When clj-kondo parses {:foo/keys [bar], it emits two https://github.com/clj-kondo/clj-kondo/tree/master/analysis elements for bar, a “keyword” and a “local”. That is, that bar is both a keyword usage and a local definition. When you invoke rename from another keyword, clojure-lsp finds all the matching keywords and renames them. That’s why {:foo/keys [bar]} becomes {:foo/keys [baz]}. But you’re right, since bar is also a local definition, it would make sense to rename the local usages too. Would you open an issue in github for this?

Thanks for the explanation, @U07M2C8TT. Sure, I'd be happy to create an issue to track this. I will have it up sometime later today and will leave drop the link here for reference.

https://github.com/clojure-lsp/clojure-lsp/issues/1192