v1.6.0-beta.2

Upgrade to the latest version of Electron, 1.8.2 (#2066)

Replace custom notification sound with system sound (#2108)

Update menus (#2078 and #2099)
  - A few copy changes to make things clearer
  - Settings now available via the File (Windows/Linux) or Signal
    Desktop (macOS) OS menu
  - Eliminate the triple-dot menu in the top-center of the screen

Fix: Hitting enter after entering device name on install would not move
to next screen (#2085)

Dev:
  - Ensure consistent builds using `yarn --frozen-lockfile` (#2098)
  - Update code to match eslint-enforced formatting (#2077)
  - Upgrade to latest version of electron-builder and associated
    packages (#2066 and #2097)

v1.6.0-beta.1

Note: This release is equivalent to v1.5.2

Fixed: If interrupted in the middle of an import, next registration
would leave that imported data in the database (#2072)

Fixed: In some cases on OSX, View menu would not have Debug Log option
(#2089)

Fixed: In import/registration flow, choosing View -> Debug Log would do
nothing (#2089)

Fixed: In some cases contact/group syncs would turn off disappearing
messages in all conversations (#2086)

Fixed: On initial setup, conversations with disappearing messages
enabled would be at the top of the conversation list (#2084)

v1.5.2

Fixed: In some cases on OSX, View menu would not have Debug Log option (#2089)

Fixed: In import/registration flow, choosing View -> Debug Log would do nothing (#2089)

v1.5.1

Fixed: In some cases contact/group syncs would turn off disappearing messages in all conversations (#2086)

Fixed: On initial setup, conversations with disappearing messages enabled would be at the top of the conversation list (#2084)

v0.45.0

Updated export flow visuals to match registration/import in Standalone
(#2067)

New dismissable upgrade banner, with automatic display via incremental
rollout (#2067)

After the first export, all subsequent exports will be 'light' -
messages, contacts and groups only (#2067)

v1.5.0

_Note: Includes fixes from 1.4.0-beta.1 (never released to production),
1.5.0-beta.1, and one additional pull request (#2072)_

Update electron to 1.7.12 (#2029)

New design for import and install flows (#2053)

Support for 'light' imports, which bring just messages, contacts and
groups (#2053, #2072)

Set conversation disappearing messages state and contact block state on
initial link (#1980)

'Restart' -> 'Restart Signal' button in update dialog, thanks @StevenXL
(#2024)

Fixed: If app started offline, conversations would not open (#2064)

Fixed: Attached images would sometimes show up rotated improperly (#2040)

Fixed: Uncaught Exception: TypeError; 'getSize' (#2061)

Fixed: File paths with special characters could be shown in misleading
way

Fixed: incoming messages sometimes didn't appear at all (#2050)

Fixed: 'Cannot find module ./app/locale' error popup when attempting to
start another instance of the app on Windows (#2017)

Fixed: Setting NODE_ENV environment variable to 'development' would
point it at staging servers (#2010)

Dev:
  - Move ESLint environment configuration into `.eslintrc` (#2051)
  - Sync Protocol Buffers with `libsignal-service-java` (#2046)
  - Update to libsignal-protocol-javascript v1.3.0 (#2050)
  - Make our binary comparisons constant time (#2047)
  - Fix typo in issue template (#2020)
  - Update to new signal branding (#2018)

v1.5.0-beta.1

New design for import and install flows (#2053)

Support for 'light' imports, which bring just messages, contacts and groups (#2053)

Fix: If app started offline, conversations would not open (#2064)

Fix: Attached images would sometimes show up rotated improperly (#2040)

Fix: Uncaught Exception: TypeError; 'getSize' (#2061)

Fix: File paths with special characters could be shown in misleading way

Dev:
  - Move ESLint environment configuration into `.eslintrc` (#2051)
  - Sync Protocol Buffers with `libsignal-service-java` (#2046)

v1.4.0-beta.1

Update electron to 1.7.12 (#2029)

Fixed: incoming messages sometimes didn't appear at all (#2050)

Fixed: 'Cannot find module ./app/locale' error popup when attempting to
start another instance of the app on Windows (#2017)

Fixed: Setting NODE_ENV environment variable to 'development' would
point it at staging servers (#2010)

'Restart' -> 'Restart Signal' button in update dialog, thanks @StevenXL
(#2024)

Set conversation disappearing messages state and contact block state on
initial link (#1980)

Dev:
  - Update to libsignal-protocol-javascript v1.3.0 (#2050)
  - Make our binary comparisons constant time (#2047)
  - Fix typo in issue template (#2020)
  - Update to new signal branding (#2018)

v1.3.0

Update to Electron 1.7.11 (#1996)

Fixed: Crash during input via Chinese IME on Mac (#1996)

Fixed: Expired disappearing messages would sometimes remain in conversation (#1983)

v1.3.0-beta.1

Update to Electron 1.7.11 (#1996)

Fixed: Crash during input via Chinese IME on Mac (#1996)

Fixed: Expired disappearing messages would sometimes remain in
conversation (#1983)

v1.2.0

Update to Electron 1.7.10 (#1919)

Fixed: clicking Windows notification breaks window out of aero-snap location (#1918)

Fixed: forwarded video would not play (#1977)

Fixed: conversation was inaccessible if group member had invalid phone number (#1968)

Fixed: powershell warning caused cert validation of downloaded update to fail on windows (#1976)

Fixed: 'Missing signed prekey' errors after re-link (#1979)

Fixed: data older than three days would persist in logs dir (#1945)

Fixed: in the middle of send, disabled send field could be edited after click (#1937)

Update strings (#1921)

Add badge with unread count to the tray icon - thanks @m-pilia (#1934)
_Note:_ to try this test feature out, use the `--use-tray-icon` and `--start-in-tray` command-line arguments

Dev:
  - Additional logging for unexpected situations during sort of conversation list (#1969)
  - Log more info along with http errors (#1968)
  - Fix error to console when verifying contact in standalone mode (#1961)
  - Remove all built assets from repo (#1955)
  - Log out information from DOMException when import fails (#1923)
  - Log clearer messages regarding prekey/signed prekey fetches (#1961)
  - Make errors more debuggable; capture correct stack, include name (#1944)
  - Add eslint/mocha with code coverage for non-browser code (#1945)
  - Revamped github issue and pull request templates, updates to contributing.md/readme.md (#1955 and #1956)
  - Document building/testing releases in Contributing.md, thanks @veggiedefender (#1867)
  - Dependency updates, fixes required for successful release (#1966 and #1976)
  - Update a number of dependencies to the latest: builder, websocket, spellcheck (#1920)

_Note: This release is equivalent to [v1.2.0-beta.2](https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.2.0-beta.2). Listed below are the changes from the previous production release: [v1.1.0](https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.1.0)_

v1.2.0-beta.2

Fixed: forwarded video would not play (#1977)

Fixed: conversation was inaccessible if group member had invalid phone
number (#1968)

Fixed: powershell warning caused cert validation of downloaded update to
fail on windows (#1976)

Fixed: 'Missing signed prekey' errors after re-link (#1979)

Add badge with unread count to the tray icon - thanks @m-pilia (#1934)
  Note: to try this test feature out, use the
   `--use-tray-icon` and `--start-in-tray` command-line arguments

Dev:
- Additional logging for sort of conversation list (#1969)
- Dependency updates, fixes required for successful release
  (#1966 and #1976)
- Log more info along with http errors (#1968)

Note: 1.2.0-beta.1 was never released - changes here:
  https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.2.0-beta.1

v1.2.0-beta.1

Update to Electron 1.7.10 (#1919)

Fix issue where clicking Windows notification breaks window out of
aero-snap location (#1918)

Fix issue where old log data would persist in logs dir (#1945)

Fix issue where disabled send field (in the middle of send) could be
edited after click (#1937)

Update strings (#1921)

Dev:
  - Fix error to console when verifying contact in standalone mode
    (#1961)
  - Remove all built assets from repo (#1955)
  - Log out information from DOMException when import fails (#1923)
  - Log clearer messages regarding prekey/signed prekey fetches (#1961)
  - Make errors more debuggable; capture correct stack, include name
    (#1944)
  - Add eslint/mocha with code coverage for non-browser code (#1945)
  - Revamped github issue and pull request templates, updates to
    contributing.md/readme.md (#1955 and #1956)
  - Document building/testing releases in Contributing.md,
    thanks @veggiedefender (#1867)
  - Update a number of dependencies to the latest: builder, websocket,
    spellcheck (#1920)

v1.1.0

Note: This release is the same thing as https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.1.0-beta.6

Listed below are the changes from the previous production release: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.0.41

Update to electron 1.7.9 (#1736)

Support the latest phone number formats via libphonenumber update (#1899)

Reduce download size by ~25MB over the previous production build (#1869)

Emoji - thanks @liliakai:
  - Emoji picker (#1608)
  - Add support for Emoji 5 (#1797)

Notifications:
  - Windows 7: Use an alternate mechanism for notifications (#1812)
  - Prevent drawAttention() when notifications are turned off - thanks @canerelci! (#1612)

Linux:
  - Support for current (artful) and previous (xenial) ubuntu versions (#1856)
  - Fix missing application icon on some Linux distributions (#1735)
  - Fix issue where window would not show new message alerts on some Linux systems - thanks @cornerman (#1820)
  - Add .deb specific dependencies - thanks @veggiedefender (#1858)

The default button is now 'later', not 'restart' in the 'update available' dialog (#1894)

Make the window minimum width a little smaller - thanks @emptyflask (#1863)

Intl-friendly sort order for contact lists (#1900)

Fix issue where update would restore deleted windows shortcut (#1804)

Fix issue where .tif file attachments could not be sent or received (#1901)

(in testing) Add a tray icon to the application behind command-line argument - thanks @m-pilia (#1676)
  --use-tray-icon enables the tray icon
  --start-in-tray enables the tray icon and the application starts minimized in the tray bar

(in testing) Support pass-through proxies with HTTPS_PROXY environment variable (#1878)

Dev:
  - Display of environment and app instance in title bar/about window (#1606)
  - Support for beta releases installed beside production versions (#1606)
  - Fix json parsing exceptions obscuring server errors (#1605)
  - Be resilient to thrown non-errors in import process (#1737)

v1.1.0-beta.6

Fix issue where .tif file attachments could not be sent or received
(#1901)

Support the latest phone number formats via libphonenumber update
(#1899)

Intl-friendly sort order for contact lists (#1900)

Show window if hidden to tray when second instance attempts to start
(#1897)

Make the window minimum width a little smaller - thanks @emptyflask
(#1863)

Fix issue where duplicate emoji were listed in the emoji panel (#1893)

The default button is now 'later', not 'restart' in the
'update available' dialog (#1894)

Dev:
  - Add .deb specific dependencies - thanks @veggiedefender (#1858)

v1.1.0-beta.5

Support pass-through proxies with HTTPS_PROXY env var (#1878)

v1.1.0-beta.4

Reduce download size by ~125MB versus the previous beta build, about
~25MB over the previous production build (#1869)

Dev:
  - Update to v1.0.41 equivalence
  (https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/commit/5bc70c35e7b5d98fc3f1d212bc331e428ba6f2e4)
  - This update to match production includes update fixes for OSX.
  Note: The transition v1.1.0-beta.3->v1.1.0-beta.4 will still have
  upgrade difficulties. When v1.1.0-beta.4 updates to the next release
  version, the behavior will be fixed.

v1.0.41

Fix issue where 'upgrade to new version' dialog would not restart app on
OSX (#1866)

Note: The transition v1.0.40->v1.0.41 will still exhibit this problem.
When v1.0.41 updates to the next release version, the behavior will be
fixed.

v1.1.0-beta.3

Add proxy support based on environment variables (#1855)

Fix issue where window would not show new message alerts on some Linux
systesm - thanks @cornerman (#1820)

Add a tray icon to the application behind command-line argument -
thanks @m-pilia (#1676)

Emoji:
  - Fix issue where clicks in emoji panel wouldn't do anything (#1849)
  - Add support for Emoji 5 - thanks @liliakai (#1797)
  - Eliminate unused emoji images from production package (#1849)

Deployment:
  - aptly.sh: support for current and previous ubuntu versions (#1856)
  - deployment: update electron-publisher-s3 to match builder update
  (https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/commit/17f0bb42bcdd173d897e3270391e18586fe548fd)

Dev:
  - Update development branch to include everything up to v1.0.40
  (https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/commit/f013eed9d171d87d9030afa8216a78316c1df2aa
  and https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/commit/3ac29a4ba3c47816760dbbaf3aab8b217a5452f9)
  - Update readme.md to use signal.org URLs - thanks @scienmind (#1814)

v1.0.40

Fix bug where previously-deleted contacts are re-added to left pane on
contact import (#1811)

Fix bug where the main window would be created off-screen, inaccessible
(#1830)

Fix issue where certain sync messages to iOS would result in a new
message alert (#1843 and #1857))

Key rotation updates (#1833 and #1846):
  - Save prekeys optimistically after generation, even if upload appears
    to fail
  - Track confirmations from server in prekey
  - New prekey cleanup behavior: favoring confirmed keys, but always
    keeping three
  - Log all failures resulting from signed prekey rotation
  - Retry rotation if we run into a failure
  - Force rotation when starting up new version, to fix Chrome
    interference (https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/releases/tag/v0.44.13)

Dev:
  - Verify that saved window location/size data is valid before creating
    window (#1830)
  - A variety of logging improvements to help track down bugs (#1832 and
    #1836)