Engine stats - startpage

Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

startpage

0.7

0.6

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

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	15
Parameter	get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha (suspended_time=3600)
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:208
Function	get_sc_code
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	0
Parameter	NoneNonewww.startpage.com
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:201
Function	get_sc_code
Code	resp = get(get_sc_url, headers=headers)

Exception	httpx.ReadTimeout	Percentage	0
Parameter	NoneNonewww.startpage.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:205
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params["url"], **request_args) # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (suspended_time=3600)
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:399
Function	response
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: unknown
Version: 2026.03.07+a563127a2

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Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 15
  * Parameters: `('get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha (suspended_time=3600)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:208`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(`

Error
  * Error: httpx.ConnectTimeout
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'www.startpage.com')`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:201`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `resp = get(get_sc_url, headers=headers)`

Error
  * Error: httpx.ReadTimeout
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'www.startpage.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: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (suspended_time=3600)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:399`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException()`

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