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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon bbernhard

Group not visible as group for members

Open ronaldt80 opened this issue 3 years ago • 4 comments

The problem

I created a group through the signal api; messages send are delivered to all group members successfully. However, sender of these messages is the phone number associated with the API rather than the name of the group. Members can't view the group as such, don't have to accept membership and cannot send messages back. Looked through the issues but can't find any directions to change this. Any recommendations?

Are you using the latest released version?

  • [X] Yes

Have you read the troubleshooting page?

  • [X] Yes

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Signal Addon

In which mode are you using the docker container?

JSON-RPC Mode

What's the architecture of your host system?

arm64

Additional information

No response

ronaldt80 avatar Feb 06 '22 13:02 ronaldt80

However, sender of these messages is the phone number associated with the API rather than the name of the group.

I am not sure if I am understanding you correctly here, but that's how it is supposed to be. The Signal API behaves just as any other Signal user.

bbernhard avatar Feb 11 '22 17:02 bbernhard

If I start a group on the regular mobile app a group shows up in my screen, with a name, all messages sent by participants are grouped and show up as sent by the sender but within the group.

If I create a group through the API and send messages to the group they show up with participants as bilateral messages. When the recipient responds only the API / sender receives the response as opposed to all group members.

Might it be I accidentally setup a v1 group as opposed to V2? If so how do I change this?

ronaldt80 avatar Feb 11 '22 21:02 ronaldt80

Might it be I accidentally setup a v1 group as opposed to V2? If so how do I change this?

As far as I know, a V2 group is automatically created, if possible. If however there is at least one person in the group which has an outdated Signal App which is only capable of V1 groups, Signal will fall back to V1 groups.

bbernhard avatar Feb 19 '22 10:02 bbernhard

I can confirm the issue using the latest docker image. Unfortunately, there is no real "group" visible on the phone.

hatl avatar Nov 03 '23 10:11 hatl