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Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	20
Parameter	CAPTCHA (de-de) (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:342
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	5
Parameter	NoneNonehtml.duckduckgo.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:210
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params["url"], **request_args) # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	5
Parameter	CAPTCHA () (suspended_time=0)
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:342
Function	response
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(suspended_time=0, message=f"CAPTCHA ({resp.search_params['data'].get('kl')})")

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