Engine stats - startpage

Engine name	Scores	Result count	Response time	Reliability
startpage				-5

Errors and exceptions

Exception	json.decoder.JSONDecodeError	Percentage	85
Parameter	Extra data
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:411
Function	response
Code	results_json = loads(results_raw)

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	10
Parameter	NoneNonewww.startpage.com
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:211
Function	get_sc_code
Code	resp = get(get_sc_url, headers=headers)

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	5
Parameter	CAPTCHA (suspended_time=86400)
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:409
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException()

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	5
Parameter	NoneNonewww.startpage.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:210
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params["url"], **request_args) # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]

**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: 2025.12.12+920b40253

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Error
  * Error: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError
  * Percentage: 85
  * Parameters: `('Extra data',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:411`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `results_json = loads(results_raw)`

Error
  * Error: httpx.ConnectTimeout
  * Percentage: 10
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'www.startpage.com')`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:211`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `resp = get(get_sc_url, headers=headers)`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 5
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (suspended_time=86400)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:409`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException()`

Error
  * Error: httpx.ConnectTimeout
  * Percentage: 5
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'www.startpage.com')`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:210`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params["url"], **request_args)  # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]`

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