Reproduction steps:
1. Open the attached “IN-93096_rename” project
2. Open the “Assets/Scenes/SampleScene.unity” scene
3. In the Hierarchy window, enable the “Resources” subscene
4. In the “Resources” subscene, under the “Background” GameObject, select any “Bricks” GameObject
5. Rename the “Bricks” GameObject to anything you want
Expected results: GameObject is renamed and no error is thrown
Actual results: GameObject is renamed and “MissingReferenceException: The object of type 'UnityEngine.GameObject' has been destroyed but you are still trying to access it.
Your script should either check if it is null or you should not destroy the object.“ error is thrown
Reproduced with: 1.0.8(2022.3.56f1), 1.3.8 (2022.3.56f1, 6000.0.35f1, 6000.1.0b3)
Reproduced on: Ubuntu 24.04, Windows 11 Pro
Not reproduced on: no other environment tested