### Added
390 - Accept group invitation with `updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
391 - Decline group invitation with `quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
392 - Join group via invitation link `joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
393
394 ### Fixed
395 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
396
397 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
398 ### Added
399 Support for groups of new type/v2
400 - Sending and receiving
401 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with `updateGroup`
402 - Quit group and decline invitation with `quitGroup`
403 - In the `listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
404
405 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
406 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
407
408 ### Fixed
409 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
410
411 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
412 ### Added
413 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
414 - `--captcha` parameter for `register` command, required for some IP ranges
415
416 ### Changed
417 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
418 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
419
420 ### Fixed
421 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
422
423 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
424 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
425
426 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
427 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
428 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
429
430 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
431 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
432 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
433 - signal-cli now requires Java 11
434
435 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in 0.6.10**
436
437 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
438 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of libmatthew-unix-java)
439 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
440 - Add `--expiration` parameter to `updateContact` command to set expiration timer
441
442 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
443 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
444 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
445 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
446 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
447
448 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
449 - Added listContacts command
450 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
451 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
452 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
453 - Support for message reactions with emojis
454 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
455
456 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
457 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
458
459 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
460 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
461 - Add additional info to json output
462 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
463 - Add command to update contact names
464
465 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
466 Bug fixes and small improvements
467
468 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
469 - Fixes sending of group messages
470
471 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
472 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
473 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
474 - Switch default data path:
475 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
476 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
477
478 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
479 - Simple json output
480 - dbus signal for receiving messages
481 - Registration lock PIN
482 - Output quoted message
483
484 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
485 * new listGroups command
486 * Support for attachments with file names
487 * Support for complete contacts sync
488 * Support for contact verification sync
489 * DBus interface:
490 * Get/Set group info
491 * Get/Set contact info
492
493 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
494 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
495 - add unregister command
496
497 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
498 - Fix linking of new devices
499
500 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
501 * New commandline paramter for receive: --ignore-attachments
502 * Updated dependencies
503
504 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
505 - Add support for group info requests
506 - Improve closing of file streams
507
508 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
509 - Support new safety numbers (https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
510 - Add a man page
511 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
512
513 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
514 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
515 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
516 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
517 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
518 - Timestamps shown in ISO 8601 format
519
520 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
521 - Fix issue with creating groups
522 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
523 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
524
525 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
526 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
527 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
528 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
529
530 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
531 - Fix running with Oracle JRE 8
532 - Fix registering
533 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
534
535 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
536 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
537 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
538 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than 20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
539
540 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
541 - Improve dbus service
542 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
543
544 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
545 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with future releases).
546
547 This release works with Java 7 and 8.
548
549 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
550 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
551
552 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
553 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
554 - Show message group info
555
556 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
557
558 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
559
560 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08
561 First release