Engine stats - duckduckgo

Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

duckduckgo

0.3

0.5

	Total	HTTP	Processing
Median	0.5	0.5	0.0
P80	0.7	0.6	0.1
P95	0.8	0.8	0.0

100

Errors and exceptions

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	0
Parameter	NoneNonehtml.duckduckgo.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:203
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params["url"], **request_args)

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (xa-ar) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:342
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineAccessDeniedException	Percentage	0
Parameter	HTTP error 403 (suspended_time=86400)
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:203
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params["url"], **request_args)

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA () (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:342
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (fr-fr) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:342
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_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: 2025.10.18+ee6d4f322

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Error
  * Error: httpx.ConnectTimeout
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'html.duckduckgo.com')`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:203`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params["url"], **request_args)`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (xa-ar) (suspended_time=0)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:342`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineAccessDeniedException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('HTTP error 403 (suspended_time=86400)',)`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:203`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params["url"], **request_args)`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA () (suspended_time=0)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:342`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (fr-fr) (suspended_time=0)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:342`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

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