Engine stats - startpage news

Engine name	Scores	Result count	Response time	Reliability
startpage news				5

Errors and exceptions

Exception	json.decoder.JSONDecodeError	Percentage	95
Parameter	Extra data
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:409
Function	response
Code	results_json = loads(results_raw)

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:222
Function	get_sc_code
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(

Exception	httpx.TimeoutException	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:215
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: 2025.4.11+ed2953c59

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Error
  * Error: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError
  * Percentage: 95
  * Parameters: `('Extra data',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:409`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `results_json = loads(results_raw)`

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:222`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(`

Error
  * Error: httpx.TimeoutException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, None)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:215`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `resp = get(get_sc_url, headers=headers)`

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