5 Requires libsignal-client version
0.56.0
9 - Send sync message to linked devices when sending read/viewed receipts
13 - Fix issue with sending to some groups
14 - Fix CDSI sync if no token is stored
15 - Fix possible db dead lock during storage sync
17 ## [0.13.5] - 2024-07-25
19 Requires libsignal-client version
0.52.2
23 - Fixed device linking, due to new feature flag
25 ## [0.13.4] - 2024-06-06
27 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.47.0
31 - Improve username update error message
32 - Update groups when using listGroups command
36 - Update libsignal to fix graalvm native startup
37 - Fix issue with saving username link
38 - Fix sendMessageRequestResponse type parameter parsing in JSON RPC mode
39 - Fix getUserStatus command with only username parameter
41 ## [0.13.3] - 2024-04-19
43 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.44.0
47 - Support for reading contact nickname and notes
48 - Add
`--internal` and
`--detailed` parameters to
`listContacts` command
52 - Fix issue with sending messages when a new session is created
54 ## [0.13.2] - 2024-03-23
56 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.40.1
60 - Add
`--username` parameter to
`getUserStatus` command
64 - Fixed setting and retrieving PIN after server changes
66 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-27
70 - Add
`--reregister` parameter to force registration of an already registered account
74 - Fixed rare issue with duplicate PNIs during migration
78 - Show information when requesting voice verification without prior SMS verification
79 - Username can now be set with an explicit discriminator (e.g. testname
.000)
80 - Improve behavior when PNI prekeys upload fails
81 - Improve
`submitRateLimitChallenge` error message if captcha is rejected by server
82 - Only retry messages after an identity was trusted
86 - Default number sharing to NOBODY, to match the official apps behavior.
88 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
90 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
94 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
95 behavior with notification, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added.
99 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
100 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
102 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`,
`--discoverable-by-number`,
`--number-sharing`,
`--username`
103 and
`--delete-username` parameter for
`updateAccount` command
104 - New
`--bus-name` parameter for
`daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
105 - New
`getAvatar` and
`getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
106 - New
`sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
110 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
114 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
115 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
116 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
117 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
119 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
125 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
127 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
131 - Fix linking to an existing account
133 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
137 - Fix linking to an existing account
138 - Fix migration from old account data
140 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
144 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
145 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
146 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
150 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
152 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
156 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
157 - Update captcha help text
159 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
163 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
164 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
165 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
166 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
167 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
168 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
172 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
176 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
177 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
179 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
181 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
185 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
186 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
190 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
192 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
196 - New
`addStickerPack` command
200 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
204 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
206 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
208 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
212 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
213 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
215 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
219 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
220 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
224 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
225 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
227 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
229 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
233 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
237 - Fixed migration of older account files
238 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
240 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
242 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
246 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
248 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
252 - Fix build with Java
20
254 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
258 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
260 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
264 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
268 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
269 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
270 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
271 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
275 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
277 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
279 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
283 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
284 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
285 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
289 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
291 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
295 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
296 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
300 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
301 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
303 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
307 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
309 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
311 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
315 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
316 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
317 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
318 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
319 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
320 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
321 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
325 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
326 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
328 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
332 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
333 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
337 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
338 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
342 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
344 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
348 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
349 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
350 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
351 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
353 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
357 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
359 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
363 - Fix sending group messages
364 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
365 - Fix building fat jars
367 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
369 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
373 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
374 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
375 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
376 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
380 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
381 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
382 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
386 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
390 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
391 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
393 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
395 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
399 - Output content of received story messages
401 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
403 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
407 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
408 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
410 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
414 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
418 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
419 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
421 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
425 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
426 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
427 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
431 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
432 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
434 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
438 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
439 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
440 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
441 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
442 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
443 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
448 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
450 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
452 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
456 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
457 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
458 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
462 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
466 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
467 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
468 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
469 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
471 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
473 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
477 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
481 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
482 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
483 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
484 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
486 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
490 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
491 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
493 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
497 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
498 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
500 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
504 - Implement support for change number as linked device
505 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
506 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
511 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
512 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
513 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
517 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
519 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
523 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
524 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
525 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
526 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
530 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
534 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
535 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
537 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
541 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
542 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
544 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
548 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
549 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
550 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
554 - Improve exit code for message sending.
555 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
556 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
557 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
558 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
559 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
560 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
564 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
565 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
567 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
569 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
573 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
574 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
575 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
576 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
577 - New command
`removeContact`
578 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
579 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
580 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
581 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
582 additional message info as a key/value map
583 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
584 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
585 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
586 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
590 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
591 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
592 old flags are also still supported for now.
593 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
594 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
595 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
596 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
597 additional information about the failure.
601 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
602 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
603 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
605 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
609 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
613 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
614 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
615 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
617 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
619 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
623 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
624 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
625 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
626 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
627 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
628 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
629 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
633 - Do not send message resend request to own device
634 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
635 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
636 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
640 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
641 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
643 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
645 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
649 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
650 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
651 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
652 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
653 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
658 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
659 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
661 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
662 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
663 - Support for announcement groups
664 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
665 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
666 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
667 to groups with signal-cli members.
668 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
669 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
673 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
675 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
679 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
683 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
685 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
689 - Incorrect error handling in register command
691 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
693 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
697 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
698 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
`--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
699 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
700 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
701 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
705 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
706 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
707 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
708 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
709 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
711 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
715 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
716 - Building native image with graalvm
718 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
722 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
723 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
724 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
725 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
726 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
730 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
731 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
732 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
733 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
734 - Display of quit group messages
738 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
739 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
740 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
741 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
742 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
743 - Rework account storage for better reliability
744 - Improved device linking flow
745 - Allow relinking existing account
746 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
748 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
752 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
753 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
754 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
755 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
759 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
763 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
764 the same number are removed.
766 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
768 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
769 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
770 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
774 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
775 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
779 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
781 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
785 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
789 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
790 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
791 - Creating v1 groups works again
793 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
797 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
798 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
799 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
800 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
801 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
805 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
806 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
807 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
808 otherwise a user has to be specified.
809 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
810 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
811 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
812 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
813 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
817 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
818 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
819 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
820 - Issue with saving account file after linking
822 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
826 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
827 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
831 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
832 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
834 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
838 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
839 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
840 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
844 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
846 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
850 Support for groups of new type/v2
852 - Sending and receiving
853 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
854 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
855 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
857 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
858 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
862 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
864 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
868 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
869 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
873 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
874 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
878 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
880 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
882 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
884 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
886 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
887 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
889 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
891 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
892 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
893 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
895 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
897 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
899 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
900 libmatthew-unix-java)
901 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
902 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
904 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
906 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
907 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
908 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
909 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
911 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
913 - Added listContacts command
914 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
915 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
916 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
917 - Support for message reactions with emojis
918 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
920 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
922 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
924 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
926 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
927 - Add additional info to json output
928 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
929 - Add command to update contact names
931 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
933 Bug fixes and small improvements
935 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
937 - Fixes sending of group messages
939 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
941 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
942 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
943 - Switch default data path:
944 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
945 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
947 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
950 - dbus signal for receiving messages
951 - Registration lock PIN
952 - Output quoted message
954 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
956 * new listGroups command
957 * Support for attachments with file names
958 * Support for complete contacts sync
959 * Support for contact verification sync
962 * Get/Set contact info
964 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
966 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
967 - add unregister command
969 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
971 - Fix linking of new devices
973 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
975 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
976 * Updated dependencies
978 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
980 - Add support for group info requests
981 - Improve closing of file streams
983 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
985 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
987 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
989 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
991 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
992 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
993 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
994 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
995 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
997 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
999 - Fix issue with creating groups
1000 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
1001 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
1003 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
1005 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
1006 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
1007 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
1009 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
1011 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
1013 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
1015 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
1017 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
1018 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
1019 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
1021 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
1023 - Improve dbus service
1024 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
1026 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
1028 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
1031 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
1033 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
1035 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
1037 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
1039 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
1040 - Show message group info
1042 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
1044 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
1046 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08