From ce5a95f94844e328c6dfb7fde805e0e47d39dc84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Vincent Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2025 05:20:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update troubleshooting docs --- doc/TROUBLESHOOTING.md | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/TROUBLESHOOTING.md b/doc/TROUBLESHOOTING.md index 17c4403..d6c7f6b 100644 --- a/doc/TROUBLESHOOTING.md +++ b/doc/TROUBLESHOOTING.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -# The signal-cli-rest-api docker container won't start (signal_messenger_signal-cli-rest-api_1 exited with code 0) +# Troubleshooting + +## The signal-cli-rest-api docker container won't start (signal_messenger_signal-cli-rest-api_1 exited with code 0) If your docker container stops with `signal_messenger_signal-cli-rest-api_1 exited with code 0`, make sure that the host port isn't already occupied by another process (see [here](https://github.com/bbernhard/signal-cli-rest-api/issues/2)). -# Sending a message suceeds, but no message is sent +## Sending a message suceeds, but no message is sent -According to [this](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/issues/202) signal-cli ticket here, the receive endpoint needs to be called regularily. So, if sending a message seems to work, but no message is sent, please try to call the [Receive API endpoint](https://bbernhard.github.io/signal-cli-rest-api/#/Messages/get_v1_receive__number_). +According to [this](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/issues/202) signal-cli ticket here, the receive endpoint needs to be called regularily. So, if sending a message seems to work, but no message is sent, please try to call the [Receive API endpoint](https://bbernhard.github.io/signal-cli-rest-api/#/Messages/get_v1_receive__number_). -# Cannot send message to group - please first update your profile +## Cannot send message to group - please first update your profile -If you get this message, it means that you first need to [update your profile](https://bbernhard.github.io/signal-cli-rest-api/#/Profiles/put_v1_profiles__number_) to set a name (and optionally an avatar). +If you get this message, it means that you first need to [update your profile](https://bbernhard.github.io/signal-cli-rest-api/#/Profiles/put_v1_profiles__number_) to set a name (and optionally an avatar). + +## Cannot send message - "User xxxxxxxxxx is not registered" + +If you get this message, even after linking your Signal account, it could mean that the running container is starved of resources (memory/CPU) and executing its functions too slowly [more details](https://github.com/bbernhard/signal-cli-rest-api/issues/696#issuecomment-3170449881).