Engine stats - duckduckgo

Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

duckduckgo

0.8

0.9

	Total	HTTP	Processing
Median	0.9	0.8	0.1
P80	1.0	1.0	0.0
P95	1.7	1.7	0.0

Errors and exceptions

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	5
Parameter	NoneNonehtml.duckduckgo.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:203
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params["url"], **request_args)

Message	timeout	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/search/processors/abstract.py:185
Function	handle_exception
Code	count_error(self.engine.name, exception_or_message)

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineXPathException	Percentage	0
Parameter	//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@hrefindex 0 not found
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:381
Function	response
Code	url=eval_xpath_getindex(doc, '//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@href', 0), # type: ignore

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (cn-zh) (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.TimeoutException	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:203
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params["url"], **request_args)

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	CAPTCHA (jp-jp) (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')})")

**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: 2025.10.17+a6bb1ecf8

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Error
  * Error: httpx.ConnectTimeout
  * Percentage: 5
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'html.duckduckgo.com')`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:203`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params["url"], **request_args)`

Error
  * Error: timeout
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `()`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/abstract.py:185`
  * Function: `handle_exception`
  * Code: `count_error(self.engine.name, exception_or_message)`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineXPathException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@href', 'index 0 not found')`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:381`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `url=eval_xpath_getindex(doc, '//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@href', 0),  # type: ignore`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (cn-zh) (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.TimeoutException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, None)`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:203`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params["url"], **request_args)`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (jp-jp) (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')})")`

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