3 ## [0.13.16] - 2025-06-07
5 Requires libsignal-client version
0.73.2.
9 - Ensure every sent message gets a unique timestamp
11 ## [0.13.15] - 2025-05-08
13 Requires libsignal-client version
0.70.0.
17 - Fix native access warning with Java
24
18 - Fix storage sync loop due to old removed e164 field
22 - Increased compatibility of native build with older/virtual CPUs
24 ## [0.13.14] - 2025-04-06
26 Requires libsignal-client version
0.68.1.
30 - Fix pre key import from old data files
34 - Use websocket connection instead of HTTP for more requests
35 - Improve handling of messages with decryption error
37 ## [0.13.13] - 2025-02-28
39 Requires libsignal-client version
0.66.2.
42 - Allow setting nickname and note with
`updateContact` command
45 - Fix syncing nickname, note and expiration timer
46 - Fix check for registered users with a proxy
47 - Improve handling of storage records not yet supported by signal-cli
48 - Fix contact sync for networks requiring proxy
50 ## [0.13.12] - 2025-01-18
52 Requires libsignal-client version
0.65.2.
56 - Fix sync of contact nick name
57 - Fix incorrectly marking recipients as unregistered after sync
58 - Fix cause of database deadlock (Thanks @dukhaSlayer)
59 - Fix parsing of account query param in events http endpoint
63 - Enable sqlite WAL journal\_mode for improved performance
65 ## [0.13.11] - 2024-12-26
67 Requires libsignal-client version
0.64.0.
70 - Fix issue with receiving messages that have an invalid destination
72 ## [0.13.10] - 2024-11-30
74 Requires libsignal-client version
0.62.0.
78 - Fix receiving some unusual contact sync messages
79 - Fix receiving expiration timer updates
82 - Add support for new storage encryption scheme
84 ## [0.13.9] - 2024-10-28
90 ## [0.13.8] - 2024-10-26
92 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.2
96 - Fix sending large text messages
97 - Fix setting message expiration timer with recent Signal apps
101 - Add group name and timestamps on json message (Thanks @jailson-dias)
103 ## [0.13.7] - 2024-09-28
105 Requires libsignal-client version
0.58.0
109 - Fix unnecessary log output
110 - Fix issue with CDSI sync with invalid token
112 ## [0.13.6] - 2024-09-08
114 Requires libsignal-client version
0.56.0
118 - Send sync message to linked devices when sending read/viewed receipts
122 - Fix issue with sending to some groups
123 - Fix CDSI sync if no token is stored
124 - Fix possible db dead lock during storage sync
126 ## [0.13.5] - 2024-07-25
128 Requires libsignal-client version
0.52.2
132 - Fixed device linking, due to new feature flag
134 ## [0.13.4] - 2024-06-06
136 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.47.0
140 - Improve username update error message
141 - Update groups when using listGroups command
145 - Update libsignal to fix graalvm native startup
146 - Fix issue with saving username link
147 - Fix sendMessageRequestResponse type parameter parsing in JSON RPC mode
148 - Fix getUserStatus command with only username parameter
150 ## [0.13.3] - 2024-04-19
152 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.44.0
156 - Support for reading contact nickname and notes
157 - Add
`--internal` and
`--detailed` parameters to
`listContacts` command
161 - Fix issue with sending messages when a new session is created
163 ## [0.13.2] - 2024-03-23
165 **Attention**: Now requires libsignal-client version
0.40.1
169 - Add
`--username` parameter to
`getUserStatus` command
173 - Fixed setting and retrieving PIN after server changes
175 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-27
179 - Add
`--reregister` parameter to force registration of an already registered account
183 - Fixed rare issue with duplicate PNIs during migration
187 - Show information when requesting voice verification without prior SMS verification
188 - Username can now be set with an explicit discriminator (e.g. testname
.000)
189 - Improve behavior when PNI prekeys upload fails
190 - Improve
`submitRateLimitChallenge` error message if captcha is rejected by server
191 - Only retry messages after an identity was trusted
195 - Default number sharing to NOBODY, to match the official apps behavior.
197 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
199 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
203 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
204 behavior with notification, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added.
208 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
209 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
211 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`,
`--discoverable-by-number`,
`--number-sharing`,
`--username`
212 and
`--delete-username` parameter for
`updateAccount` command
213 - New
`--bus-name` parameter for
`daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
214 - New
`getAvatar` and
`getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
215 - New
`sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
219 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
223 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
224 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
225 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
226 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
228 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
234 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
236 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
240 - Fix linking to an existing account
242 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
246 - Fix linking to an existing account
247 - Fix migration from old account data
249 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
253 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
254 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
255 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
259 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
261 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
265 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
266 - Update captcha help text
268 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
272 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
273 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
274 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
275 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
276 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
277 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
281 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
285 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
286 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
288 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
290 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
294 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
295 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
299 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
301 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
305 - New
`addStickerPack` command
309 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
313 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
315 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
317 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
321 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
322 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
324 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
328 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
329 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
333 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
334 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
336 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
338 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
342 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
346 - Fixed migration of older account files
347 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
349 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
351 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
355 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
357 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
361 - Fix build with Java
20
363 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
367 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
369 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
373 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
377 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
378 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
379 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
380 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
384 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
386 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
388 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
392 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
393 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
394 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
398 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
400 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
404 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
405 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
409 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
410 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
412 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
416 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
418 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
420 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
424 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
425 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
426 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
427 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
428 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
429 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
430 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
434 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
435 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
437 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
441 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
442 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
446 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
447 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
451 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
453 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
457 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
458 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
459 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
460 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
462 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
466 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
468 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
472 - Fix sending group messages
473 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
474 - Fix building fat jars
476 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
478 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
482 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
483 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
484 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
485 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
489 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
490 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
491 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
495 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
499 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
500 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
502 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
504 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
508 - Output content of received story messages
510 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
512 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
516 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
517 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
519 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
523 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
527 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
528 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
530 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
534 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
535 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
536 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
540 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
541 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
543 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
547 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
548 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
549 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
550 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
551 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
552 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
557 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
559 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
561 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
565 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
566 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
567 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
571 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
575 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
576 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
577 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
578 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
580 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
582 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
586 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
590 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
591 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
592 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
593 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
595 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
599 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
600 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
602 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
606 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
607 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
609 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
613 - Implement support for change number as linked device
614 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
615 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
620 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
621 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
622 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
626 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
628 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
632 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
633 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
634 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
635 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
639 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
643 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
644 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
646 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
650 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
651 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
653 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
657 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
658 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
659 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
663 - Improve exit code for message sending.
664 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
665 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
666 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
667 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
668 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
669 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
673 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
674 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
676 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
678 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
682 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
683 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
684 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
685 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
686 - New command
`removeContact`
687 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
688 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
689 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
690 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
691 additional message info as a key/value map
692 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
693 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
694 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
695 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
699 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
700 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
701 old flags are also still supported for now.
702 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
703 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
704 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
705 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
706 additional information about the failure.
710 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
711 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
712 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
714 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
718 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
722 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
723 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
724 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
726 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
728 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
732 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
733 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
734 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
735 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
736 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
737 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
738 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
742 - Do not send message resend request to own device
743 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
744 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
745 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
749 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
750 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
752 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
754 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
758 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
759 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
760 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
761 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
762 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
767 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
768 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
770 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
771 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
772 - Support for announcement groups
773 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
774 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
775 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
776 to groups with signal-cli members.
777 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
778 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
782 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
784 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
788 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
792 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
794 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
798 - Incorrect error handling in register command
800 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
802 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
806 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
807 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
808 `--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
809 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
810 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
811 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
815 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
816 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
817 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
818 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
819 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
821 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
825 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
826 - Building native image with graalvm
828 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
832 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
833 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
834 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
835 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
836 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
840 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
841 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
842 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
843 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
844 - Display of quit group messages
848 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
849 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
850 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
851 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
852 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
853 - Rework account storage for better reliability
854 - Improved device linking flow
855 - Allow relinking existing account
856 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
858 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
862 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
863 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
864 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
865 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
869 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
873 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
874 the same number are removed.
876 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
878 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
879 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
880 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
884 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
885 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
889 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
891 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
895 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
899 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
900 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
901 - Creating v1 groups works again
903 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
907 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
908 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
909 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
910 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
911 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
915 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
916 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
917 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
918 otherwise a user has to be specified.
919 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
920 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
921 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
922 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
923 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
927 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
928 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
929 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
930 - Issue with saving account file after linking
932 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
936 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
937 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
941 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
942 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
944 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
948 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
949 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
950 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
954 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
956 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
960 Support for groups of new type/v2
962 - Sending and receiving
963 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
964 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
965 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
967 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
968 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
972 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
974 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
978 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
979 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
983 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
984 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
988 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
990 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
992 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
994 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
996 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
997 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
999 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
1001 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
1002 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
1003 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
1005 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
1007 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
1009 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
1010 libmatthew-unix-java)
1011 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
1012 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
1014 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
1016 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
1017 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
1018 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
1019 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
1021 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
1023 - Added listContacts command
1024 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
1025 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
1026 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
1027 - Support for message reactions with emojis
1028 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
1030 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
1032 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
1034 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
1036 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
1037 - Add additional info to json output
1038 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
1039 - Add command to update contact names
1041 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
1043 Bug fixes and small improvements
1045 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
1047 - Fixes sending of group messages
1049 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
1051 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
1052 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
1053 - Switch default data path:
1054 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
1055 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
1057 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
1059 - Simple json output
1060 - dbus signal for receiving messages
1061 - Registration lock PIN
1062 - Output quoted message
1064 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
1066 * new listGroups command
1067 * Support for attachments with file names
1068 * Support for complete contacts sync
1069 * Support for contact verification sync
1071 * Get/Set group info
1072 * Get/Set contact info
1074 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
1076 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
1077 - add unregister command
1079 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
1081 - Fix linking of new devices
1083 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
1085 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
1086 * Updated dependencies
1088 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
1090 - Add support for group info requests
1091 - Improve closing of file streams
1093 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
1095 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
1097 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
1099 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
1101 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
1102 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
1103 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
1104 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
1105 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
1107 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
1109 - Fix issue with creating groups
1110 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
1111 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
1113 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
1115 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
1116 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
1117 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
1119 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
1121 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
1123 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
1125 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
1127 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
1128 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
1129 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
1131 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
1133 - Improve dbus service
1134 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
1136 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
1138 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
1141 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
1143 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
1145 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
1147 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
1149 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
1150 - Show message group info
1152 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
1154 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
1156 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08