From 632b1c6b04efa494d97a8974b98a37492a9b0249 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Graf <lukas@opengis.ch>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:38:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add failing test for diffing polymorphic model instances.

---
 auditlog_tests/test_app/models.py |  1 +
 auditlog_tests/tests.py           | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/auditlog_tests/test_app/models.py b/auditlog_tests/test_app/models.py
index e996a25..0ee7852 100644
--- a/auditlog_tests/test_app/models.py
+++ b/auditlog_tests/test_app/models.py
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ auditlog.register(AltPrimaryKeyModel)
 auditlog.register(UUIDPrimaryKeyModel)
 auditlog.register(ModelPrimaryKeyModel)
 auditlog.register(ProxyModel)
+auditlog.register(RelatedModelParent)
 auditlog.register(RelatedModel)
 auditlog.register(ManyRelatedModel)
 auditlog.register(ManyRelatedModel.recursive.through)
diff --git a/auditlog_tests/tests.py b/auditlog_tests/tests.py
index f12ef9d..b446880 100644
--- a/auditlog_tests/tests.py
+++ b/auditlog_tests/tests.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ from test_app.models import (
     NullableJSONModel,
     ProxyModel,
     RelatedModel,
+    RelatedModelParent,
     ReusableThroughRelatedModel,
     SecretM2MModel,
     SecretRelatedModel,
@@ -2131,6 +2132,27 @@ class ModelInstanceDiffTest(TestCase):
         model_instance_diff(simple2, simple1)
         model_instance_diff(simple1, simple2)
 
+    def test_diff_polymorphic_models(self):
+        """No error is raised when comparing parent/child for polymorphic models."""
+
+        # This tests that when a polymorphic model is compared to its parent,
+        # no FieldDoesNotExist errors are raised because those fields don't exist
+        # on the parent model.
+
+        # relation target
+        simple = SimpleModel()
+        simple.save()
+
+        # the parent model
+        related_parent = RelatedModelParent()
+        related_parent.save()
+
+        # the child model, with some fields that don't exist on the parent
+        related = RelatedModel(related=simple, one_to_one=simple)
+        related.save()
+
+        model_instance_diff(related, related_parent)
+
     def test_object_repr_related_deleted(self):
         """No error is raised when __str__() loads a related object that has been deleted."""
         simple = SimpleModel()