diff --git a/lua/outline/hover.lua b/lua/outline/hover.lua
index 39c5051..b43aaa0 100644
--- a/lua/outline/hover.lua
+++ b/lua/outline/hover.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 local cfg = require('outline.config')
 local outline = require('outline')
-local util = vim.lsp.util
 
 local M = {}
 
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ local function get_hover_params(node, winnr)
   }
 end
 
--- handler yoinked from the default implementation
 function M.show_hover()
   local current_line = vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(outline.current.view.win)[1]
   local node = outline.current.flats[current_line]
@@ -26,18 +24,16 @@ function M.show_hover()
     hover_params.bufnr,
     'textDocument/hover',
     hover_params,
-    ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: param-type-mismatch
     function(_, result, _, config)
       if not (result and result.contents) then
         return
       end
-      local markdown_lines = util.convert_input_to_markdown_lines(result.contents)
-      markdown_lines = util.trim_empty_lines(markdown_lines)
+      local markdown_lines = vim.lsp.util.convert_input_to_markdown_lines(result.contents)
+      markdown_lines = vim.lsp.util.trim_empty_lines(markdown_lines)
       if vim.tbl_isempty(markdown_lines) then
         return
       end
-      -- FIXME
-      local bufnr, winnr = util.open_floating_preview(markdown_lines, 'markdown', config)
+      local bufnr, winnr = vim.lsp.util.open_floating_preview(markdown_lines, 'markdown', config)
       vim.api.nvim_win_set_option(winnr, 'winhighlight', cfg.o.preview_window.winhl)
     end
   )
diff --git a/lua/outline/providers/init.lua b/lua/outline/providers/init.lua
index c059e10..fb38a5b 100644
--- a/lua/outline/providers/init.lua
+++ b/lua/outline/providers/init.lua
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@ end
 ---@param args any[]
 function M.action(sidebar, method, args)
   if not sidebar.provider or not sidebar.provider[method] then
+    require('outline.utils').echo('No supported providers to perform this action.')
     return
   end
-  return sidebar.provider[method](unpack(args))
+  local ok = sidebar.provider[method](unpack(args))
+  if not ok then
+    require('outline.utils').echo('The provider could not perform this action successfully.')
+  end
 end
 
 return M
diff --git a/lua/outline/providers/nvim-lsp.lua b/lua/outline/providers/nvim-lsp.lua
index f0c27a5..95b03e7 100644
--- a/lua/outline/providers/nvim-lsp.lua
+++ b/lua/outline/providers/nvim-lsp.lua
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function M.get_status()
   return { 'client: ' .. M.client.name }
 end
 
-function M.hover_info(bufnr, params, on_info)
+local function get_appropriate_client(bufnr, capability)
   local clients = vim.lsp.get_active_clients({ bufnr = bufnr })
   local use_client
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function M.hover_info(bufnr, params, on_info)
     if config.is_client_blacklisted(client) then
       goto continue
     else
-      if client.server_capabilities.hoverProvider then
+      if client.server_capabilities[capability] then
         use_client = client
         M.client = client
         break
@@ -31,39 +31,16 @@ function M.hover_info(bufnr, params, on_info)
     end
     ::continue::
   end
-
-  if not use_client then
-    on_info(nil, {
-      contents = {
-        kind = 'markdown',
-        content = { 'No extra information availaible' },
-      },
-    })
-    return
-  end
-
-  use_client.request('textDocument/hover', params, on_info, bufnr)
+  return use_client
 end
 
 ---@return boolean
 function M.supports_buffer(bufnr)
-  local clients = vim.lsp.get_active_clients({ bufnr = bufnr })
-  local ret = false
-
-  for _, client in ipairs(clients) do
-    if config.is_client_blacklisted(client) then
-      goto continue
-    else
-      if client.server_capabilities.documentSymbolProvider then
-        M.client = client
-        ret = true
-        break
-      end
-    end
-    ::continue::
+  local client = get_appropriate_client(bufnr, 'documentSymbolProvider')
+  if not client then
+    return false
   end
-
-  return ret
+  return true
 end
 
 ---@param response outline.ProviderSymbol[]
@@ -95,17 +72,74 @@ end
 -- No good way to update outline when LSP action complete for now
 
 ---@param sidebar outline.Sidebar
+---@return boolean success
 function M.code_actions(sidebar)
+  local client = get_appropriate_client(sidebar.code.buf, 'codeActionProvider')
+  if not client then
+    return false
+  end
+  -- NOTE: Unfortunately the code_action function provided by neovim does a
+  -- lot, yet it doesn't let us filter clients. Since handling of code_actions
+  -- is beyond the scope of outline.nvim itself, we will not respect
+  -- blacklist_clients for code actions for now. Code actions feature would not
+  -- actually be included if I were to write this plugin from scratch. However
+  -- we still keep it because many people are moving here from
+  -- symbols-outline.nvim, which happened to implement this feature.
   sidebar:wrap_goto_location(function()
     vim.lsp.buf.code_action()
   end)
+  return true
 end
 
+---Synchronously request rename from LSP
 ---@param sidebar outline.Sidebar
+---@return boolean success
 function M.rename_symbol(sidebar)
-  sidebar:wrap_goto_location(function()
-    vim.lsp.buf.rename()
-  end)
+  local client = get_appropriate_client(sidebar.code.buf, 'renameProvider')
+  if not client then
+    return false
+  end
+
+  local node = sidebar:_current_node()
+
+  -- Using fn.input so it's synchronous
+  local new_name = vim.fn.input({ prompt = 'New Name: ', default = node.name })
+  if not new_name or new_name == '' or new_name == node.name then
+    return true
+  end
+
+  local params = {
+    textDocument = { uri = 'file://' .. vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(sidebar.code.buf) },
+    position = { line = node.line, character = node.character },
+    bufnr = sidebar.code.buf,
+    newName = new_name,
+  }
+  local timeout = 2000
+  local status, err = client.request_sync('textDocument/rename', params, timeout, sidebar.code.buf)
+  if status == nil or status.err or err or status.result == nil then
+    return false
+  end
+
+  vim.lsp.util.apply_workspace_edit(status.result, client.offset_encoding)
+  node.name = new_name
+  sidebar:_update_lines(false)
+  return true
+end
+
+function M.hover_info(bufnr, params, on_info)
+  local use_client = get_appropriate_client(bufnr, 'hoverProvider')
+
+  if not use_client then
+    on_info(nil, {
+      contents = {
+        kind = 'markdown',
+        content = { 'No extra information availaible' },
+      },
+    })
+    return
+  end
+
+  use_client.request('textDocument/hover', params, on_info, bufnr)
 end
 
 return M
diff --git a/lua/outline/types/outline.lua b/lua/outline/types/outline.lua
index 1f029bd..9e90cac 100644
--- a/lua/outline/types/outline.lua
+++ b/lua/outline/types/outline.lua
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
 ---@field supports_buffer fun(bufnr:integer):boolean
 ---@field request_symbols fun(on_symbols:fun(symbols?:outline.ProviderSymbol[], opts:table?), opts:table?)
 ---@field hover_info? fun(bufnr:integer, params:table, on_info:function)
----@field rename_symbol? fun(sidebar:outline.Sidebar)
----@field code_actions? fun(sidebar:outline.Sidebar)
+---@field rename_symbol? fun(sidebar:outline.Sidebar):boolean
+---@field code_actions? fun(sidebar:outline.Sidebar):boolean
 
 -- HELP