Engine stats - startpage

Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

startpage

0.3

1.7

	Total	HTTP	Processing
Median	1.7	1.3	0.4
P80	1.9	1.5	0.4
P95	1.9	1.5	0.4

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	50
Parameter	get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:222
Function	get_sc_code
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(

Exception	httpx.TimeoutException	Percentage	15
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:215
Function	get_sc_code
Code	resp = get(get_sc_url, headers=headers)

**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: 2025.3.19+40feede51

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Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 50
  * Parameters: `('get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:222`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(`

Error
  * Error: httpx.TimeoutException
  * Percentage: 15
  * Parameters: `(None, None, None)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:215`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `resp = get(get_sc_url, headers=headers)`

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