Engine stats - duckduckgo

Engine name	Scores	Result count	Response time	Reliability
duckduckgo				0

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	95
Parameter	CAPTCHA (cn-zh) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:470
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	5
Parameter	CAPTCHA (wt-wt) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:470
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	VQD missed (page: 23, locale: all) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411
Function	request
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: master
Version: 2026.3.3+b5c1c2804

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Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 95
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (cn-zh) (suspended_time=0)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:470`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 5
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (wt-wt) (suspended_time=0)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:470`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({params['data'].get('kl')})")`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('VQD missed (page: 23, locale: all) (suspended_time=0)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:411`
  * Function: `request`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(`

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