5 Requires libsignal-client version
0.65.6.
8 - Allow setting nickname and note with
`updateContact` command
11 - Fix syncing nickname, note and expiration timer
12 - Fix check for registered users with a proxy
14 ## [0.13.12] - 2025-01-18
16 Requires libsignal-client version
0.65.2.
20 - Fix sync of contact nick name
21 - Fix incorrectly marking recipients as unregistered after sync
22 - Fix cause of database deadlock (Thanks @dukhaSlayer)
23 - Fix parsing of account query param in events http endpoint
27 - Enable sqlite WAL journal\_mode for improved performance
29 ## [0.13.11] - 2024-12-26
31 Requires libsignal-client version
0.64.0.
34 - Fix issue with receiving messages that have an invalid destination
36 ## [0.13.10] - 2024-11-30
38 Requires libsignal-client version
0.62.0.
42 - Fix receiving some unusual contact sync messages
43 - Fix receiving expiration timer updates
46 - Add support for new storage encryption scheme
48 ## [0.13.9] - 2024-10-28
54 ## [0.13.8] - 2024-10-26
56 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.2
60 - Fix sending large text messages
61 - Fix setting message expiration timer with recent Signal apps
65 - Add group name and timestamps on json message (Thanks @jailson-dias)
67 ## [0.13.7] - 2024-09-28
69 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.0
73 - Fix unnecessary log output
74 - Fix issue with CDSI sync with invalid token
76 ## [0.13.6] - 2024-09-08
78 Requires libsignal-client version
0.56.0
82 - Send sync message to linked devices when sending read/viewed receipts
86 - Fix issue with sending to some groups
87 - Fix CDSI sync if no token is stored
88 - Fix possible db dead lock during storage sync
90 ## [0.13.5] - 2024-07-25
92 Requires libsignal-client version
0.52.2
96 - Fixed device linking, due to new feature flag
98 ## [0.13.4] - 2024-06-06
100 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.47.0
104 - Improve username update error message
105 - Update groups when using listGroups command
109 - Update libsignal to fix graalvm native startup
110 - Fix issue with saving username link
111 - Fix sendMessageRequestResponse type parameter parsing in JSON RPC mode
112 - Fix getUserStatus command with only username parameter
114 ## [0.13.3] - 2024-04-19
116 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.44.0
120 - Support for reading contact nickname and notes
121 - Add
`--internal` and
`--detailed` parameters to
`listContacts` command
125 - Fix issue with sending messages when a new session is created
127 ## [0.13.2] - 2024-03-23
129 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.40.1
133 - Add
`--username` parameter to
`getUserStatus` command
137 - Fixed setting and retrieving PIN after server changes
139 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-27
143 - Add
`--reregister` parameter to force registration of an already registered account
147 - Fixed rare issue with duplicate PNIs during migration
151 - Show information when requesting voice verification without prior SMS verification
152 - Username can now be set with an explicit discriminator (e.g. testname
.000)
153 - Improve behavior when PNI prekeys upload fails
154 - Improve
`submitRateLimitChallenge` error message if captcha is rejected by server
155 - Only retry messages after an identity was trusted
159 - Default number sharing to NOBODY, to match the official apps behavior.
161 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
163 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
167 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
168 behavior with notification, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added.
172 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
173 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
175 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`,
`--discoverable-by-number`,
`--number-sharing`,
`--username`
176 and
`--delete-username` parameter for
`updateAccount` command
177 - New
`--bus-name` parameter for
`daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
178 - New
`getAvatar` and
`getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
179 - New
`sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
183 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
187 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
188 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
189 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
190 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
192 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
198 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
200 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
204 - Fix linking to an existing account
206 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
210 - Fix linking to an existing account
211 - Fix migration from old account data
213 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
217 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
218 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
219 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
223 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
225 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
229 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
230 - Update captcha help text
232 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
236 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
237 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
238 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
239 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
240 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
241 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
245 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
249 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
250 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
252 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
254 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
258 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
259 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
263 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
265 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
269 - New
`addStickerPack` command
273 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
277 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
279 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
281 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
285 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
286 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
288 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
292 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
293 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
297 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
298 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
300 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
302 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
306 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
310 - Fixed migration of older account files
311 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
313 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
315 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
319 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
321 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
325 - Fix build with Java
20
327 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
331 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
333 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
337 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
341 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
342 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
343 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
344 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
348 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
350 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
352 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
356 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
357 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
358 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
362 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
364 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
368 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
369 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
373 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
374 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
376 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
380 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
382 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
384 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
388 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
389 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
390 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
391 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
392 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
393 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
394 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
398 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
399 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
401 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
405 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
406 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
410 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
411 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
415 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
417 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
421 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
422 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
423 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
424 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
426 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
430 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
432 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
436 - Fix sending group messages
437 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
438 - Fix building fat jars
440 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
442 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
446 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
447 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
448 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
449 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
453 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
454 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
455 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
459 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
463 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
464 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
466 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
468 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
472 - Output content of received story messages
474 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
476 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
480 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
481 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
483 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
487 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
491 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
492 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
494 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
498 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
499 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
500 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
504 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
505 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
507 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
511 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
512 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
513 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
514 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
515 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
516 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
521 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
523 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
525 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
529 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
530 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
531 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
535 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
539 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
540 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
541 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
542 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
544 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
546 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
550 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
554 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
555 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
556 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
557 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
559 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
563 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
564 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
566 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
570 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
571 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
573 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
577 - Implement support for change number as linked device
578 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
579 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
584 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
585 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
586 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
590 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
592 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
596 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
597 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
598 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
599 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
603 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
607 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
608 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
610 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
614 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
615 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
617 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
621 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
622 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
623 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
627 - Improve exit code for message sending.
628 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
629 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
630 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
631 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
632 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
633 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
637 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
638 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
640 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
642 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
646 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
647 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
648 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
649 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
650 - New command
`removeContact`
651 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
652 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
653 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
654 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
655 additional message info as a key/value map
656 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
657 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
658 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
659 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
663 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
664 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
665 old flags are also still supported for now.
666 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
667 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
668 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
669 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
670 additional information about the failure.
674 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
675 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
676 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
678 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
682 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
686 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
687 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
688 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
690 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
692 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
696 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
697 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
698 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
699 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
700 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
701 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
702 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
706 - Do not send message resend request to own device
707 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
708 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
709 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
713 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
714 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
716 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
718 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
722 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
723 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
724 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
725 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
726 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
731 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
732 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
734 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
735 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
736 - Support for announcement groups
737 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
738 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
739 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
740 to groups with signal-cli members.
741 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
742 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
746 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
748 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
752 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
756 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
758 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
762 - Incorrect error handling in register command
764 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
766 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
770 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
771 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
772 `--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
773 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
774 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
775 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
779 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
780 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
781 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
782 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
783 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
785 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
789 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
790 - Building native image with graalvm
792 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
796 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
797 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
798 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
799 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
800 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
804 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
805 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
806 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
807 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
808 - Display of quit group messages
812 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
813 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
814 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
815 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
816 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
817 - Rework account storage for better reliability
818 - Improved device linking flow
819 - Allow relinking existing account
820 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
822 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
826 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
827 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
828 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
829 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
833 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
837 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
838 the same number are removed.
840 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
842 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
843 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
844 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
848 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
849 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
853 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
855 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
859 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
863 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
864 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
865 - Creating v1 groups works again
867 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
871 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
872 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
873 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
874 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
875 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
879 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
880 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
881 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
882 otherwise a user has to be specified.
883 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
884 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
885 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
886 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
887 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
891 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
892 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
893 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
894 - Issue with saving account file after linking
896 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
900 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
901 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
905 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
906 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
908 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
912 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
913 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
914 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
918 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
920 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
924 Support for groups of new type/v2
926 - Sending and receiving
927 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
928 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
929 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
931 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
932 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
936 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
938 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
942 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
943 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
947 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
948 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
952 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
954 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
956 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
958 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
960 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
961 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
963 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
965 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
966 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
967 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
969 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
971 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
973 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
974 libmatthew-unix-java)
975 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
976 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
978 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
980 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
981 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
982 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
983 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
985 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
987 - Added listContacts command
988 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
989 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
990 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
991 - Support for message reactions with emojis
992 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
994 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
996 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
998 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
1000 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
1001 - Add additional info to json output
1002 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
1003 - Add command to update contact names
1005 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
1007 Bug fixes and small improvements
1009 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
1011 - Fixes sending of group messages
1013 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
1015 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
1016 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
1017 - Switch default data path:
1018 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
1019 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
1021 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
1023 - Simple json output
1024 - dbus signal for receiving messages
1025 - Registration lock PIN
1026 - Output quoted message
1028 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
1030 * new listGroups command
1031 * Support for attachments with file names
1032 * Support for complete contacts sync
1033 * Support for contact verification sync
1035 * Get/Set group info
1036 * Get/Set contact info
1038 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
1040 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
1041 - add unregister command
1043 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
1045 - Fix linking of new devices
1047 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
1049 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
1050 * Updated dependencies
1052 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
1054 - Add support for group info requests
1055 - Improve closing of file streams
1057 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
1059 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
1061 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
1063 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
1065 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
1066 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
1067 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
1068 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
1069 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
1071 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
1073 - Fix issue with creating groups
1074 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
1075 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
1077 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
1079 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
1080 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
1081 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
1083 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
1085 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
1087 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
1089 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
1091 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
1092 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
1093 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
1095 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
1097 - Improve dbus service
1098 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
1100 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
1102 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
1105 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
1107 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
1109 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
1111 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
1113 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
1114 - Show message group info
1116 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
1118 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
1120 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08