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 <p>I've also hit the 90 days timeout blocking, and noticed that this
 make it impossible to send messages using Signal.  I could still
-receive them, but had to patch the code with a new timestamp to
-send.</p>
+receive them, but had to patch the code with a new timestamp to send.
+I believe the timeout is added by the developers to force people to
+upgrade to the latest version of the app, even when there is no
+protocol changes, to reduce the version skew among the user base and
+thus try to keep the number of support requests down.</p>
 
 <p>Since my original recipe, the Signal source code changed slightly,
 making the old patch fail to apply cleanly.  Below is an updated