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: [PR-695] querying new sc timestamp failed! (https://www.startpage.com/errors/#?bc=CA&bi=OVHcloud&be=159d2d852ceca1a078ad393ab670b4a3&bds_t=1780513547Tfb7c1489e8ca24f7f2e8460f384032cf24c44248ca1b8b99fdcbd1389898107d&bds_s=1a4416eea95d40db82e593dac943cf8a&bds_cq=&language=english&lui=english&segment=organic&t=device&cat=web&cmd=gen_page) (suspended_time=86400)
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:228
Function	get_sc_code
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(

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Repository: https://github.com/searxng/searxng
Branch: master
Version: 2025.12.19+8bf600cc6

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Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 100
  * Parameters: `('get_sc_code: [PR-695] querying new sc timestamp failed! (https://www.startpage.com/errors/#?bc=CA&bi=OVHcloud&be=159d2d852ceca1a078ad393ab670b4a3&bds_t=1780513547Tfb7c1489e8ca24f7f2e8460f384032cf24c44248ca1b8b99fdcbd1389898107d&bds_s=1a4416eea95d40db82e593dac943cf8a&bds_cq=&language=english&lui=english&segment=organic&t=device&cat=web&cmd=gen_page) (suspended_time=86400)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:228`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(`

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