Engine stats - qwant

Engine name	Scores	Result count	Response time	Reliability
qwant				-5

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	40
Parameter	CAPTCHA (suspended_time=86400)
Filename	searx/engines/qwant.py:197
Function	parse_web_api
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException()

Exception	json.decoder.JSONDecodeError	Percentage	40
Parameter	Expecting value
Filename	searx/engines/qwant.py:188
Function	parse_web_api
Code	search_results = loads(resp.text)

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	25
Parameter	NoneNoneapi.qwant.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:203
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: 2025.9.20+b7ecc1c24

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Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 40
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA (suspended_time=86400)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/qwant.py:197`
  * Function: `parse_web_api`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException()`

Error
  * Error: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError
  * Percentage: 40
  * Parameters: `('Expecting value',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/qwant.py:188`
  * Function: `parse_web_api`
  * Code: `search_results = loads(resp.text)`

Error
  * Error: httpx.ConnectTimeout
  * Percentage: 25
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'api.qwant.com')`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:203`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params["url"], **request_args)`

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