Engine stats - duckduckgo

Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

duckduckgo

0.7

1.0

	Total	HTTP	Processing
Median	1.0	0.9	0.1
P80	1.7	1.6	0.1
P95	2.5	2.4	0.1

Errors and exceptions

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	10
Parameter	NoneNoneduckduckgo.com
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:118
Function	get_vqd
Code	resp = get(f'https://duckduckgo.com/?q={quote_plus(query)}')

Exception	httpx.TimeoutException	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:116
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params['url'], **request_args)

Exception	sqlite3.OperationalError	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:139
Function	set_vqd
Code	cache.set(key=key, value=value, expire=3600)

Exception	httpx.TimeoutException	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:118
Function	get_vqd
Code	resp = get(f'https://duckduckgo.com/?q={quote_plus(query)}')

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineXPathException	Percentage	0
Parameter	//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@hrefindex 0 not found
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:391
Function	response
Code	url=eval_xpath_getindex(doc, '//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@href', 0), # type: ignore

Message	timeout	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/search/processors/abstract.py:100
Function	handle_exception
Code	count_error(self.engine_name, exception_or_message)

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	0
Parameter	NoneNonehtml.duckduckgo.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:116
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params['url'], **request_args)

**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: 2025.7.27+f04c27373

**How did you install SearXNG?**

**What happened?**

**How To Reproduce**

**Expected behavior**

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**Additional context**

**Technical report**

Error
  * Error: httpx.ConnectTimeout
  * Percentage: 10
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'duckduckgo.com')`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:118`
  * Function: `get_vqd`
  * Code: `resp = get(f'https://duckduckgo.com/?q={quote_plus(query)}')`

Error
  * Error: httpx.TimeoutException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, None)`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:116`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params['url'], **request_args)`

Error
  * Error: sqlite3.OperationalError
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `()`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:139`
  * Function: `set_vqd`
  * Code: `cache.set(key=key, value=value, expire=3600)`

Error
  * Error: httpx.TimeoutException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, None)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:118`
  * Function: `get_vqd`
  * Code: `resp = get(f'https://duckduckgo.com/?q={quote_plus(query)}')`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineXPathException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@href', 'index 0 not found')`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:391`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `url=eval_xpath_getindex(doc, '//div[@id="zero_click_abstract"]/a/@href', 0),  # type: ignore`

Error
  * Error: timeout
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `()`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/abstract.py:100`
  * Function: `handle_exception`
  * Code: `count_error(self.engine_name, exception_or_message)`

Error
  * Error: httpx.ConnectTimeout
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'html.duckduckgo.com')`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:116`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params['url'], **request_args)`

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