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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon bbernhard

Inactive Linked Device

Open alternativesurfer opened this issue 1 year ago • 2 comments

The problem

It looks like the Signal-CLI device that is linked to a given Signal profile during setup needs to be "opened" every 25-30 days otherwise it times out and must be relinked?

What is the best practice for getting around this / mitigatng this?

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?

Normal Mode

What's the architecture of your host system?

x86-64

Additional information

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alternativesurfer avatar Jun 26 '24 18:06 alternativesurfer

I don't think there is much you can do here. See also: https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007320551-Linked-Devices

Your phone does not have to be online for the linked device to work, but it will unlink after 30 days of inactivity.

The alternative is to use a dedicated phone number for the API.

bbernhard avatar Jun 26 '24 18:06 bbernhard

So there isn't any command we can hit the API with to have it trigger what would be perceived as an "opened app" event?

alternativesurfer avatar Jun 26 '24 23:06 alternativesurfer