Issue with latest release: Username must contain a '.'

[shim895]

The problem

I am a Home Assistant user, running signal-cli-rest-api in a docker container. I recently updated the signal rest api to the latest release. I am now getting an error upon attempting a send, either via Home Assistant or via a curl command.

Is there a new username requirement?

java.lang.RuntimeException: org.signal.libsignal.usernames.MissingSeparatorException: Username must contain a '.' at org.asamk.signal.manager.helper.RecipientHelper.resolveRecipientByUsernameOrLink(RecipientHelper.java:105) at org.asamk.signal.manager.helper.RecipientHelper.resolveRecipient(RecipientHelper.java:93) at org.asamk.signal.manager.internal.ManagerImpl.sendMessage(ManagerImpl.java:622) at org.asamk.signal.manager.internal.ManagerImpl.sendMessage(ManagerImpl.java:598) at org.asamk.signal.manager.internal.ManagerImpl.sendMessage(ManagerImpl.java:726) at org.asamk.signal.commands.SendCommand.handleCommand(SendCommand.java:245) at org.asamk.signal.commands.CommandHandler.handleLocalCommand(CommandHandler.java:35) at org.asamk.signal.App.handleLocalCommand(App.java:278) at org.asamk.signal.App.handleCommand(App.java:179) at org.asamk.signal.App.init(App.java:144) at org.asamk.signal.Main.main(Main.java:56) at java.base@21/java.lang.invoke.LambdaForm$DMH/sa346b79c.invokeStaticInit(LambdaForm$DMH) Caused by: org.signal.libsignal.usernames.MissingSeparatorException: Username must contain a '.' at org.signal.libsignal.internal.Native.Username_Hash(Native Method) at org.signal.libsignal.usernames.Username.lambda$hash$6(Username.java:148) at org.signal.libsignal.internal.FilterExceptions.filterExceptions(FilterExceptions.java:143) at org.signal.libsignal.usernames.Username.hash(Username.java:148) at org.signal.libsignal.usernames.Username.(Username.java:57) at org.asamk.signal.manager.helper.RecipientHelper.getUsernameFromUsernameOrLink(RecipientHelper.java:137) at org.asamk.signal.manager.helper.RecipientHelper.resolveRecipientByUsernameOrLink(RecipientHelper.java:103) ... 11 more

Are you using the latest released version?

• [X] Yes

Have you read the troubleshooting page?

• [X] Yes

What type of installation are you running?

signal-cli-rest-api Docker Container

In which mode are you using the docker container?

Native Mode

What's the architecture of your host system?

x86-64

Additional information

No response

[bbernhard]

That looks like a upstream behavioral change in libsignal. I guess you need to change your username to match that requirement.

[shim895]

OK, I found a new requirement to have a username in the signal frontend, which I have added. I removed my signal-cli-rest-api docker container and started. Still getting the error. Do I need to go through registration again? Thanks!

[bbernhard]

How/where did you set the username?

[shim895]

I set it in the Signal app under Settings >> Profile. However, doing this has still not solved the original issue for me.

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How/where did you set the username?

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[bbernhard]

I guess you are using a linked device?

[shim895]

Yes, using a linked device. Scanned with QR code. Should I be doing something different?

[bbernhard]

Unfortunately, I do not have much experience with linked devices. So, not really sure how signal-cli syncs with the primary device. Do you periodically call the receive endpoint?

You could also try to set the username via the API: https://bbernhard.github.io/signal-cli-rest-api/#/Accounts/post_v1_accounts__number__username

[nazori-eu]

Hello, I am having the exact same issue, how can this be addressed.

I register my number first on the phone app and then I use the QR to link it to docker instance.

And now when I send a message to a group the (Username must contain a '.') problem happens. Regular messages to individual recipients work.

Thanks for your help and time.

[nazori-eu]

Sorry but, is this being addressed?

thanks for your time.

[bbernhard]

The Username must contain a '.' comes from the upstream libsignal-client (see https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal/blob/c6a1e5cec6a30759716a33d0586c84ef6f4f613e/rust/usernames/src/error.rs#L8).

But if you are sending the message to a group, that shouldn't matter, as you don't specify any username, but a group id instead. Are you sure that you are sending the message to a group?

[nazori-eu]

The error still there, I do not mind disclosing the group id (It is a test) because maybe that is part of the error, I dont know if it is properly formatted.

I have set a profile name and a username. I don't know what else could it be that is causing this error. Also, I did not link the device from a phone, it is first registered on my server. Please help!

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/v2/send -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"message":"Hello!","number":"+xxxxxxxxxx","recipients":["x/EQYOwHaVSYAks4VQndXdc47Z8R9HmN3+ZE87Ajdfc="]}'

{"error":"java.lang.RuntimeException: org.signal.libsignal.usernames.MissingSeparatorException: Username must contain a '.'\n\tat org.asamk.signal.manager.helper.RecipientHelper.resolveRecipientByUsernameOrLink(RecipientHelper.java:106)\n\tat org.asamk.signal.manager.helper.RecipientHelper.resolveRecipient(RecipientHelper.java:94)\n\tat org.asamk.signal.manager.internal.ManagerImpl.sendMessage(ManagerImpl.java:624)\n\tat org.asamk.signal.manager.internal.ManagerImpl.sendMessage(ManagerImpl.java:600)\n\tat org.asamk.signal.manager.internal.ManagerImpl.sendMessage(ManagerImpl.java:735)\n\tat org.asamk.signal.commands.SendCommand.handleCommand(SendCommand.java:245)\n\tat org.asamk.signal.commands.CommandHandler.handleLocalCommand(CommandHandler.java:35)\n\tat org.asamk.signal.App.handleLocalCommand(App.java:278)\n\tat org.asamk.signal.App.handleCommand(App.java:179)\n\tat org.asamk.signal.App.init(App.java:144)\n\tat org.asamk.signal.Main.main(Main.java:56)\nCaused by: org.signal.libsignal.usernames.MissingSeparatorException: Username must contain a '.'\n\tat org.signal.libsignal.internal.Native.Username_Hash(Native Method)\n\tat org.signal.libsignal.usernames.Username.lambda$hash$6(Username.java:148)\n\tat org.signal.libsignal.internal.FilterExceptions.filterExceptions(FilterExceptions.java:144)\n\tat org.signal.libsignal.usernames.Username.hash(Username.java:148)\n\tat org.signal.libsignal.usernames.Username.\u003cinit\u003e(Username.java:57)\n\tat org.asamk.signal.manager.helper.RecipientHelper.getUsernameFromUsernameOrLink(RecipientHelper.java:138)\n\tat org.asamk.signal.manager.helper.RecipientHelper.resolveRecipientByUsernameOrLink(RecipientHelper.java:104)\n\t... 10 more\n"}

[adashrod]

I had this problem sending messages to groups too. If x/EQYOwHaVSYAks4VQndXdc47Z8R9HmN3+ZE87Ajdfc= is the ID of the group in Signal, that's called the "internal ID" in signal-cli-rest-api. When making REST calls you have to use the signal-cli-rest-api IDs, which are formatted like group.${base64Encode(signalId)}, so yours would be group.eC9FUVlPd0hhVlNZQWtzNFZRbmRYZGM0N1o4UjlIbU4zK1pFODdBamRmYz0=. You can also see these by hitting the /v1/groups/{number} API.

[nazori-eu]

I had this problem sending messages to groups too. If x/EQYOwHaVSYAks4VQndXdc47Z8R9HmN3+ZE87Ajdfc= is the ID of the group in Signal, that's called the "internal ID" in signal-cli-rest-api. When making REST calls you have to use the signal-cli-rest-api IDs, which are formatted like group.${base64Encode(signalId)}, so yours would be group.eC9FUVlPd0hhVlNZQWtzNFZRbmRYZGM0N1o4UjlIbU4zK1pFODdBamRmYz0=. You can also see these by hitting the /v1/groups/{number} API.

Thanks so much, this was the issue. Ty for the quick reply!

[phtmgt]

So, what about the rest of us who don't send to groups, but to single numbers?

[adashrod]

curl -i -X POST -d '{"recipients":["+XXXXXXXXXXX"],"message":"hello","number":"+YYYYYYYYYYY"}' http://localhost:9922/v2/send

In this example, +XXXXXXXXXXX is the recipient's phone number, and +YYYYYYYYYYY is the sender's.

[phtmgt]

Thanks for the quick reply. It appeared my issue was with the fact that the recipient number had spaces inside it. The error was very confusing, though (which is why I ended up here). So, anyone facing this issue, make sure you clean-up spaces in the phone numbers.