Rename Request while using ruby-lsp doesn't work

[shetty-tejas]

Summary

This is my languages.toml file:

[language-server.ruby-lsp]
command = "ruby-lsp"
config = { diagnostics = true, formatting = true }

[language-server.tailwindcss-ls]
command = "tailwindcss-language-server"
args = ["--stdio"]

[[language]]
formatter = { command = "htmlbeautifier", args = ["-T", "--keep-blank-lines=1"]}
language-servers = ["vscode-html-language-server", "tailwindcss-ls", "ruby-lsp"]
name = "erb"

[[language]]
formatter = { command = "prettier", args = ["--parser", "css"] }
language-servers = ["vscode-css-language-server", "tailwindcss-ls"]
name = "css"

[[language]]
language-servers = ["ruby-lsp"]
name = "ruby"

Now for a file like index.html.erb:

<% content_for :title, "Targets" %>

<div class="space-y-12">
  <div class="flex">
    <h1 class="flex-1 text-4xl font-semibold">
      <%= content_for :title %>
    </h1>
  </div>
</div>

If I try to rename a symbol (Space + R) for any of the tags (e.g., the first <div>), the request is sent to the ruby-lsp language server instead of the vscode-html-language-server. However, if I remove ruby-lsp from the erb language configuration, the rename symbol command starts working correctly.

This issue occurs only with the rename symbol command; other LSP features function correctly even when ruby-lsp is present. For example, selecting symbol references (Space + H) works fine.

EDIT: It seems rename request doesn't work with Ruby files as well.

Reproduction Steps

I tried this:

1. hx ~/workspace
2. space+f > open index.html.erb
3. move cursor to first
   (space+r)

I expected this to happen:
Prompt for new name for the symbol.

Instead, this happened:
Error: lsp did not respond to prepare rename request.

Helix log

~/.cache/helix/helix.log

2025-02-11T23:50:33.926 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 3 modified - last saved: 1, current: 1
2025-02-11T23:50:33.926 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 4 modified - last saved: 2, current: 2
2025-02-11T23:50:33.927 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 2 modified - last saved: 10, current: 10
2025-02-11T23:50:34.155 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 2 modified - last saved: 10, current: 10
2025-02-11T23:50:34.155 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 3 modified - last saved: 1, current: 1
2025-02-11T23:50:34.155 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 4 modified - last saved: 2, current: 2
2025-02-11T23:50:34.155 helix_lsp::transport [INFO] ruby-lsp -> {"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"textDocument/prepareRename","params":{"position":{"character":2,"line":3},"textDocument":{"uri":"file:///home/tejas/pulse/app/views/targets/index.html.erb"}},"id":14}
2025-02-11T23:50:34.155 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 2 modified - last saved: 10, current: 10
2025-02-11T23:50:34.156 helix_lsp::transport [INFO] ruby-lsp <- {"id":14,"result":null,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}
2025-02-11T23:50:34.156 helix_lsp::transport [INFO] ruby-lsp <- null
2025-02-11T23:50:34.156 helix_view::editor [DEBUG] editor error: lsp did not respond to prepare rename request
2025-02-11T23:50:34.156 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 2 modified - last saved: 10, current: 10
2025-02-11T23:50:34.156 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 3 modified - last saved: 1, current: 1
2025-02-11T23:50:34.156 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 4 modified - last saved: 2, current: 2
2025-02-11T23:50:34.156 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 2 modified - last saved: 10, current: 10
2025-02-11T23:50:34.407 helix_term::application [DEBUG] received editor event: IdleTimer
2025-02-11T23:50:34.699 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 2 modified - last saved: 10, current: 10
2025-02-11T23:50:34.700 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 2 modified - last saved: 10, current: 10
2025-02-11T23:50:34.700 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 3 modified - last saved: 1, current: 1
2025-02-11T23:50:34.700 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 4 modified - last saved: 2, current: 2
2025-02-11T23:50:34.701 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 3 modified - last saved: 1, current: 1
2025-02-11T23:50:34.951 helix_term::application [DEBUG] received editor event: IdleTimer
2025-02-11T23:50:35.085 helix_term::application [DEBUG] received editor event: Redraw
2025-02-11T23:50:35.085 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 2 modified - last saved: 10, current: 10
2025-02-11T23:50:35.085 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 3 modified - last saved: 1, current: 1
2025-02-11T23:50:35.085 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 4 modified - last saved: 2, current: 2
2025-02-11T23:50:35.086 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 3 modified - last saved: 1, current: 1
2025-02-11T23:50:36.223 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 2 modified - last saved: 10, current: 10
2025-02-11T23:50:36.223 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 3 modified - last saved: 1, current: 1
2025-02-11T23:50:36.223 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 4 modified - last saved: 2, current: 2
2025-02-11T23:50:36.224 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 3 modified - last saved: 1, current: 1
2025-02-11T23:50:36.450 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 2 modified - last saved: 10, current: 10
2025-02-11T23:50:36.450 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 3 modified - last saved: 1, current: 1
2025-02-11T23:50:36.450 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 4 modified - last saved: 2, current: 2
2025-02-11T23:50:36.451 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 3 modified - last saved: 1, current: 1
2025-02-11T23:50:36.474 helix_term::application [DEBUG] received editor event: IdleTimer

Platform

Windows (w/ WSL2)

Terminal Emulator

Windows Terminal

Installation Method

apt

Helix Version

helix 25.01.1

[djpowers]

It looks like Ruby LSP's "Rename symbol" feature doesn't work for all types, per the docs:

Rename is currently only supported for constants, module names and class names.

https://shopify.github.io/ruby-lsp/#rename-symbol