From 867c7c0451f2e67e715da5b55b5bf6696747fdc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vishwa <vis.pypi@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 10:16:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #37130 -- Skipped DB cache deletion when culling offset
 is zero.

---
 django/core/cache/backends/db.py |  4 ++--
 tests/cache/tests.py             | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/django/core/cache/backends/db.py b/django/core/cache/backends/db.py
index 966312766935..3ede514b7055 100644
--- a/django/core/cache/backends/db.py
+++ b/django/core/cache/backends/db.py
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ def _cull(self, db, cursor, now, num):
             )
             deleted_count = cursor.rowcount
             remaining_num = num - deleted_count
-            if remaining_num > self._max_entries:
-                cull_num = remaining_num // self._cull_frequency
+            cull_num = remaining_num // self._cull_frequency
+            if cull_num > 0 and remaining_num > self._max_entries:
                 cursor.execute(
                     connection.ops.cache_key_culling_sql() % table, [cull_num]
                 )
diff --git a/tests/cache/tests.py b/tests/cache/tests.py
index 4bc3e1e9cee9..6ccc8f2a3eca 100644
--- a/tests/cache/tests.py
+++ b/tests/cache/tests.py
@@ -1361,6 +1361,24 @@ def test_no_query_without_check(self):
                 )
                 self.assertEqual(num_count_queries, 0)
 
+    def test_delete_query_skipped_on_high_cull_frequency(self):
+        cull_delete_cache = caches["cull"]
+        old_cull_freq = cull_delete_cache._cull_frequency
+
+        # CULL_FREQUENCY > MAX_ENTRIES forces
+        # (remaining_num // CULL_FREQUENCY) to evaluate to zero (cull_num)
+        cull_delete_cache._cull_frequency = cull_delete_cache._max_entries * 2
+        self.addCleanup(setattr, cull_delete_cache, "_cull_frequency", old_cull_freq)
+
+        self._perform_cull_test("cull", 50, 49)
+
+        with CaptureQueriesContext(connection) as captured_queries:
+            cull_delete_cache.set("force_cull", "value")
+
+        # Only the expiration DELETE query runs; culling is skipped.
+        num_delete_queries = sum("DELETE" in query["sql"] for query in captured_queries)
+        self.assertEqual(num_delete_queries, 1)
+
     def test_delete_cursor_rowcount(self):
         """
         The rowcount attribute should not be checked on a closed cursor.