Engine stats - duckduckgo

Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

duckduckgo

1.5

1.1

	Total	HTTP
Median	1.1	1.1
P80	1.6	1.6
P95	2.1	2.1

100

Errors and exceptions

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

Exception	httpx.ConnectError	Percentage	0
Parameter	NoneNonehtml.duckduckgo.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:116
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params['url'], **request_args)

Exception	IndexError	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:389
Function	response
Code	item["content"] = extract_text(eval_xpath(div_result, './/a[contains(@class, "result__snippet")]')[0])

Message	timeout	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/search/processors/abstract.py:100
Function	handle_exception
Code	count_error(self.engine_name, exception_or_message)

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineXPathException	Percentage	0
Parameter	//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@hrefindex 0 not found
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:404
Function	response
Code	url=eval_xpath_getindex(doc, '//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@href', 0),

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
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	httpx.TimeoutException	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:116
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params['url'], **request_args)

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	0
Parameter	NoneNonehtml.duckduckgo.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:116
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params['url'], **request_args)

**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: 2025.4.12+391bb1268

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**What happened?**

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Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (de-de)',)`
  * 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: httpx.ConnectError
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'html.duckduckgo.com')`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:116`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params['url'], **request_args)`

Error
  * Error: IndexError
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `()`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:389`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `item["content"] = extract_text(eval_xpath(div_result, './/a[contains(@class, "result__snippet")]')[0])`

Error
  * Error: timeout
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `()`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/abstract.py:100`
  * Function: `handle_exception`
  * Code: `count_error(self.engine_name, exception_or_message)`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineXPathException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@href', 'index 0 not found')`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:404`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `url=eval_xpath_getindex(doc, '//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@href', 0),`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * 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: httpx.TimeoutException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, None)`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:116`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params['url'], **request_args)`

Error
  * Error: httpx.ConnectTimeout
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'html.duckduckgo.com')`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:116`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params['url'], **request_args)`

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