Engine stats - ask

Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

0.3

	Total	HTTP	Processing
Median	0.3	0.2	0.1
P80	0.3	0.3	0.0
P95	1.3	1.3	0.0

Errors and exceptions

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	5
Parameter	NoneNonewww.ask.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:203
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params["url"], **request_args)

Exception	json.decoder.JSONDecodeError	Percentage	5
Parameter	Expecting value
Filename	searx/engines/ask.py:53
Function	response
Code	json_resp = utils.js_variable_to_python(script)

**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: unknown
Version: 2025.10.05+34eb32f41

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Error
  * Error: httpx.ConnectTimeout
  * Percentage: 5
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'www.ask.com')`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:203`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params["url"], **request_args)`

Error
  * Error: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError
  * Percentage: 5
  * Parameters: `('Expecting value',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/ask.py:53`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `json_resp = utils.js_variable_to_python(script)`

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