5 Requires libsignal-client version
0.74.0.
7 ## [0.13.16] - 2025-06-07
9 Requires libsignal-client version
0.73.2.
13 - Ensure every sent message gets a unique timestamp
15 ## [0.13.15] - 2025-05-08
17 Requires libsignal-client version
0.70.0.
21 - Fix native access warning with Java
24
22 - Fix storage sync loop due to old removed e164 field
26 - Increased compatibility of native build with older/virtual CPUs
28 ## [0.13.14] - 2025-04-06
30 Requires libsignal-client version
0.68.1.
34 - Fix pre key import from old data files
38 - Use websocket connection instead of HTTP for more requests
39 - Improve handling of messages with decryption error
41 ## [0.13.13] - 2025-02-28
43 Requires libsignal-client version
0.66.2.
46 - Allow setting nickname and note with
`updateContact` command
49 - Fix syncing nickname, note and expiration timer
50 - Fix check for registered users with a proxy
51 - Improve handling of storage records not yet supported by signal-cli
52 - Fix contact sync for networks requiring proxy
54 ## [0.13.12] - 2025-01-18
56 Requires libsignal-client version
0.65.2.
60 - Fix sync of contact nick name
61 - Fix incorrectly marking recipients as unregistered after sync
62 - Fix cause of database deadlock (Thanks @dukhaSlayer)
63 - Fix parsing of account query param in events http endpoint
67 - Enable sqlite WAL journal\_mode for improved performance
69 ## [0.13.11] - 2024-12-26
71 Requires libsignal-client version
0.64.0.
74 - Fix issue with receiving messages that have an invalid destination
76 ## [0.13.10] - 2024-11-30
78 Requires libsignal-client version
0.62.0.
82 - Fix receiving some unusual contact sync messages
83 - Fix receiving expiration timer updates
86 - Add support for new storage encryption scheme
88 ## [0.13.9] - 2024-10-28
94 ## [0.13.8] - 2024-10-26
96 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.2
100 - Fix sending large text messages
101 - Fix setting message expiration timer with recent Signal apps
105 - Add group name and timestamps on json message (Thanks @jailson-dias)
107 ## [0.13.7] - 2024-09-28
109 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.0
113 - Fix unnecessary log output
114 - Fix issue with CDSI sync with invalid token
116 ## [0.13.6] - 2024-09-08
118 Requires libsignal-client version
0.56.0
122 - Send sync message to linked devices when sending read/viewed receipts
126 - Fix issue with sending to some groups
127 - Fix CDSI sync if no token is stored
128 - Fix possible db dead lock during storage sync
130 ## [0.13.5] - 2024-07-25
132 Requires libsignal-client version
0.52.2
136 - Fixed device linking, due to new feature flag
138 ## [0.13.4] - 2024-06-06
140 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.47.0
144 - Improve username update error message
145 - Update groups when using listGroups command
149 - Update libsignal to fix graalvm native startup
150 - Fix issue with saving username link
151 - Fix sendMessageRequestResponse type parameter parsing in JSON RPC mode
152 - Fix getUserStatus command with only username parameter
154 ## [0.13.3] - 2024-04-19
156 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.44.0
160 - Support for reading contact nickname and notes
161 - Add
`--internal` and
`--detailed` parameters to
`listContacts` command
165 - Fix issue with sending messages when a new session is created
167 ## [0.13.2] - 2024-03-23
169 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.40.1
173 - Add
`--username` parameter to
`getUserStatus` command
177 - Fixed setting and retrieving PIN after server changes
179 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-27
183 - Add
`--reregister` parameter to force registration of an already registered account
187 - Fixed rare issue with duplicate PNIs during migration
191 - Show information when requesting voice verification without prior SMS verification
192 - Username can now be set with an explicit discriminator (e.g. testname
.000)
193 - Improve behavior when PNI prekeys upload fails
194 - Improve
`submitRateLimitChallenge` error message if captcha is rejected by server
195 - Only retry messages after an identity was trusted
199 - Default number sharing to NOBODY, to match the official apps behavior.
201 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
203 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
207 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
208 behavior with notification, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added.
212 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
213 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
215 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`,
`--discoverable-by-number`,
`--number-sharing`,
`--username`
216 and
`--delete-username` parameter for
`updateAccount` command
217 - New
`--bus-name` parameter for
`daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
218 - New
`getAvatar` and
`getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
219 - New
`sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
223 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
227 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
228 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
229 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
230 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
232 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
238 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
240 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
244 - Fix linking to an existing account
246 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
250 - Fix linking to an existing account
251 - Fix migration from old account data
253 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
257 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
258 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
259 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
263 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
265 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
269 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
270 - Update captcha help text
272 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
276 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
277 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
278 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
279 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
280 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
281 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
285 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
289 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
290 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
292 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
294 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
298 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
299 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
303 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
305 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
309 - New
`addStickerPack` command
313 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
317 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
319 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
321 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
325 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
326 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
328 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
332 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
333 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
337 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
338 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
340 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
342 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
346 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
350 - Fixed migration of older account files
351 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
353 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
355 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
359 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
361 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
365 - Fix build with Java
20
367 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
371 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
373 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
377 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
381 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
382 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
383 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
384 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
388 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
390 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
392 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
396 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
397 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
398 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
402 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
404 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
408 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
409 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
413 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
414 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
416 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
420 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
422 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
424 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
428 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
429 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
430 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
431 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
432 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
433 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
434 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
438 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
439 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
441 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
445 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
446 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
450 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
451 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
455 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
457 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
461 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
462 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
463 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
464 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
466 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
470 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
472 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
476 - Fix sending group messages
477 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
478 - Fix building fat jars
480 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
482 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
486 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
487 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
488 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
489 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
493 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
494 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
495 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
499 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
503 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
504 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
506 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
508 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
512 - Output content of received story messages
514 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
516 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
520 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
521 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
523 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
527 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
531 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
532 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
534 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
538 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
539 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
540 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
544 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
545 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
547 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
551 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
552 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
553 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
554 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
555 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
556 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
561 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
563 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
565 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
569 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
570 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
571 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
575 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
579 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
580 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
581 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
582 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
584 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
586 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
590 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
594 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
595 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
596 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
597 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
599 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
603 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
604 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
606 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
610 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
611 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
613 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
617 - Implement support for change number as linked device
618 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
619 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
624 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
625 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
626 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
630 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
632 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
636 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
637 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
638 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
639 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
643 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
647 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
648 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
650 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
654 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
655 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
657 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
661 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
662 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
663 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
667 - Improve exit code for message sending.
668 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
669 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
670 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
671 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
672 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
673 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
677 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
678 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
680 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
682 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
686 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
687 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
688 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
689 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
690 - New command
`removeContact`
691 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
692 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
693 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
694 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
695 additional message info as a key/value map
696 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
697 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
698 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
699 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
703 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
704 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
705 old flags are also still supported for now.
706 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
707 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
708 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
709 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
710 additional information about the failure.
714 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
715 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
716 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
718 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
722 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
726 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
727 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
728 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
730 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
732 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
736 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
737 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
738 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
739 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
740 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
741 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
742 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
746 - Do not send message resend request to own device
747 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
748 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
749 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
753 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
754 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
756 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
758 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
762 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
763 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
764 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
765 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
766 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
771 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
772 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
774 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
775 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
776 - Support for announcement groups
777 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
778 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
779 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
780 to groups with signal-cli members.
781 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
782 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
786 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
788 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
792 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
796 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
798 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
802 - Incorrect error handling in register command
804 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
806 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
810 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
811 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
812 `--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
813 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
814 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
815 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
819 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
820 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
821 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
822 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
823 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
825 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
829 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
830 - Building native image with graalvm
832 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
836 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
837 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
838 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
839 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
840 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
844 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
845 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
846 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
847 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
848 - Display of quit group messages
852 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
853 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
854 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
855 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
856 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
857 - Rework account storage for better reliability
858 - Improved device linking flow
859 - Allow relinking existing account
860 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
862 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
866 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
867 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
868 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
869 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
873 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
877 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
878 the same number are removed.
880 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
882 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
883 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
884 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
888 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
889 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
893 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
895 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
899 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
903 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
904 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
905 - Creating v1 groups works again
907 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
911 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
912 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
913 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
914 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
915 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
919 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
920 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
921 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
922 otherwise a user has to be specified.
923 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
924 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
925 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
926 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
927 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
931 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
932 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
933 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
934 - Issue with saving account file after linking
936 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
940 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
941 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
945 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
946 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
948 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
952 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
953 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
954 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
958 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
960 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
964 Support for groups of new type/v2
966 - Sending and receiving
967 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
968 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
969 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
971 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
972 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
976 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
978 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
982 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
983 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
987 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
988 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
992 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
994 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
996 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
998 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
1000 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
1001 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
1003 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
1005 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
1006 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
1007 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
1009 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
1011 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
1013 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
1014 libmatthew-unix-java)
1015 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
1016 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
1018 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
1020 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
1021 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
1022 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
1023 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
1025 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
1027 - Added listContacts command
1028 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
1029 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
1030 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
1031 - Support for message reactions with emojis
1032 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
1034 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
1036 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
1038 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
1040 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
1041 - Add additional info to json output
1042 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
1043 - Add command to update contact names
1045 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
1047 Bug fixes and small improvements
1049 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
1051 - Fixes sending of group messages
1053 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
1055 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
1056 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
1057 - Switch default data path:
1058 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
1059 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
1061 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
1063 - Simple json output
1064 - dbus signal for receiving messages
1065 - Registration lock PIN
1066 - Output quoted message
1068 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
1070 * new listGroups command
1071 * Support for attachments with file names
1072 * Support for complete contacts sync
1073 * Support for contact verification sync
1075 * Get/Set group info
1076 * Get/Set contact info
1078 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
1080 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
1081 - add unregister command
1083 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
1085 - Fix linking of new devices
1087 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
1089 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
1090 * Updated dependencies
1092 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
1094 - Add support for group info requests
1095 - Improve closing of file streams
1097 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
1099 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
1101 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
1103 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
1105 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
1106 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
1107 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
1108 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
1109 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
1111 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
1113 - Fix issue with creating groups
1114 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
1115 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
1117 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
1119 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
1120 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
1121 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
1123 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
1125 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
1127 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
1129 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
1131 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
1132 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
1133 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
1135 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
1137 - Improve dbus service
1138 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
1140 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
1142 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
1145 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
1147 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
1149 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
1151 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
1153 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
1154 - Show message group info
1156 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
1158 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
1160 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08