Matters Arising to this article was published on 25 February 2026 The Original Article was published on 12 June 2024 arising from: Y. Xing et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07519-5 (2024). The kagome superconductors AV3Sb5 (where A = K, Cs, Rb) exhibit intertwined density waves, unconventional superconductivity and time-reversal symmetry breaking without spin magnetism1,2, with scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) studies reporting3,4, albeit not universally5,6, magnetic-field-dependent changes in the apparent chirality of the 2 × 2 charge density wave (CDW). Related to this, Xing et al.7 investigated the effects of magnetic and electric fields on the 2 × 2 CDW state and the lattice structure of kagome superconductor RbV3Sb5, reporting a field-induced ~1% change in the in-plane lattice constants, concomitant with the CDW intensity modification, controlled by the field direction.…