diff --git a/packages/react/.changeset/nasty-crews-beam.md b/packages/react/.changeset/nasty-crews-beam.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01d1d4213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/.changeset/nasty-crews-beam.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@gadgetinc/react": patch
+---
+
+Fixed bug with AutoForm include/exclude system which prevented submission due to validations getting applied to hidden fields
diff --git a/packages/react/cypress/component/auto/form/AutoForm.cy.tsx b/packages/react/cypress/component/auto/form/AutoForm.cy.tsx
index c41176d50..96e863313 100644
--- a/packages/react/cypress/component/auto/form/AutoForm.cy.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/cypress/component/auto/form/AutoForm.cy.tsx
@@ -235,10 +235,8 @@ describeForEachAutoAdapter("AutoForm", ({ name, adapter: { AutoForm }, wrapper }
   });
 
   it("can render a rich text editor for markdown content", async () => {
-    cy.mountWithWrapper(<AutoForm action={api.widget.create} include={["name", "inventoryCount", "description"]} />, wrapper);
+    cy.mountWithWrapper(<AutoForm action={api.widget.create} include={["description"]} />, wrapper);
 
-    cy.get(`input[name="widget.name"]`).type("test record");
-    cy.get(`input[name="widget.inventoryCount"]`).type("42");
     cy.get(`[aria-label="editable markdown"] > p`).type("# foobar\n## foobaz");
 
     cy.intercept("POST", `${api.connection.options.endpoint}?operation=createWidget`, {
@@ -256,8 +254,7 @@ describeForEachAutoAdapter("AutoForm", ({ name, adapter: { AutoForm }, wrapper }
 
     cy.wait("@createWidget").then((interception) => {
       const { variables } = interception.request.body;
-      expect(variables.widget.name).to.equal("test record");
-      expect(variables.widget.inventoryCount).to.equal(42);
+
       expect(variables.widget.description).to.deep.equal({ markdown: "# foobar\n\n## foobaz" });
     });
   });
diff --git a/packages/react/spec/auto/PolarisAutoForm.stories.jsx b/packages/react/spec/auto/PolarisAutoForm.stories.jsx
index 9bfcc772b..01fd87591 100644
--- a/packages/react/spec/auto/PolarisAutoForm.stories.jsx
+++ b/packages/react/spec/auto/PolarisAutoForm.stories.jsx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export const UpsertRecordWithoutFindBy = {
 export const Excluded = {
   args: {
     action: api.widget.create,
-    exclude: ["birthday", "roles"],
+    exclude: ["birthday", "roles", "name"],
   },
 };
 
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ export const ExcludedWithDefaultValues = {
 export const Included = {
   args: {
     action: api.widget.create,
-    include: ["name", "inventoryCount"],
+    // Inventory is required and  not included. This will be a server-side error since it can be set in the action file code
+    include: ["name"],
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/auto/AutoForm.ts b/packages/react/src/auto/AutoForm.ts
index 6f8e701d7..76c8e7dff 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/auto/AutoForm.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/auto/AutoForm.ts
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ export type AutoFormProps<
 /**
  * React hook for getting the validation schema for a list of fields
  */
-export const useValidationResolver = (metadata: ActionMetadata | GlobalActionMetadata | undefined) => {
+const useValidationResolver = (metadata: ActionMetadata | GlobalActionMetadata | undefined, pathsToValidate: string[]) => {
   return useMemo(() => {
     if (!metadata) return undefined;
     const action = isActionMetadata(metadata) ? metadata.action : metadata;
-    return yupResolver(validationSchema(action.inputFields));
-  }, [metadata]);
+    return yupResolver(validationSchema(action.inputFields, pathsToValidate));
+  }, [metadata, pathsToValidate]);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -180,7 +180,10 @@ export const useAutoForm = <
   } = useActionForm(action, {
     defaultValues: defaultValues as any,
     findBy: "findBy" in props ? props.findBy : undefined,
-    resolver: useValidationResolver(metadata),
+    resolver: useValidationResolver(
+      metadata,
+      fields.map(({ path }) => path)
+    ),
     send: () => {
       const fieldsToSend = fields
         .filter(({ path, metadata }) => {
diff --git a/packages/react/src/validationSchema.tsx b/packages/react/src/validationSchema.tsx
index d595c2da3..10e64b5b7 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/validationSchema.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/validationSchema.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { ISchema } from "yup";
 import { MixedSchema, NumberSchema, StringSchema, array, boolean, date, mixed, number, object, string } from "yup";
 import { fileSizeValidationErrorMessage } from "./auto/hooks/useFileInputController.js";
 import type {
+  FieldMetadataFragment,
   GadgetEnumConfig,
   GadgetGenericFieldValidation,
   GadgetObjectFieldConfig,
@@ -12,8 +13,10 @@ import type {
 import { GadgetFieldType } from "./internal/gql/graphql.js";
 import type { FieldMetadata } from "./metadata.js";
 
-const validatorForField = (field: FieldMetadata) => {
+const validatorForField = (field: FieldMetadata, pathsToValidate: string[] = [], currentFieldPath = "") => {
   let validator;
+  const path = currentFieldPath ? `${currentFieldPath}.${field.apiIdentifier}` : field.apiIdentifier;
+
   switch (field.fieldType) {
     case GadgetFieldType.Boolean: {
       validator = boolean();
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ const validatorForField = (field: FieldMetadata) => {
     }
     case GadgetFieldType.Object: {
       const config = field.configuration as GadgetObjectFieldConfig;
-      validator = validationSchema(config.fields as any);
+      validator = validationSchema(config.fields as any, pathsToValidate, path);
       break;
     }
     case GadgetFieldType.RichText: {
@@ -129,13 +132,23 @@ const validatorForField = (field: FieldMetadata) => {
     }
   }
 
-  if (field.requiredArgumentForInput) {
+  validator = applyValidationsToInputField(field, validator, pathsToValidate.includes(path));
+
+  return validator;
+};
+
+const applyValidationsToInputField = (field: FieldMetadataFragment, validator: any, pathRequiresValidation: boolean) => {
+  if (field.requiredArgumentForInput && pathRequiresValidation) {
     if (field.fieldType === GadgetFieldType.RichText) {
       validator = object({ markdown: string().required() });
     }
     validator = validator.required(`${field.name} is required`);
   } else {
-    validator = (validator.nullable() as any).default(null);
+    validator = validator.nullable().default(null);
+  }
+
+  if (!pathRequiresValidation) {
+    return validator;
   }
 
   for (const validation of field.configuration.validations) {
@@ -251,10 +264,10 @@ export const isFailedJSONParse = (value: any): value is FailedJSONParse => {
 /**
  * Build a Yup validation schema given some fields metadata for validating that a data object conforms to the schema at runtime
  */
-export const validationSchema = (fields: FieldMetadata[]) => {
+export const validationSchema = (fields: FieldMetadata[], pathsToValidate: string[] = [], currentPath = "") => {
   const validators: Record<string, ISchema<any>> = {};
   for (const field of fields) {
-    validators[field.apiIdentifier] = validatorForField(field);
+    validators[field.apiIdentifier] = validatorForField(field, pathsToValidate, currentPath);
   }
   return object(validators);
 };