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