5 ## [0.13.8] - 2024-10-26
7 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.2
11 - Fix sending large text messages
12 - Fix setting message expiration timer with recent Signal apps
16 - Add group name and timestamps on json message (Thanks @jailson-dias)
18 ## [0.13.7] - 2024-09-28
20 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.0
24 - Fix unnecessary log output
25 - Fix issue with CDSI sync with invalid token
27 ## [0.13.6] - 2024-09-08
29 Requires libsignal-client version
0.56.0
33 - Send sync message to linked devices when sending read/viewed receipts
37 - Fix issue with sending to some groups
38 - Fix CDSI sync if no token is stored
39 - Fix possible db dead lock during storage sync
41 ## [0.13.5] - 2024-07-25
43 Requires libsignal-client version
0.52.2
47 - Fixed device linking, due to new feature flag
49 ## [0.13.4] - 2024-06-06
51 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.47.0
55 - Improve username update error message
56 - Update groups when using listGroups command
60 - Update libsignal to fix graalvm native startup
61 - Fix issue with saving username link
62 - Fix sendMessageRequestResponse type parameter parsing in JSON RPC mode
63 - Fix getUserStatus command with only username parameter
65 ## [0.13.3] - 2024-04-19
67 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.44.0
71 - Support for reading contact nickname and notes
72 - Add
`--internal` and
`--detailed` parameters to
`listContacts` command
76 - Fix issue with sending messages when a new session is created
78 ## [0.13.2] - 2024-03-23
80 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.40.1
84 - Add
`--username` parameter to
`getUserStatus` command
88 - Fixed setting and retrieving PIN after server changes
90 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-27
94 - Add
`--reregister` parameter to force registration of an already registered account
98 - Fixed rare issue with duplicate PNIs during migration
102 - Show information when requesting voice verification without prior SMS verification
103 - Username can now be set with an explicit discriminator (e.g. testname
.000)
104 - Improve behavior when PNI prekeys upload fails
105 - Improve
`submitRateLimitChallenge` error message if captcha is rejected by server
106 - Only retry messages after an identity was trusted
110 - Default number sharing to NOBODY, to match the official apps behavior.
112 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
114 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
118 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
119 behavior with notification, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added.
123 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
124 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
126 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`,
`--discoverable-by-number`,
`--number-sharing`,
`--username`
127 and
`--delete-username` parameter for
`updateAccount` command
128 - New
`--bus-name` parameter for
`daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
129 - New
`getAvatar` and
`getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
130 - New
`sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
134 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
138 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
139 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
140 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
141 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
143 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
149 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
151 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
155 - Fix linking to an existing account
157 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
161 - Fix linking to an existing account
162 - Fix migration from old account data
164 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
168 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
169 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
170 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
174 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
176 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
180 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
181 - Update captcha help text
183 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
187 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
188 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
189 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
190 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
191 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
192 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
196 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
200 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
201 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
203 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
205 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
209 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
210 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
214 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
216 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
220 - New
`addStickerPack` command
224 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
228 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
230 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
232 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
236 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
237 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
239 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
243 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
244 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
248 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
249 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
251 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
253 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
257 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
261 - Fixed migration of older account files
262 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
264 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
266 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
270 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
272 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
276 - Fix build with Java
20
278 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
282 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
284 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
288 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
292 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
293 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
294 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
295 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
299 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
301 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
303 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
307 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
308 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
309 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
313 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
315 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
319 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
320 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
324 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
325 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
327 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
331 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
333 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
335 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
339 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
340 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
341 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
342 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
343 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
344 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
345 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
349 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
350 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
352 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
356 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
357 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
361 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
362 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
366 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
368 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
372 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
373 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
374 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
375 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
377 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
381 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
383 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
387 - Fix sending group messages
388 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
389 - Fix building fat jars
391 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
393 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
397 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
398 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
399 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
400 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
404 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
405 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
406 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
410 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
414 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
415 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
417 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
419 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
423 - Output content of received story messages
425 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
427 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
431 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
432 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
434 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
438 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
442 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
443 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
445 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
449 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
450 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
451 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
455 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
456 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
458 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
462 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
463 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
464 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
465 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
466 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
467 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
472 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
474 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
476 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
480 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
481 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
482 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
486 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
490 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
491 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
492 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
493 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
495 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
497 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
501 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
505 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
506 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
507 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
508 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
510 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
514 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
515 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
517 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
521 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
522 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
524 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
528 - Implement support for change number as linked device
529 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
530 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
535 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
536 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
537 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
541 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
543 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
547 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
548 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
549 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
550 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
554 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
558 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
559 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
561 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
565 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
566 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
568 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
572 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
573 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
574 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
578 - Improve exit code for message sending.
579 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
580 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
581 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
582 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
583 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
584 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
588 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
589 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
591 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
593 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
597 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
598 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
599 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
600 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
601 - New command
`removeContact`
602 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
603 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
604 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
605 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
606 additional message info as a key/value map
607 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
608 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
609 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
610 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
614 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
615 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
616 old flags are also still supported for now.
617 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
618 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
619 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
620 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
621 additional information about the failure.
625 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
626 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
627 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
629 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
633 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
637 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
638 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
639 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
641 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
643 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
647 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
648 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
649 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
650 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
651 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
652 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
653 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
657 - Do not send message resend request to own device
658 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
659 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
660 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
664 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
665 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
667 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
669 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
673 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
674 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
675 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
676 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
677 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
682 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
683 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
685 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
686 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
687 - Support for announcement groups
688 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
689 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
690 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
691 to groups with signal-cli members.
692 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
693 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
697 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
699 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
703 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
707 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
709 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
713 - Incorrect error handling in register command
715 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
717 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
721 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
722 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
723 `--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
724 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
725 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
726 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
730 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
731 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
732 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
733 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
734 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
736 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
740 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
741 - Building native image with graalvm
743 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
747 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
748 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
749 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
750 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
751 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
755 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
756 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
757 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
758 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
759 - Display of quit group messages
763 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
764 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
765 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
766 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
767 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
768 - Rework account storage for better reliability
769 - Improved device linking flow
770 - Allow relinking existing account
771 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
773 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
777 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
778 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
779 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
780 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
784 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
788 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
789 the same number are removed.
791 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
793 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
794 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
795 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
799 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
800 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
804 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
806 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
810 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
814 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
815 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
816 - Creating v1 groups works again
818 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
822 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
823 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
824 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
825 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
826 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
830 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
831 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
832 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
833 otherwise a user has to be specified.
834 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
835 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
836 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
837 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
838 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
842 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
843 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
844 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
845 - Issue with saving account file after linking
847 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
851 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
852 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
856 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
857 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
859 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
863 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
864 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
865 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
869 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
871 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
875 Support for groups of new type/v2
877 - Sending and receiving
878 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
879 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
880 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
882 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
883 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
887 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
889 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
893 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
894 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
898 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
899 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
903 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
905 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
907 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
909 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
911 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
912 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
914 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
916 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
917 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
918 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
920 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
922 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
924 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
925 libmatthew-unix-java)
926 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
927 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
929 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
931 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
932 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
933 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
934 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
936 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
938 - Added listContacts command
939 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
940 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
941 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
942 - Support for message reactions with emojis
943 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
945 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
947 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
949 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
951 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
952 - Add additional info to json output
953 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
954 - Add command to update contact names
956 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
958 Bug fixes and small improvements
960 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
962 - Fixes sending of group messages
964 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
966 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
967 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
968 - Switch default data path:
969 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
970 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
972 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
975 - dbus signal for receiving messages
976 - Registration lock PIN
977 - Output quoted message
979 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
981 * new listGroups command
982 * Support for attachments with file names
983 * Support for complete contacts sync
984 * Support for contact verification sync
987 * Get/Set contact info
989 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
991 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
992 - add unregister command
994 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
996 - Fix linking of new devices
998 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
1000 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
1001 * Updated dependencies
1003 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
1005 - Add support for group info requests
1006 - Improve closing of file streams
1008 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
1010 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
1012 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
1014 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
1016 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
1017 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
1018 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
1019 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
1020 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
1022 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
1024 - Fix issue with creating groups
1025 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
1026 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
1028 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
1030 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
1031 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
1032 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
1034 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
1036 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
1038 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
1040 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
1042 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
1043 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
1044 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
1046 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
1048 - Improve dbus service
1049 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
1051 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
1053 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
1056 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
1058 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
1060 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
1062 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
1064 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
1065 - Show message group info
1067 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
1069 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
1071 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08