Engine stats - startpage

Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

startpage

0.7

1.0

	Total	HTTP	Processing
Median	1.0	0.8	0.2
P80	1.6	1.2	0.4
P95	1.8	1.8	0.0

Errors and exceptions

Exception	json.decoder.JSONDecodeError	Percentage	90
Parameter	Extra data
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:407
Function	response
Code	results_json = loads(results_raw)

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	get_sc_code: [PR-695] querying new sc timestamp failed! (https://www.startpage.com/en/errors/?t=device)
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:228
Function	get_sc_code
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(

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

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:218
Function	get_sc_code
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: 2025.9.14+23257bddc

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Error
  * Error: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError
  * Percentage: 90
  * Parameters: `('Extra data',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:407`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `results_json = loads(results_raw)`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('get_sc_code: [PR-695] querying new sc timestamp failed! (https://www.startpage.com/en/errors/?t=device)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:228`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(`

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

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:218`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(`

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