diff --git a/packages/cli/src/__tests__/tui/console/hooks/useRenameAgentPane.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/__tests__/tui/console/hooks/useRenameAgentPane.test.ts
index 0caca316a..ba9632475 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/__tests__/tui/console/hooks/useRenameAgentPane.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/__tests__/tui/console/hooks/useRenameAgentPane.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,46 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { getRenameActionError } from "../../../../tui/console/hooks/useRenameAgentPane.js";
+import { PassThrough } from "node:stream";
+import React, { useState } from "react";
+import { render } from "ink";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+import type { AgentInfo, AgentManager } from "@ai-devkit/agent-manager";
+import type { DaemonEvent } from "@ai-devkit/daemon-client";
+import type { ActionResult } from "../../../../tui/console/actions/runAction.js";
+import type { RightPaneMode, TransientMessage } from "../../../../tui/console/types.js";
+
+let daemonClient: {
+  subscribe: (h: (e: DaemonEvent) => void) => Promise<void>;
+  close: () => void;
+} | null = null;
+
+vi.mock("@ai-devkit/daemon-client", () => ({
+  ensureDaemon: () => Promise.resolve(daemonClient),
+  DaemonClient: { tryConnect: () => Promise.resolve(null) },
+}));
+
+vi.mock("../../../../tui/console/actions/runAction.js", () => ({
+  runAction: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import { runAction } from "../../../../tui/console/actions/runAction.js";
+import {
+  getRenameActionError,
+  useRenameAgentPane,
+} from "../../../../tui/console/hooks/useRenameAgentPane.js";
+import {
+  ConsoleProvider,
+  useConsoleAgentContext,
+} from "../../../../tui/console/state/ConsoleContext.js";
+
+const runActionMock = vi.mocked(runAction);
+
+function renderInk(element: React.ReactElement) {
+  const output = new PassThrough();
+  return render(element, {
+    stdout: output as unknown as NodeJS.WriteStream,
+    interactive: false,
+    patchConsole: false,
+  });
+}
 
 describe("getRenameActionError", () => {
   it("returns explicit subprocess errors", () => {
@@ -16,3 +57,197 @@ describe("getRenameActionError", () => {
     expect(getRenameActionError({ exitCode: 0 })).toBeNull();
   });
 });
+
+interface RenameHarness {
+  submit: (currentName: string, newName: string) => void;
+  rightPaneMode: () => RightPaneMode;
+  transient: () => TransientMessage | null;
+  error: () => string | null;
+  calls: string[];
+  refresh: () => Promise<void>;
+  selectAgent: (name: string) => void;
+}
+
+function renderRenameHarness(): RenameHarness {
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+  const refresh = vi.fn(async () => {
+    calls.push("refresh");
+  });
+  const selectAgent = vi.fn((name: string) => {
+    calls.push(`select:${name}`);
+  });
+  let submitFn: (currentName: string, newName: string) => void = () => {};
+  let mode: RightPaneMode = { type: "preview" };
+  let msg: TransientMessage | null = null;
+  let err: string | null = null;
+
+  const Harness: React.FC = () => {
+    const [rightPaneMode, setRightPaneMode] = useState<RightPaneMode>({ type: "preview" });
+    const [transient, setTransient] = useState<TransientMessage | null>(null);
+    const [, setFocus] = useState("list");
+    const hook = useRenameAgentPane({
+      refresh,
+      selectAgent,
+      setFocus,
+      setRightPaneMode,
+      setTransient,
+    });
+    submitFn = (currentName, newName) => hook.handleRenameSubmit(currentName, { newName });
+    mode = rightPaneMode;
+    msg = transient;
+    err = hook.renamePaneError;
+    return null;
+  };
+  renderInk(React.createElement(Harness));
+  return {
+    submit: (currentName, newName) => submitFn(currentName, newName),
+    rightPaneMode: () => mode,
+    transient: () => msg,
+    error: () => err,
+    calls,
+    refresh,
+    selectAgent,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("useRenameAgentPane", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    runActionMock.mockReset();
+    daemonClient = null;
+  });
+
+  it("refreshes the list then selects the new name only after a successful rename", async () => {
+    runActionMock.mockResolvedValue({ exitCode: 0 } satisfies ActionResult);
+    const h = renderRenameHarness();
+
+    h.submit("old-name", "new-name");
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(h.calls).toEqual(["refresh", "select:new-name"]);
+    });
+    expect(h.rightPaneMode()).toEqual({ type: "preview" });
+    expect(h.transient()).toEqual({
+      kind: "info",
+      text: "Renamed old-name to new-name",
+    });
+    expect(h.error()).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("does not refresh or change selection when the rename fails", async () => {
+    runActionMock.mockResolvedValue({ exitCode: 1, error: "name already exists" });
+    const h = renderRenameHarness();
+
+    h.submit("old-name", "new-name");
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(h.error()).toBe("name already exists");
+    });
+    expect(h.refresh).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(h.selectAgent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(h.transient()).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+function agentFixture(name: string): AgentInfo {
+  return {
+    name,
+    status: "running",
+    type: "codex",
+    lastActive: new Date("2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"),
+  } as AgentInfo;
+}
+
+interface ConsoleRenameHarness {
+  submit: (currentName: string, newName: string) => void;
+  agents: () => AgentInfo[];
+  selected: () => string | null;
+}
+
+function renderConsoleRenameHarness(manager: AgentManager): ConsoleRenameHarness {
+  let submitFn: (currentName: string, newName: string) => void = () => {};
+  let currentAgents: AgentInfo[] = [];
+  let currentSelected: string | null = "old-name";
+
+  const Consumer: React.FC = () => {
+    const { agents, refresh } = useConsoleAgentContext();
+    const [selected, setSelected] = useState<string | null>("old-name");
+    const hook = useRenameAgentPane({
+      refresh,
+      selectAgent: setSelected,
+      setFocus: () => {},
+      setRightPaneMode: () => {},
+      setTransient: () => {},
+    });
+    submitFn = (currentName, newName) => hook.handleRenameSubmit(currentName, { newName });
+    currentAgents = agents;
+    currentSelected = selected;
+    return null;
+  };
+
+  renderInk(
+    React.createElement(
+      ConsoleProvider,
+      { manager, inputFocused: false },
+      React.createElement(Consumer),
+    ),
+  );
+  return {
+    submit: (currentName, newName) => submitFn(currentName, newName),
+    agents: () => currentAgents,
+    selected: () => currentSelected,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("console rename refresh integration", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    runActionMock.mockReset();
+    daemonClient = null;
+  });
+
+  it("refreshes the visible list and reselects the new name without a daemon", async () => {
+    const manager = {
+      listAgents: vi
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce([agentFixture("old-name")])
+        .mockResolvedValue([agentFixture("new-name")]),
+    } as unknown as AgentManager;
+    const h = renderConsoleRenameHarness(manager);
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(h.agents().map((a) => a.name)).toEqual(["old-name"]));
+    runActionMock.mockResolvedValue({ exitCode: 0 });
+
+    h.submit("old-name", "new-name");
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(h.agents().map((a) => a.name)).toEqual(["new-name"]);
+      expect(h.selected()).toBe("new-name");
+    });
+    expect(manager.listAgents).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  it("still refreshes immediately when the daemon subscription relaxes polling", async () => {
+    daemonClient = {
+      subscribe: () => Promise.resolve(),
+      close: vi.fn(),
+    };
+    const manager = {
+      listAgents: vi
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce([agentFixture("old-name")])
+        .mockResolvedValue([agentFixture("new-name")]),
+    } as unknown as AgentManager;
+    const h = renderConsoleRenameHarness(manager);
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(h.agents().map((a) => a.name)).toEqual(["old-name"]));
+    // Give the daemon attach a tick to subscribe and relax the poll to 60s.
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10));
+    runActionMock.mockResolvedValue({ exitCode: 0 });
+
+    h.submit("old-name", "new-name");
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(h.agents().map((a) => a.name)).toEqual(["new-name"]);
+      expect(h.selected()).toBe("new-name");
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/tui/console/ConsoleApp.tsx b/packages/cli/src/tui/console/ConsoleApp.tsx
index 8d67d081c..f27ce665d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/tui/console/ConsoleApp.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/tui/console/ConsoleApp.tsx
@@ -202,9 +202,11 @@ const ConsoleAppShell: React.FC<{
     handleRenameCancel,
     handleRenameSubmit,
   } = useRenameAgentPane({
+    refresh,
     setFocus,
     setRightPaneMode,
     setTransient,
+    selectAgent: setSelectedName,
   });
 
   const { openChannelSelect, startChannel, stopAgentChannel } = useChannelActions({
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/tui/console/hooks/useRenameAgentPane.ts b/packages/cli/src/tui/console/hooks/useRenameAgentPane.ts
index 372372d95..2639b0174 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/tui/console/hooks/useRenameAgentPane.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/tui/console/hooks/useRenameAgentPane.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ import { runAction, type ActionResult } from "../actions/runAction.js";
 import type { ConsoleFocus, RightPaneMode, TransientMessage } from "../types.js";
 
 interface UseRenameAgentPaneOptions {
+  refresh: () => Promise<void>;
   setFocus: Dispatch<SetStateAction<ConsoleFocus>>;
   setRightPaneMode: Dispatch<SetStateAction<RightPaneMode>>;
   setTransient: Dispatch<SetStateAction<TransientMessage | null>>;
+  selectAgent: (name: string) => void;
 }
 
 interface RenameAgentValues {
@@ -19,9 +21,11 @@ export function getRenameActionError(result: ActionResult): string | null {
 }
 
 export function useRenameAgentPane({
+  refresh,
   setFocus,
   setRightPaneMode,
   setTransient,
+  selectAgent,
 }: UseRenameAgentPaneOptions) {
   const [renamePaneError, setRenamePaneError] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [isRenamingAgent, setIsRenamingAgent] = useState(false);
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ export function useRenameAgentPane({
       setIsRenamingAgent(true);
       setRenamePaneError(null);
       void runAction({ type: "rename", currentName, newName: values.newName })
-        .then((result) => {
+        .then(async (result) => {
           const error = getRenameActionError(result);
           if (error) {
             setRenamePaneError(error);
@@ -55,12 +59,14 @@ export function useRenameAgentPane({
           }
           setRightPaneMode({ type: "preview" });
           setTransient({ kind: "info", text: `Renamed ${currentName} to ${values.newName}` });
+          await refresh();
+          selectAgent(values.newName);
         })
         .finally(() => {
           setIsRenamingAgent(false);
         });
     },
-    [isRenamingAgent, setRightPaneMode, setTransient],
+    [isRenamingAgent, refresh, selectAgent, setRightPaneMode, setTransient],
   );
 
   return {