Fixed #34604 -- Corrected fallback SQL for n-ary logical XOR.

An n-ary logical XOR Q(…) ^ Q(…) ^ … ^ Q(…) should evaluate to true
when an odd number of its operands evaluate to true, not when exactly
one operand evaluates to true.

4 files changed, 44 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/django/db/models/sql/where.py b/django/db/models/sql/where.py
index aaab1730b7..2f23a2932c 100644
--- a/django/db/models/sql/where.py
+++ b/django/db/models/sql/where.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from functools import reduce
 
 from django.core.exceptions import EmptyResultSet, FullResultSet
 from django.db.models.expressions import Case, When
+from django.db.models.functions import Mod
 from django.db.models.lookups import Exact
 from django.utils import tree
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
@@ -129,12 +130,16 @@ class WhereNode(tree.Node):
             # Convert if the database doesn't support XOR:
             #   a XOR b XOR c XOR ...
             # to:
-            #   (a OR b OR c OR ...) AND (a + b + c + ...) == 1
+            #   (a OR b OR c OR ...) AND MOD(a + b + c + ..., 2) == 1
+            # The result of an n-ary XOR is true when an odd number of operands
+            # are true.
             lhs = self.__class__(self.children, OR)
             rhs_sum = reduce(
                 operator.add,
                 (Case(When(c, then=1), default=0) for c in self.children),
             )
+            if len(self.children) > 2:
+                rhs_sum = Mod(rhs_sum, 2)
             rhs = Exact(1, rhs_sum)
             return self.__class__([lhs, rhs], AND, self.negated).as_sql(
                 compiler, connection
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
index 1d684607f1..640818d2a5 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
@@ -2021,7 +2021,8 @@ may be generated.
 XOR (``^``)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Combines two ``QuerySet``\s using the SQL ``XOR`` operator.
+Combines two ``QuerySet``\s using the SQL ``XOR`` operator. A ``XOR``
+expression matches rows that are matched by an odd number of operands.
 
 The following are equivalent::
 
@@ -2044,13 +2045,21 @@ SQL equivalent:
     .. code-block:: sql
 
         (x OR y OR ... OR z) AND
-        1=(
+        1=MOD(
             (CASE WHEN x THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) +
             (CASE WHEN y THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) +
             ...
-            (CASE WHEN z THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) +
+            (CASE WHEN z THEN 1 ELSE 0 END),
+            2
         )
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 5.0
+
+        In older versions, on databases without native support for the SQL
+        ``XOR`` operator, ``XOR`` returned rows that were matched by exactly
+        one operand. The previous behavior was not consistent with MySQL,
+        MariaDB, and Python behavior.
+
 Methods that do not return ``QuerySet``\s
 -----------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/5.0.txt b/docs/releases/5.0.txt
index 98bd5d2a9f..fb446fcd7a 100644
--- a/docs/releases/5.0.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/5.0.txt
@@ -424,6 +424,11 @@ Miscellaneous
   a page. Having two ``<h1>`` elements was confusing and the site header wasn't
   helpful as it is repeated on all pages.
 
+* On databases without native support for the SQL ``XOR`` operator, ``^`` as
+  the exclusive or (``XOR``) operator now returns rows that are matched by an
+  odd number of operands rather than exactly one operand. This is consistent
+  with the behavior of MySQL, MariaDB, and Python.
+
 .. _deprecated-features-5.0:
 
 Features deprecated in 5.0
diff --git a/tests/xor_lookups/tests.py b/tests/xor_lookups/tests.py
index a9cdf9cb31..d58d16cf11 100644
--- a/tests/xor_lookups/tests.py
+++ b/tests/xor_lookups/tests.py
@@ -19,6 +19,27 @@ class XorLookupsTests(TestCase):
             self.numbers[:3] + self.numbers[8:],
         )
 
+    def test_filter_multiple(self):
+        qs = Number.objects.filter(
+            Q(num__gte=1)
+            ^ Q(num__gte=3)
+            ^ Q(num__gte=5)
+            ^ Q(num__gte=7)
+            ^ Q(num__gte=9)
+        )
+        self.assertCountEqual(
+            qs,
+            self.numbers[1:3] + self.numbers[5:7] + self.numbers[9:],
+        )
+        self.assertCountEqual(
+            qs.values_list("num", flat=True),
+            [
+                i
+                for i in range(10)
+                if (i >= 1) ^ (i >= 3) ^ (i >= 5) ^ (i >= 7) ^ (i >= 9)
+            ],
+        )
+
     def test_filter_negated(self):
         self.assertCountEqual(
             Number.objects.filter(Q(num__lte=7) ^ ~Q(num__lt=3)),