Engine stats - duckduckgo

Engine name	Scores	Result count	Response time	Reliability
duckduckgo				95

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	5
Parameter	CAPTCHA () (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:342
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	0
Parameter	NoneNoneduckduckgo.com
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:108
Function	get_vqd
Code	resp = get(f'https://duckduckgo.com/?q={quote_plus(query)}')

**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: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 5
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA () (suspended_time=0)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:342`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: httpx.ConnectTimeout
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'duckduckgo.com')`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:108`
  * Function: `get_vqd`
  * Code: `resp = get(f'https://duckduckgo.com/?q={quote_plus(query)}')`

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