Engine stats - startpage images

Engine name	Scores	Result count	Response time	Reliability
startpage images				0

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	100
Parameter	get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha (suspended_time=3600)
Filename	/nix/store/5vjnib7qcq0fckfjmy09zbjj50c8wa3y-searxng-0-unstable-2026-02-22/lib/python3.13/site-packages/searx/engines/startpage.py:201
Function	get_sc_code
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(

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Repository: https://github.com/searxng/searxng
Branch: master
Version: 2026.02.22+5054e698

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Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 100
  * Parameters: `('get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha (suspended_time=3600)',)`
  * File name: `/nix/store/5vjnib7qcq0fckfjmy09zbjj50c8wa3y-searxng-0-unstable-2026-02-22/lib/python3.13/site-packages/searx/engines/startpage.py:201`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(`

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