Rename FIle not working in Zed File Explorer

[AlJohri]

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Describe the bug / provide steps to reproduce it

I opened Zed using remote SSH for myhost at the folder Folder like so:

zed ssh://myhost/my/path/to/Folder

And now I rename a file and the UI in the sidebar shows its renamed, but the file doesn't actually get renamed.

Zed Version and System Specs

Zed: v0.166.1 (Zed)
OS: macOS 15.2.0
Memory: 16 GiB
Architecture: aarch64

If applicable, add screenshots or screencasts of the incorrect state / behavior

Screen.Recording.2025-01-02.at.8.55.54.PM.mov

If applicable, attach your Zed.log file to this issue.

Here are some relevant logs in ~/Library/Logs/Zed/Zed.log:

❯ tail -n 10  ~/Library/Logs/Zed/Zed.log  | grep "[ERROR]"
2025-01-02T20:56:20.748962-05:00 [ERROR] (remote server) server:unhandled ssh message name:RenameProjectEntry
2025-01-02T20:56:35.032677-05:00 [ERROR] (remote server) server:unhandled ssh message name:RenameProjectEntry
2025-01-02T20:56:48.868212-05:00 [ERROR] (remote server) server:error handling message. type:GetStagedText, error:buffer has no file
2025-01-02T20:56:48.868845-05:00 [ERROR] RPC request GetStagedText failed: buffer has no file

And similarly here are some logs from the remote server at ~/.local/share/zed/logs/server-workspace-10.log:

❯ cat ~/.local/share/zed/logs/server-workspace-10.log | tail -n 7
{"level":1,"module_path":"project","file":"crates/project/src/lsp_store.rs","line":5621,"message":"(remote server) content modified"}
{"level":1,"module_path":"remote::ssh_session","file":"crates/remote/src/ssh_session.rs","line":2181,"message":"(remote server) server:unhandled ssh message name:RenameProjectEntry"}
{"level":1,"module_path":"remote::ssh_session","file":"crates/remote/src/ssh_session.rs","line":2181,"message":"(remote server) server:unhandled ssh message name:RenameProjectEntry"}
{"level":1,"module_path":"remote::ssh_session","file":"crates/remote/src/ssh_session.rs","line":2181,"message":"(remote server) server:unhandled ssh message name:RenameProjectEntry"}
{"level":1,"module_path":"lsp","file":"crates/lsp/src/lsp.rs","line":863,"message":"(remote server) oneshot canceled"}
{"level":1,"module_path":"project","file":"crates/project/src/lsp_store.rs","line":5621,"message":"(remote server) oneshot canceled"}
{"level":1,"module_path":"project","file":"crates/project/src/lsp_store.rs","line":5621,"message":"(remote server) oneshot canceled"}

[JosephTLyons]

Huh, this is a strange one - I'm not able to reproduce it on my end, so I'm wondering what the difference might be.

For Zed teammates - I noticed git is indicating that that is a new file, so I added the git tag - no idea if that's playing a role here or not.

[PharrellWANG]

Same issue here. File renaming in File Explorer is not working as expected in remote session.

[epsilam]

+1, exact same problem (Zed open in remote session, and the bug presents itself in the exact same way as in @AlJohri 's video).
Running Zed v0.168.2 on Ubuntu 22.04. Hope this gets fixed soon.

[aborg-dev]

I believe this is a duplicate of #22883 that should be fixed by #23382 in the next Zed release.

[AlexDaichendt]

It is still broken on v0.170.2.

[aborg-dev]

It is still broken on v0.170.2.

Indeed! The fix was only released in v0.171.0 for now: https://zed.dev/releases/preview/0.171.0

So you either need to switch to Preview version or wait until the change makes it to stable.