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Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

0.7

	Total	HTTP
Median	0.7	0.7
P80	0.7	0.7
P95	0.7	0.7

Errors and exceptions

Exception	httpx.UnsupportedProtocol	Percentage	35
Parameter	NoneNonelocalhost
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:218
Function	get_sc_code
Code	resp = get(get_sc_url, headers=headers)

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	35
Parameter	get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:225
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: 2025.8.12+6b1516d6a

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Error
  * Error: httpx.UnsupportedProtocol
  * Percentage: 35
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'localhost')`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:218`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `resp = get(get_sc_url, headers=headers)`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 35
  * Parameters: `('get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:225`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(`

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