Engine stats - startpage

Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

startpage

1.8

0.5

	Total	HTTP
Median	0.5	0.5
P80	0.6	0.6
P95	0.8	0.8

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	5
Parameter	CAPTCHA (suspended_time=86400)
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:409
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException()

Message	timeout	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/search/processors/abstract.py:185
Function	handle_exception
Code	count_error(self.engine.name, exception_or_message)

Exception	httpx.TimeoutException	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:210
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params["url"], **request_args) # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha (suspended_time=86400)
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:218
Function	get_sc_code
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(

**Version of SearXNG, commit number if you are using on master branch and stipulate if you forked SearXNG**
Repository: https://github.com/searxng/searxng
Branch: master
Version: 2026.1.2+3d88876a3

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Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 5
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (suspended_time=86400)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:409`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException()`

Error
  * Error: timeout
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `()`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/abstract.py:185`
  * Function: `handle_exception`
  * Code: `count_error(self.engine.name, exception_or_message)`

Error
  * Error: httpx.TimeoutException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, None)`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:210`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params["url"], **request_args)  # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha (suspended_time=86400)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:218`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(`

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