Engine stats - duckduckgo

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	15
Parameter	VQD missed (page: 6, locale: all) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411
Function	request
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	5
Parameter	VQD missed (page: 5, locale: fr-FR) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411
Function	request
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	5
Parameter	NoneNonehtml.duckduckgo.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:205
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params["url"], **request_args) # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	5
Parameter	VQD missed (page: 10, locale: all) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411
Function	request
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	5
Parameter	VQD missed (page: 2, locale: all) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411
Function	request
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineXPathException	Percentage	5
Parameter	//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@hrefindex 0 not found
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:509
Function	response
Code	url=eval_xpath_getindex(doc, '//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@href', 0),

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	5
Parameter	CAPTCHA (wt-wt) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:470
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({params['data'].get('kl')})")

**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: unknown Version: 2026.03.07+a563127a2 <!-- Check if these values are correct --> **How did you install SearXNG?** <!-- Did you install SearXNG using the official wiki or using searxng-docker or manually by executing the searx/webapp.py file? --> **What happened?** <!-- A clear and concise description of what the bug is. --> **How To Reproduce** <!-- How can we reproduce this issue? (as minimally and as precisely as possible) --> **Expected behavior** <!-- A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen. --> **Screenshots & Logs** <!-- If applicable, add screenshots, logs to help explain your problem. --> **Additional context** <!-- Add any other context about the problem here. --> **Technical report** Error * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException * Percentage: 15 * Parameters: `('VQD missed (page: 6, locale: all) (suspended_time=0)',)` * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411` * Function: `request` * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(` Error * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException * Percentage: 5 * Parameters: `('VQD missed (page: 5, locale: fr-FR) (suspended_time=0)',)` * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411` * Function: `request` * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(` Error * Error: httpx.ConnectTimeout * Percentage: 5 * Parameters: `(None, None, 'html.duckduckgo.com')` * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:205` * Function: `_send_http_request` * Code: `response = req(params["url"], **request_args) # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]` Error * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException * Percentage: 5 * Parameters: `('VQD missed (page: 10, locale: all) (suspended_time=0)',)` * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411` * Function: `request` * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(` Error * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException * Percentage: 5 * Parameters: `('VQD missed (page: 2, locale: all) (suspended_time=0)',)` * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411` * Function: `request` * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(` Error * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineXPathException * Percentage: 5 * Parameters: `('//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@href', 'index 0 not found')` * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:509` * Function: `response` * Code: `url=eval_xpath_getindex(doc, '//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@href', 0),` Error * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException * Percentage: 5 * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (wt-wt) (suspended_time=0)',)` * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:470` * Function: `response` * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({params['data'].get('kl')})")` Start submitting a new issue on GitHub

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