Engine stats - startpage

Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

0.6

	Total	HTTP	Processing
Median	0.6	0.5	0.1
P80	0.7	0.6	0.1
P95	0.8	0.7	0.1

Errors and exceptions

Exception	json.decoder.JSONDecodeError	Percentage	100
Parameter	Extra data
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:417
Function	response
Code	results_json = loads(results_raw)

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	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	sqlite3.OperationalError	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:245
Function	get_sc_code
Code	CACHE.set(key="SC_CODE", value=sc_code, expire=sc_code_cache_sec)

Exception	sqlite3.OperationalError	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:192
Function	get_sc_code
Code	sc_code = CACHE.get("SC_CODE", "")

Exception	httpx.TimeoutException	Percentage	0
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:229
Function	get_sc_code
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(

Exception	babel.core.UnknownLocaleError	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:207
Function	get_sc_code
Code	locale = babel.Locale.parse(searxng_locale, sep='-')

Exception	httpx.UnsupportedProtocol	Percentage	0
Parameter	NoneNonelocalhost
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:222
Function	get_sc_code
Code	resp = get(get_sc_url, headers=headers)

**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: 2025.5.25+7a5a499

**How did you install SearXNG?**

**What happened?**

**How To Reproduce**

**Expected behavior**

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**Additional context**

**Technical report**

Error
  * Error: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError
  * Percentage: 100
  * Parameters: `('Extra data',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:417`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `results_json = loads(results_raw)`

Error
  * Error: httpx.ConnectTimeout
  * 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: sqlite3.OperationalError
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `()`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:245`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `CACHE.set(key="SC_CODE", value=sc_code, expire=sc_code_cache_sec)`

Error
  * Error: sqlite3.OperationalError
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `()`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:192`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `sc_code = CACHE.get("SC_CODE", "")`

Error
  * Error: httpx.TimeoutException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, None)`
  * 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:229`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(`

Error
  * Error: babel.core.UnknownLocaleError
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `()`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:207`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `locale = babel.Locale.parse(searxng_locale, sep='-')`

Error
  * Error: httpx.UnsupportedProtocol
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'localhost')`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:222`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `resp = get(get_sc_url, headers=headers)`

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