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Errors and exceptions

Exception	NameError	Percentage	100
Filename	searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:108
Function	get_vqd
Code	key = CACHE.secret_hash(f"{query}//{region}")

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Repository: https://github.com/searxng/searxng
Branch: master
Version: 2025.5.18+5dff82693

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Error
  * Error: NameError
  * Percentage: 100
  * Parameters: `()`
  * File name: `searx/engines/duckduckgo.py:108`
  * Function: `get_vqd`
  * Code: `key = CACHE.secret_hash(f"{query}//{region}")`

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