Engine stats - qwant

Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

qwant

0.7

0.9

	Total	HTTP
Median	0.9	0.9
P80	0.9	0.9
P95	0.9	0.9

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineAPIException	Percentage	35
Parameter	zh_cn is not a valid locale. (1)
Filename	searx/engines/qwant.py:203
Function	parse_web_api
Code	raise SearxEngineAPIException(f"{msg} ({error_code})")

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineAccessDeniedException	Percentage	15
Parameter	Access denied (suspended_time=180)
Filename	searx/engines/qwant.py:201
Function	parse_web_api
Code	raise SearxEngineAccessDeniedException()

**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: 2026.3.20+6c7e9c197

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Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineAPIException
  * Percentage: 35
  * Parameters: `('zh_cn is not a valid locale. (1)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/qwant.py:203`
  * Function: `parse_web_api`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineAPIException(f"{msg} ({error_code})")`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineAccessDeniedException
  * Percentage: 15
  * Parameters: `('Access denied (suspended_time=180)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/qwant.py:201`
  * Function: `parse_web_api`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineAccessDeniedException()`

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