From e1df3950b2a3a852dfa9eb70738b7bac28cb0a0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manas225 <manas112madeshiya@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 22:54:34 +0530
Subject: Fixed #36979 -- Made GenericInlineModelAdmin.get_formset() use
 get_exclude().

---
 AUTHORS                              |  1 +
 django/contrib/contenttypes/admin.py | 12 ++++++------
 tests/generic_inline_admin/tests.py  | 11 +++++++++++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 510469182a..c85a9a23e3 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Mads Jensen <https://github.com/atombrella>
     Makoto Tsuyuki <mtsuyuki@gmail.com>
     Malcolm Tredinnick
+    Manas Madeshiya <manas112madeshiya@gmail.com>
     Manav Agarwal <dpsman13016@gmail.com>
     Manuel Saelices <msaelices@yaco.es>
     Manuzhai
diff --git a/django/contrib/contenttypes/admin.py b/django/contrib/contenttypes/admin.py
index d324a4f4fe..c55325ecbe 100644
--- a/django/contrib/contenttypes/admin.py
+++ b/django/contrib/contenttypes/admin.py
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ class GenericInlineModelAdmin(InlineModelAdmin):
             fields = kwargs.pop("fields")
         else:
             fields = flatten_fieldsets(self.get_fieldsets(request, obj))
-        exclude = [*(self.exclude or []), *self.get_readonly_fields(request, obj)]
-        if (
-            self.exclude is None
-            and hasattr(self.form, "_meta")
-            and self.form._meta.exclude
-        ):
+        excluded = self.get_exclude(request, obj)
+        exclude = [
+            *(excluded or []),
+            *self.get_readonly_fields(request, obj),
+        ]
+        if excluded is None and hasattr(self.form, "_meta") and self.form._meta.exclude:
             # Take the custom ModelForm's Meta.exclude into account only if the
             # GenericInlineModelAdmin doesn't define its own.
             exclude.extend(self.form._meta.exclude)
diff --git a/tests/generic_inline_admin/tests.py b/tests/generic_inline_admin/tests.py
index b4833e54e7..01346f500e 100644
--- a/tests/generic_inline_admin/tests.py
+++ b/tests/generic_inline_admin/tests.py
@@ -577,3 +577,14 @@ class GenericInlineModelAdminTest(SimpleTestCase):
             request.name = name
             self.assertEqual(ma.get_inlines(request, None), (inline_class,))
             self.assertEqual(type(ma.get_inline_instances(request)[0]), inline_class)
+
+    def test_get_exclude_is_respected(self):
+        class GetExcludeInline(GenericTabularInline):
+            model = Media
+
+            def get_exclude(self, request, obj=None):
+                return ["url"]
+
+        ma = GetExcludeInline(Media, self.site)
+        formset = ma.get_formset(request)
+        self.assertNotIn("url", formset.form.base_fields)
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