Engine stats - duckduckgo

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	20
Parameter	CAPTCHA (uk-en) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:470
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	httpx.ConnectError	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	IndexError	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:493
Function	response
Code	url=eval_xpath(div_result, ".//h2/a/@href")[0],

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

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

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	VQD missed (page: 3, locale: en-GB) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411
Function	request
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	VQD missed (page: 4, locale: en-GB) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411
Function	request
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	VQD missed (page: 2, locale: en-GB) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411
Function	request
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: 2026.3.18+3810dc9d1 <!-- 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: 20 * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (uk-en) (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')})")` Error * Error: httpx.ConnectError * 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: IndexError * Percentage: 0 * Parameters: `()` * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:493` * Function: `response` * Code: `url=eval_xpath(div_result, ".//h2/a/@href")[0],` Error * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException * Percentage: 0 * Parameters: `('VQD missed (page: 5, locale: en-GB) (suspended_time=0)',)` * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411` * Function: `request` * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(` Error * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException * Percentage: 0 * Parameters: `('VQD missed (page: 6, locale: en-GB) (suspended_time=0)',)` * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411` * Function: `request` * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(` Error * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException * Percentage: 0 * Parameters: `('VQD missed (page: 3, locale: en-GB) (suspended_time=0)',)` * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411` * Function: `request` * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(` Error * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException * Percentage: 0 * Parameters: `('VQD missed (page: 4, locale: en-GB) (suspended_time=0)',)` * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411` * Function: `request` * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(` Error * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException * Percentage: 0 * Parameters: `('VQD missed (page: 2, locale: en-GB) (suspended_time=0)',)` * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411` * Function: `request` * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(` Start submitting a new issue on GitHub

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