Engine stats - duckduckgo

Engine name	Scores	Result count	Response time	Reliability
duckduckgo				5

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	45
Parameter	CAPTCHA (ca-en)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:369
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	30
Parameter	CAPTCHA (us-en)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:369
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	15
Parameter	CAPTCHA (uk-en)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:369
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	5
Parameter	CAPTCHA (cn-zh)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:369
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: master
Version: 2025.4.16+b84ae3997

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Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 45
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (ca-en)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:369`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 30
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (us-en)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:369`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 15
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (uk-en)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:369`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 5
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (cn-zh)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:369`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

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