When using PolymorphicModelSerializer with JSONRenderer, the extract_included method is retrieving the base polymorphic serializer instead of the specific serializer corresponding to the object instance. This results in the includes not being processed correctly, as the base polymorphic serializer is not equipped to handle the specifics of each derived instance.

It appears that the issue can be resolved by modifying the render method to correctly identify and use the appropriate serializer based on the object instance during the rendering process. This adjustment should enable includes to function as expected with polymorphic serializers.

if serializer is not None: # Extract root meta for any type of serializer json_api_meta.update(self.extract_root_meta(serializer, serializer_data)) if getattr(serializer, "many", False): ... else: if isinstance(serializer, PolymorphicModelSerializer): resource_instance = serializer.instance serializer_class = serializer.get_polymorphic_serializer_for_instance(resource_instance) serializer = serializer_class(resource_instance, context=serializer.context) fields = utils.get_serializer_fields(serializer) ...