Inc-rename stops working randomly

[rbhanot4739]

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• I have updated the plugin to the latest version before submitting this issue
• I have searched the existing issues of inc-rename.nvim

Neovim version (output of nvim -v)

Nvim version: 0.12.0-dev+gc2a196f19b

Operating system / version

macos 15.7.2

Output of :LspInfo

vim.lsp: ✅

• LSP log level : WARN
• Log path: /Users/rbhanot/.local/state/nvim/lsp.log
• Log size: 8658 KB

vim.lsp: Active Features ~

• folding_range
  • Active buffers:
    [4]: gopls (id: 3)
• semantic_tokens
  • Active buffers:
    [4]: gopls (id: 3)
• inline_completion
  • Active buffers:
    [4]: copilot (id: 1)

vim.lsp: Active Clients ~

• copilot (id: 1)
  • Version: 1.390.0
  • Root directory: ~/development/work/multiproducts/dcl
  • Command: { "node", "/Users/rbhanot/.local/share/nvim/lazy/copilot.lua/copilot/js/language-server.js", "--stdio" }
  • Settings: {
    telemetry = {
    telemetryLevel = "all"
    }
    }
  • Attached buffers: 4
• null-ls (id: 2)
  • Version: ? (no serverInfo.version response)
  • Root directory: ~/development/work/multiproducts/dcl
  • Command: <function @/Users/rbhanot/.local/share/nvim/lazy/none-ls.nvim/lua/null-ls/rpc.lua:61>
  • Settings: {}
  • Attached buffers: 4
• gopls (id: 3)
  • Version: {"GoVersion":"go1.25.1","Path":"golang.org/x/tools/gopls","Main":{"Path":"golang.org/x/tools/gopls","Version":"v0.20.0","Sum":"h1:fxOYZXKl6IsOTKIh6IgjDbIDHlr5btOtOUkrGOgFDB4="},"Deps":[{"Path":"github.com/BurntSushi/toml","Version":"v1.5.0","Sum":"h1:W5quZX/G/csjUnuI8SUYlsHs9M38FC7znL0lIO+DvMg="},{"Path":"github.com/fatih/camelcase","Version":"v1.0.0","Sum":"h1:hxNvNX/xYBp0ovncs8WyWZrOrpBNub/JfaMvbURyft8="},{"Path":"github.com/fatih/gomodifytags","Version":"v1.17.1-0.20250423142747-f3939df9aa3c","Sum":"h1:dDSgAjoOMp8da3egfz0t2S+t8RGOpEmEXZubcGuc0Bg="},{"Path":"github.com/fatih/structtag","Version":"v1.2.0","Sum":"h1:/OdNE99OxoI/PqaW/SuSK9uxxT3f/tcSZgon/ssNSx4="},{"Path":"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify","Version":"v1.9.0","Sum":"h1:2Ml+OJNzbYCTzsxtv8vKSFD9PbJjmhYF14k/jKC7S9k="},{"Path":"github.com/google/go-cmp","Version":"v0.7.0","Sum":"h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8="},{"Path":"golang.org/x/exp/typeparams","Version":"v0.0.0-20250620022241-b7579e27df2b","Sum":"h1:KdrhdYPDUvJTvrDK9gdjfFd6JTk8vA1WJoldYSi0kHo="},{"Path":"golang.org/x/mod","Version":"v0.26.0","Sum":"h1:EGMPT//Ezu+ylkCijjPc+f4Aih7sZvaAr+O3EHBxvZg="},{"Path":"golang.org/x/sync","Version":"v0.16.0","Sum":"h1:ycBJEhp9p4vXvUZNszeOq0kGTPghopOL8q0fq3vstxw="},{"Path":"golang.org/x/sys","Version":"v0.34.0","Sum":"h1:H5Y5sJ2L2JRdyv7ROF1he/lPdvFsd0mJHFw2ThKHxLA="},{"Path":"golang.org/x/telemetry","Version":"v0.0.0-20250710130107-8d8967aff50b","Sum":"h1:DU+gwOBXU+6bO0sEyO7o/NeMlxZxCZEvI7v+J4a1zRQ="},{"Path":"golang.org/x/text","Version":"v0.27.0","Sum":"h1:4fGWRpyh641NLlecmyl4LOe6yDdfaYNrGb2zdfo4JV4="},{"Path":"golang.org/x/tools","Version":"v0.35.1-0.20250728180453-01a3475a31bc","Sum":"h1:ZRKyKRJl/YEWl9ScZwd6Ua6xSt7DE6tHp1I3ucMroGM="},{"Path":"golang.org/x/vuln","Version":"v1.1.4","Sum":"h1:Ju8QsuyhX3Hk8ma3CesTbO8vfJD9EvUBgHvkxHBzj0I="},{"Path":"honnef.co/go/tools","Version":"v0.7.0-0.dev.0.20250523013057-bbc2f4dd71ea","Sum":"h1:fj8r9irJSpolAGUdZBxJIRY3lLc4jH2Dt4lwnWyWwpw="},{"Path":"mvdan.cc/gofumpt","Version":"v0.8.0","Sum":"h1:nZUCeC2ViFaerTcYKstMmfysj6uhQrA2vJe+2vwGU6k="},{"Path":"mvdan.cc/xurls/v2","Version":"v2.6.0","Sum":"h1:3NTZpeTxYVWNSokW3MKeyVkz/j7uYXYiMtXRUfmjbgI="}],"Settings":[{"Key":"-buildmode","Value":"exe"},{"Key":"-compiler","Value":"gc"},{"Key":"DefaultGODEBUG","Value":"containermaxprocs=0,decoratemappings=0,tlssha1=1,updatemaxprocs=0,x509sha256skid=0"},{"Key":"CGO_ENABLED","Value":"1"},{"Key":"CGO_CFLAGS"},{"Key":"CGO_CPPFLAGS"},{"Key":"CGO_CXXFLAGS"},{"Key":"CGO_LDFLAGS"},{"Key":"GOARCH","Value":"arm64"},{"Key":"GOOS","Value":"darwin"},{"Key":"GOARM64","Value":"v8.0"}],"Version":"v0.20.0"}
  • Root directory: ~/development/work/multiproducts/dcl
  • Command: { "gopls" }
  • Settings: {
    gopls = {
    analyses = {
    nilness = true,
    unusedparams = true,
    unusedwrite = true,
    useany = true
    },
    codelenses = {
    gc_details = false,
    generate = true,
    regenerate_cgo = true,
    run_govulncheck = true,
    test = true,
    tidy = true,
    upgrade_dependency = true,
    vendor = true
    },
    completeUnimported = true,
    directoryFilters = { "-.git", "-.vscode", "-.idea", "-.vscode-test", "-node_modules" },
    gofumpt = true,
    hints = {
    assignVariableTypes = true,
    compositeLiteralFields = true,
    compositeLiteralTypes = true,
    constantValues = true,
    functionTypeParameters = true,
    parameterNames = true,
    rangeVariableTypes = true
    },
    semanticTokens = true,
    staticcheck = true,
    usePlaceholders = true
    }
    }

Describe the bug

I apologize if the title isn't very clear; however, I have been observing that inc-rename fails to rename the symbols randomly in the middle of a session. After I restart neovim and try renaming it, it works; however, again after some time it stops working.

I have not been able to narrow it down or figure out when why exactly it happens. If I disable the plugin and continue using the default vim.lsp.buf.rename, it works without any issues.

Below is the error I get when this happens

 Error  17:00:29 notify.error       "[inc-rename] An error occurred in the preview function. Please report this error here: https://github.com/smjonas/inc-rename.nvim/issues:
E216: No such group or event: FileExplorer *
Nvim version: 0.12.0-dev+gc2a196f19b
Active language servers: { "copilot", "null-ls", "gopls" }
Buffer name: /Users/rbhanot/app/app.go

For reference, I am using LazyVim.

Steps to reproduce

Not sure how would I reproduce this, as this happens very randomly.

Expected behavior

The rename should not fail.