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Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

startpage news

1.3

0.3

	Total	HTTP
Median	0.3	0.3
P80	0.5	0.5
P95	0.6	0.6

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	10
Parameter	get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha (suspended_time=86400)
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: 2025.10.20+4295e758c

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Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 10
  * Parameters: `('get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha (suspended_time=86400)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:218`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(`

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