5 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-02-18
7 **Attention**: Now requires Java
21 and libsignal-client version
0.39.2
11 - Sending to the self number (+XXXX) now behaves the same as the
`--note-to-self` parameter. To get the previous
12 behavior with notification, the
`--notify-self` parameter can be added.
16 - New
`--hidden` parameter for
`removeContact` command
17 - New
`--notify-self` parameter for
`send` command, for sending a non-sync message when self is part of the recipients
19 - New
`--unrestricted-unidentified-sender`,
`--discoverable-by-number`,
`--number-sharing`,
`--username`
20 and
`--delete-username` parameter for
`updateAccount` command
21 - New
`--bus-name` parameter for
`daemon` command to use another D-Bus bus name
22 - New
`getAvatar` and
`getSticker` commands to get avatar and sticker images
23 - New
`sendMessageRequestResponse` command to accept/delete message requests
27 - Improve issue with stale prekeys and receiving messages to PNI address
31 - Better shutdown handling after Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
32 - Implemented full remote storage sync.
33 Provides better contact and settings sync for linked devices.
34 - `listContacts` doesn't list unregistered users anymore
36 ## [0.12.8] - 2024-02-06
42 ## [0.12.7] - 2023-12-15
44 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.36.1
48 - Fix linking to an existing account
50 ## [0.12.6] - 2023-12-11
54 - Fix linking to an existing account
55 - Fix migration from old account data
57 ## [0.12.5] - 2023-11-21
61 - Fix issue with joining groups by group link for new accounts
62 - Fix receiving address of shared contact
63 - Fix receiving sync edit messages in groups
67 - Create safety numbers based on ACI instead of phone number
69 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-10-22
73 - Prevent ConcurrentModificationException
74 - Update captcha help text
76 ## [0.12.3] - 2023-10-17
80 - Added
`startChangeNumber` and
`finishChangeNumber` commands to switch to another phone number
81 - Added
`--quote-attachment` parameter to
`send` command
82 - Added support for scannable safety numbers based on serviceId
83 - Added
`EditMessageReceived` signal for D-Bus interface
84 - Added new exit code
`5` for rate limit failures
85 - Added full CDSI refresh to get current ACI/PNIs for known numbers regularly
89 - Correctly respond with delivery receipts for edit messages
93 - JSON-RPC requests are now executed in parallel.
94 Clients should make sure to use the
`id` field to get the correct response for a request.
96 ## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-30
98 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.32.1
102 - Added
`--receive-mode` parameter for
`jsonRpc` command
103 - Add
`libsignal_client_path` build property to override libsignal-client jar file
107 - `jsonRpc` command now supports multi-account mode including registering and linking
109 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-08-26
113 - New
`addStickerPack` command
117 - Fixed some issues with upgrading from older accounts
121 - Reverted receive notification in JSON-RPC to old format, only explicit subscriptions should use the new format
123 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-08-11
125 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.30.0
129 - Adapt receive subscription notification in JSON-RPC to have payload in result field
130 - Before:
`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX","subscription":0}}`
132 `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"receive","params":{"subscription":0,"result":{"envelope":{ ... },"account":"+XXX"}}}`
136 - Manage identities via DBus (Thanks @bublath)
137 - Added support for SVR2 PINs
141 - Fixed finishLink/receive/register/verify commands for JSON-RPC
142 - Update to the latest libsignal to fix various issues
144 ## [0.11.11] - 2023-05-24
146 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.25.0
150 - New
`--text-style` and
`--quote-text-style` flags for
`send` command
154 - Fixed migration of older account files
155 - Fix deleting old unregistered recipient
157 ## [0.11.10] - 2023-05-11
159 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.23.1
163 - Support for receiving and sending edit messages with
`--edit-timestamp`
165 ## [0.11.9.1] - 2023-04-23
169 - Fix build with Java
20
171 ## [0.11.9] - 2023-04-22
175 - Workaround issue with linking to newer app versions
177 ## [0.11.8] - 2023-04-05
181 - Added file attachment attributes to JSON output (Thanks @signals-from-outer-space)
185 - Scrub E164 number from dbus paths
186 - Fix sending large text messages to multiple recipient
187 - Fix deleting old group in dbus mode
188 - Fix issue with unknown identity serviceId
192 - Relaxed Content-Type check in http daemon mode (Thanks @cedb)
194 ## [0.11.7] - 2023-02-19
196 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.22.0
200 - Fix issue with missing pni identity key
201 - Fix graalvm sqlite issue (Thanks @Marvin A. Ruder)
202 - Fix issue with forgetting recipient
206 - Allow JSON-RPC commands without account param if only one account exists
208 ## [0.11.6] - 2022-12-18
212 - Allow using data URIs for updateGroup/updateProfile
213 - New alive check endpoint for http daemon (Thanks @ced-b)
217 - Registration with voice verification now works if no system locale is set
218 - Fixed retrieving attachments in JSON RPC mode (Thanks @ced-b)
220 ## [0.11.5.1] - 2022-11-09
224 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
226 ## [0.11.5] - 2022-11-07
228 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.21.1
232 - Add
`--http` flag to
`daemon` command to provide a JSON-RPC http endpoint (
`/api/v1/rpc`). (Thanks @ced-b)
233 - The
`receive` method is now also available in JSON-RPC daemon mode, for polling new messages.
234 - Add
`getAttachment` command to get attachment file base64 encoded. (Thanks @ced-b)
235 - Add
`--disable-send-log` to disable the message send log.
236 - Add
`--story` to
`sendReaction` command, to react to stories.
237 - Add
`--story-timestamp` and
`--story-author` to
`send` command, to reply to stories.
238 - Add
`--max-messages` to
`receive` command, to only receive a certain number of messages.
242 - Send long text messages as attachment instead. This matches the behavior of the official clients.
243 - Store attachments with a file extension, for common file types.
245 ## [0.11.4] - 2022-10-19
249 - Approve/Refuse group join requests, using same interface as adding/removing members
250 - Add --ignore-stories flag to prevent receiving story messages
254 - Fixed issue with receiving messages that can't be decrypted
255 - Do not discard incoming group join messages
259 - Add code to receive new PNI after change number
261 ## [0.11.3] - 2022-10-07
265 - Fix sending messages to groups (in non-daemon mode)
266 - Fix updating from older signal-cli version
267 - Fix issue with handling decryption error message
268 - Fix graalvm native build (Thanks @bentolor)
270 ## [0.11.2] - 2022-10-06
274 - Update user agent version to work with new Signal-Server check
276 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-10-05
280 - Fix sending group messages
281 - Fix store migration issue on Windows
282 - Fix building fat jars
284 ## [0.11.0] - 2022-10-02
286 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.20.0
290 - Changed meaning of
`-v` flag from
`--version` to
`--verbose`.
291 So now extended logging can be achieved with
`-vv`.
292 - Remove deprecated fallback to reading from stdin if no message body is given.
293 To read a message from stdin, use the
`--message-from-stdin` flag.
297 - Migrate PIN to new KBS enclave when Signal updates it
298 - Add
`--scrub-log` flag to remove possibly sensitive information from the log
299 - Add
`sendPaymentNotification` dbus method
303 - Fix an issue where messages were sent without sender phone number
307 - Store data except base account data in sqlite database
308 - Use new CDSI for contact discovery in compat mode
310 ## [0.10.11] - 2022-08-17
312 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.19.3
316 - Output content of received story messages
318 ## [0.10.10] - 2022-07-30
320 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.18.1
324 - Fix setPin/removePin commands which broke due to server side changes
325 - Workaround GraalVM
22.2.0 issue with daemon connection
327 ## [0.10.9] - 2022-07-16
331 - updateAccount command checks self number and PNI after updating account attributes
335 - Fixed small issue with syncing contacts from storage
336 - Fixed issue with opening older account files
338 ## [0.10.8] - 2022-06-13
342 - Attachments can now be given as data: URIs with base64 data instead of just file paths (Thanks @KevinRoebert)
343 - `version` command can now be used on the commandline, in addition to the
`--version` flag.
344 In the next version the current short form
`-v` will change its meaning to
`--verbose`!
348 - An account can now be registered on both LIVE and STAGING environment in the same config directory.
349 - Logging output for registering has been extended.
351 ## [0.10.7] - 2022-05-29
355 - Added profile information to
`listContacts` command output
356 - Added filter flags for
`listContacts` command
357 - New
`sendPaymentNotification` command to send payment receipt blobs
358 - New
`--given-name` and
`--family-name` parameters for
`updateContact` command
359 - Implement sending link previews with
`--preview-url`,
`--preview-title` parameters for the
`send` command
360 - New
`--send-read-receipts` parameter for
`receive` and
`daemon` commands for automatically marking received messages
365 - Issue with endless growing
`pre-keys-pni` data directory
367 ## [0.10.6] - 2022-05-19
369 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.17
373 - Check if account is used on the environment it was registered (live or staging)
374 - New command
`deleteLocalAccountData` to delete all local data of an unregistered account
375 - New parameter
`-g` for
`listGroups` command to filter for specific groups
379 - Fix deleting a recipient which has no uuid
383 - Show warning when sending a message and no profile name has been set.
384 (A profile name may become mandatory in the future)
385 - After blocking a contact/group the profile key is now rotated
386 - Only update profile keys from authoritative group changes
388 ## [0.10.5] - 2022-04-11
390 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.15
394 - New
`--ban`,
`--unban` flags for
`updateGroup` command to ban users from joining by group link
398 - Fix plain text output of blocked group ids
399 - Fix error output in case of rate limiting
400 - Fix error when creating a group with no members
401 - Fix adding recent Signal-Desktop versions as linked devices
403 ## [0.10.4.2] - 2022-03-17
407 - Crash in json output when receiving message from untrusted identity
408 - Fix multi account commands for newly created accounts
410 ## [0.10.4.1] - 2022-03-02
414 - Linking to current apps (which currently don't include a PNI identity yet)
415 - Show better error message when --target-timestamp is missing for sendReceipt
417 ## [0.10.4] - 2022-02-20
421 - Implement support for change number as linked device
422 - Add
`--message-from-stdin` flag for send command. The current behavior of
423 reading from stdin if the
`-m` flag is not given, will be removed in a future
428 - Align receive timeout behavior for dbus client with cli and JSON-RPC.
429 Timeout is reset by every incoming message
430 - Renamed
`error` field in json receive response to
`exception`
434 - Prevent a stale jsonrpc connection from interfering with message receiving
436 ## [0.10.3] - 2022-02-01
440 - MessageSendLog to cache sent message for
24h.
441 For resending messages in case the recipient fails to decrypt the message.
442 - New global
`--log-file` parameter to write logs to a separate file.
443 (
`--verbose` can be used to increase the log level)
447 - Better subscription handling for JSON-RPC
`subscribeReceive` command
451 - Output receipt data for unsealed sender receipts again
452 - Fix sending message resend requests to devices that happen to have the same deviceId
454 ## [0.10.2] - 2022-01-22
458 - Archive old sessions/sender keys when a recipient's identity key has changed
459 - Fix profile fetch with an invalid LANG variable
461 ## [0.10.1] - 2022-01-16
465 - Send group messages with sender keys (more efficient for larger groups)
466 - New command
`listStickerPacks` to display all known sticker packs
467 - New flag
`--sticker` for
`send` command to send stickers
471 - Improve exit code for message sending.
472 Exit with
0 status code if the message was sent successfully to at least
473 one recipient, otherwise exit with status code
2 or
4 (for untrusted).
474 - Download profiles in parallel for improved performance
475 - `--verbose` flag can be specified multiple times for additional log output
476 - Enable more security options for systemd service file
477 - Rename sandbox to staging environment, to match the upstream name.
481 - The first incoming message after registration can now always be decrypted successfully
482 - Ignore decryption failures from blocked contacts and don't send a resend request.
484 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-12-11
486 **Attention**: Now requires Java
17 and libsignal-client version
0.11
490 - The daemon command now provides a JSON-RPC based socket interface (
`--socket` and
`--tcp`)
491 - New daemon command flag
`--receive-mode` to configure when messages are received
492 - New daemon command flag
`--no-receive-stdout` to prevent outputting messages on stdout
493 - New command
`listAccounts` that lists all registered local accounts
494 - New command
`removeContact`
495 - Extend
`send` command to allow sending mentions (
`--mention`) and
496 quotes (
`--quote-timestamp`,
`--quote-author`,
`--quote-message`,
`--quote-mention`)
497 - New dbus methods sendGroupTying, unregister, deleteAccount
498 - New dbus events MessageReceivedV2, ReceiptReceivedV2, SyncMessageReceivedV2 that provide an extras parameter with
499 additional message info as a key/value map
500 - New dbus method sendViewedReceipt (Thanks @John Freed)
501 - New dbus object Configuration to read and update configuration values (Thanks @John Freed)
502 - Payment info in json receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
503 - `-c` alias for
`--config` (Thanks @technillogue)
507 - libzkgroup dependency is no longer required
508 - Renamed
`-u` and
`--username` flags to
`-a` and
`--account` to prevent confusion with upcoming Signal usernames. The
509 old flags are also still supported for now.
510 - Respect phone number sharing mode and unlisted state set by primary device
511 - Adapt register command to reactivate account if possible.
512 - dbus-java now uses Java
16 native unix sockets, which should provide better cross-platform compatibility
513 - If sending to a recipient fails (e.g. unregistered) signal-cli now exits with a success exit code and prints
514 additional information about the failure.
518 - Registering an existing unregistered account now works reliably in daemon mode
519 - Fixed an issue with loading some old config files without UUID
520 - More reliable send behavior if some recipients are unregistered
522 ## [0.9.2] - 2021-10-24
526 - dbus
`listNumbers` method works again
530 - Improved provisioning error handling if the last steps fail
531 - Adapt behavior of receive command as dbus client to match normal mode
532 - Update captcha url for proof required handling
534 ## [0.9.1] - 2021-10-16
536 **Attention**: Now requires native libzkgroup version
0.8
540 - New command
`updateConfiguration` which allows setting configurations for linked devices
541 - Improved dbus daemon for group handling, groups are now exported as separate dbus objects
542 - Linked devices can be managed via dbus
543 - New dbus methods sendTyping and sendReadReceipt (Thanks @JtheSaw)
544 - New dbus methods submitRateLimitChallenge, isRegistered, listDevices, setExpirationTimer, sendContacts,
545 sendSyncRequest, uploadStickerPack, setPin and removePin (Thanks @John Freed)
546 - New dbus method getSelfNumber
550 - Do not send message resend request to own device
551 - Allow message from pending member to accept group invitations
552 - Fix issue which could cause signal-cli to repeatedly send the same delivery receipts
553 - Reconnect websocket after connection loss
557 - Use new provisioning URL
`sgnl://linkdevice` instead of
`tsdevice:/`
558 - The gradle command to build a graalvm native image is now
`./gradlew nativeCompile`
560 ## [0.9.0] - 2021-09-12
562 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.9
566 - Removed deprecated
`--json` parameter, use global parameter
`--output=json` instead
567 - Json output format of
`listGroups` command changed:
568 Members are now arrays of
`{"number":"...","uuid":"..."}` objects instead of arrays of strings.
569 - Removed deprecated fallback data paths, only
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` is used now
570 For those still using the old paths (
`$HOME/.config/signal`,
`$HOME/.config/textsecure`) you need to move those to the
575 - New global parameter
`--trust-new-identities=always` to allow trusting any new identity key without verification
576 - New parameter
`--device-name` for
`updateAccount` command to change the device name (also works for the primary
578 - New SignalControl DBus interface, to register/verify/link new accounts
579 - New
`jsonRpc` command that provides a JSON-RPC based API on stdout/stdin
580 - Support for announcement groups
581 - New parameter
`--set-permission-send-messages` for
`updateGroup` to create an announcement group
582 - New
`sendReceipt` command to send read and viewed receipts
583 - Support for receiving sender key messages, mobile apps can now send messages more efficiently with server-side fan-out
584 to groups with signal-cli members.
585 - Support for reading data from remote Signal storage. Now v2 groups will be shown after linking a new device.
586 - New
`submitRateLimitChallenge` command that can be used to lift some rate-limits by solving a captcha
590 - Store identity key correctly when sending a message after a recipient has changed keys
592 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-07
596 - Source name is included in JSON receive output (Thanks @technillogue)
600 - Allow updateContact command to only set expiration timer without requiring a name parameter
602 ## [0.8.4.1] - 2021-06-20
606 - Incorrect error handling in register command
608 ## [0.8.4] - 2021-06-13
610 **Attention**: Now requires native libsignal-client version
0.8.1
614 - New parameters for
`updateGroup` command for group v2 features:
615 `--description`,
`--remove-member`,
`--admin`,
`--remove-admin`,
`--reset-link`,
`--link`,
`--set-permission-add-member`,
`--set-permission-edit-details`,
`--expiration`
616 - New
`--admin` parameter for
`quitGroup` to set an admin before leaving the group
617 - New
`--delete` parameter for
`quitGroup`, to delete the local group data
618 - New 'sendTyping' command to send typing indicators
622 - Fixed issue that prevented registration with invalid locales
623 - Prevent last admin of a group from leaving the group
624 - All commands now show a short description with
`--help`
625 - Now a hint is shown if messages aren't received regularly
626 - Group edit conflicts are now resolved automatically
628 ## [0.8.3] - 2021-05-13
632 - Upgrading from account files with older profiles
633 - Building native image with graalvm
635 ## [0.8.2] - 2021-05-11
639 - A manual page for the DBus interface (Thanks @bublath, @exquo)
640 - Remote message delete command (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
641 - sendSyncRequest command to request complete contact/group list from primary device
642 - New
`--delete-account` argument for unregister (Dangerous)
643 - New
`--family-name` argument for updateProfile
647 - Sending reaction to group (Thanks @adaptivegarage)
648 - Displaying of address for messages from untrusted identities
649 - Handling of recipient number or uuid changes (e.g. after account deletions)
650 - Only respond to sync requests from primary device
651 - Display of quit group messages
655 - Unlimited strength crypto is now enabled automatically for JREs that require it (Thanks @i-infra)
656 - Only one identity key is stored per recipient and updated from profile (to match app behavior)
657 - updateContact, block and unblock are now disabled for linked devices
658 - After registering an empty profile is created so new groups can be joined immediately
659 - If message decryption fails due to a broken session, the session is automatically renewed
660 - Rework account storage for better reliability
661 - Improved device linking flow
662 - Allow relinking existing account
663 - Encrypt/Decrypt device names
665 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-03-02
669 - New dbus commands: updateProfile, listNumbers, getContactNumber, quitGroup, isContactBlocked, isGroupBlocked,
670 isMember, joinGroup (Thanks @bublath)
671 - Additional output for json format: shared contacts (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
672 - Improved plain text output to be more consistent and synced messages are now indented
676 - Issue with broken sessions with linked devices
680 - Behavior of
`trust` command improved, when trusting a new identity key all other known keys for
681 the same number are removed.
683 ## [0.8.0] - 2021-02-14
685 **Attention**: For all signal protocol functionality an additional native library is now
686 required:
[libsignal-client](https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-client/).
687 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
691 - Experimental support for building a GraalVM native image
692 - Support for setting profile about text and emoji
696 - Incorrect error message when removing a non-existent profile avatar
698 ## [0.7.4] - 2021-01-19
702 - Notify linked devices after profile has been updated
706 - After registering a new account, receiving messages didn't work
707 You may have to register and verify again to fix the issue.
708 - Creating v1 groups works again
710 ## [0.7.3] - 2021-01-17
714 - `getUserStatus` command to check if a user is registered on Signal (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
715 - Global
`--verbose` flag to increase log level
716 - Global
`--output=json` flag, currently supported by
`receive`,
`daemon`,
`getUserStatus`,
`listGroups`
717 - `--note-to-self` flag for
`send` command to send a note to linked devices
718 - More info for received messages in json output: stickers, viewOnce, typing, remoteDelete
722 - signal-cli can now be used without the username
`-u` flag
723 For daemon command all local users will be exposed as dbus objects.
724 If only one local user exists, all other commands will use that user,
725 otherwise a user has to be specified.
726 - Messages sent to self number will be sent as normal Signal messages again, to
727 send a sync message, use the new
`--note-to-self` flag
728 - Ignore messages with group context sent by non group member
729 - Profile key is sent along with all direct messages
730 - In json output unnecessary fields that are null are now omitted
734 - Disable registration lock before removing the PIN
735 - Fix PIN hash version to match the official clients.
736 If you had previously set a PIN you need to set it again to be able to unlock the registration lock later.
737 - Issue with saving account file after linking
739 ## [0.7.2] - 2020-12-31
743 - Implement new registration lock PIN with
`setPin` and
`removePin` (with KBS)
744 - Include quotes, mentions and reactions in json output (Thanks @Atomic-Bean)
748 - Retrieve avatars for v2 groups
749 - Download attachment thumbnail for quoted attachments
751 ## [0.7.1] - 2020-12-21
755 - Accept group invitation with
`updateGroup -g GROUP_ID`
756 - Decline group invitation with
`quitGroup -g GROUP_ID`
757 - Join group via invitation link
`joinGroup --uri https://signal.group/#...`
761 - Include group ids for v2 groups in json output
763 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-12-15
767 Support for groups of new type/v2
769 - Sending and receiving
770 - Updating name, avatar and adding members with
`updateGroup`
771 - Quit group and decline invitation with
`quitGroup`
772 - In the
`listGroups` output v2 groups can be recognized by the longer groupId
774 **Attention**: For the new group support to work the native libzkgroup library is required.
775 See https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal for more information.
779 - Rare NullPointerException when receiving messages
781 ## [0.6.12] - 2020-11-22
785 - Show additional message content (view once, remote delete, mention, …) for received messages
786 - `--captcha` parameter for
`register` command, required for some IP ranges
790 - Profile keys are now stored separately from contact list
791 - Receipts from normal and unidentified messages now have the same format in json output
795 - Issue where some messages were sent with an old counter index
797 ## [0.6.11] - 2020-10-14
799 - Fix issue with receiving message reactions
801 ## [0.6.10] - 2020-09-11
803 - Fix issue when retrieving profiles
804 - Workaround issue with libzkgroup on platforms other than linux x86_64
806 ## [0.6.9] - 2020-09-10
808 - Minor bug fixes and improvements
809 - dbus functionality now works on FreeBSD
810 - signal-cli now requires Java
11
812 **Warning: this version only works on Linux x86_64, will be fixed in
0.6.10**
814 ## [0.6.8] - 2020-05-22
816 - Switch to hypfvieh dbus-java, which doesn't require a native library anymore (drops requirement of
817 libmatthew-unix-java)
818 - Bugfixes for messages with uuids
819 - Add
`--expiration` parameter to
`updateContact` command to set expiration timer
821 ## [0.6.7] - 2020-04-03
823 - Send command now returns the timestamp of the sent message
824 - DBus daemon: Publish received sync message to SyncMessageReceived signal
825 - Fix issue with resolving e164/uuid addresses for sessions
826 - Fix pack key length for sticker upload
828 ## [0.6.6] - 2020-03-29
830 - Added listContacts command
831 - Added block/unblock commands to block contacts and groups
832 - Added uploadStickerPack command to upload sticker packs (see man page for more details)
833 - Full support for sending and receiving unidentified sender messages
834 - Support for message reactions with emojis
835 - Internal: support recipients with uuids
837 ## [0.6.5] - 2019-11-11
839 Supports receiving messages sent with unidentified sender
841 ## [0.6.4] - 2019-11-02
843 - Fix rounding error for attachment ids in json output
844 - Add additional info to json output
845 - Add commands to update profile name and avatar
846 - Add command to update contact names
848 ## [0.6.3] - 2019-09-05
850 Bug fixes and small improvements
852 ## [0.6.2] - 2018-12-16
854 - Fixes sending of group messages
856 ## [0.6.1] - 2018-12-09
858 - Added getGroupIds dbus command
859 - Use "NativePRNG" pseudo random number generator, if available
860 - Switch default data path:
861 `$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli` (
`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli`)
862 Existing data paths will continue to work (used as fallback)
864 ## [0.6.0] - 2018-05-03
867 - dbus signal for receiving messages
868 - Registration lock PIN
869 - Output quoted message
871 ## [0.5.6] - 2017-06-16
873 * new listGroups command
874 * Support for attachments with file names
875 * Support for complete contacts sync
876 * Support for contact verification sync
879 * Get/Set contact info
881 ## [0.5.5] - 2017-02-18
883 - fix receiving messages on linked devices
884 - add unregister command
886 ## [0.5.4] - 2017-02-17
888 - Fix linking of new devices
890 ## [0.5.3] - 2017-01-29
892 * New commandline parameter for receive: --ignore-attachments
893 * Updated dependencies
895 ## [0.5.2] - 2016-12-16
897 - Add support for group info requests
898 - Improve closing of file streams
900 ## [0.5.1] - 2016-11-18
902 - Support new safety numbers
(https://whispersystems.org/blog/safety-number-updates/)
904 - Support sending disappearing messages, if the recipient has activated it
906 ## [0.5.0] - 2016-08-29
908 - Check if a number is registered on Signal, before adding it to a group
909 - Prevent sending to groups that the user has quit
910 - Commands to trust new identity keys (see README)
911 - Messages from untrusted identities are stored on disk and decrypted when the user trusts the identity
912 - Timestamps shown in ISO
8601 format
914 ## [0.4.1] - 2016-07-18
916 - Fix issue with creating groups
917 - Lock config file to prevent parallel access by multiple instances of signal-cli
918 - Improve return codes, always return non-zero code, when sending failed
920 ## [0.4.0] - 2016-06-19
922 - Linking to Signal-Desktop and Signal-Android is now possible (Provisioning)
923 - Added a contact store, mainly for syncing contacts with linked devices (editing not yet possible via cli)
924 - Avatars for groups and contacts are now stored (new folder "avatars" in the config path)
926 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-04-03
928 - Fix running with Oracle JRE
8
930 - Fix unicode warning when compiling with non utf8 locale
932 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-04-02
934 - Renamed textsecure-cli to signal-cli, following the rename of libtextsecure-java to libsignal-service-java
935 - The experimental dbus interface was also renamed to org.asamk.Signal
936 - Upload new prekeys to the server, when there are less than
20 left, prekeys are needed to create new sessions
938 ## [0.2.1] - 2016-02-10
940 - Improve dbus service
941 - New command line argument --config to specify config directory
943 ## [0.2.0] - 2015-12-30
945 Added an experimental dbus interface, for sending and receiving messages (The interface is unstable and may change with
948 This release works with Java
7 and
8.
950 ## [0.1.0] - 2015-11-28
952 Add support for creating/updating groups and sending to them
954 ## [0.0.5] - 2015-11-21
956 - Add receive timeout commandline parameter
957 - Show message group info
959 ## [0.0.4] - 2015-09-22
961 ## [0.0.3] - 2015-08-07
963 ## [0.0.2] - 2015-07-08