Engine stats - startpage

Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

startpage

0.8

0.4

	Total	HTTP
Median	0.4	0.4
P80	0.5	0.5
P95	0.6	0.6

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	85
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(

Exception	json.decoder.JSONDecodeError	Percentage	10
Parameter	Extra data
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:407
Function	response
Code	results_json = loads(results_raw)

Exception	babel.core.UnknownLocaleError	Percentage	5
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:196
Function	get_sc_code
Code	locale = babel.Locale.parse(searxng_locale, sep='-')

**Version of SearXNG, commit number if you are using on master branch and stipulate if you forked SearXNG**
Repository: https://github.com/return42/searxng
Branch: darmarit.org
Version: 2025.9.1+46ef8ebc6

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**What happened?**

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Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 85
  * 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(`

Error
  * Error: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError
  * Percentage: 10
  * Parameters: `('Extra data',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:407`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `results_json = loads(results_raw)`

Error
  * Error: babel.core.UnknownLocaleError
  * Percentage: 5
  * Parameters: `()`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:196`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `locale = babel.Locale.parse(searxng_locale, sep='-')`

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