Bug: 1337x engine

[aj4m2a]

Version of SearXNG, commit number if you are using on master branch and stipulate if you forked SearXNG
Repository: https://github.com/tiekoetter/searxng
Branch: master
Version: 2025.6.6+49a1f08a1 (29d0be4)

How did you install SearXNG?
Unknown. I am a user, not the website administrator

What happened?
The engine for the 1337x.to site does not provide any results due to a connection refusal

How To Reproduce
Use the searx.tiekoetter.com site to search for Files using the 1337x.to engine

Expected behavior
I expected results from the 1337x.to site

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Additional context

Technical report

Error

• Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineAccessDeniedException
• Percentage: 100
• Parameters: ('HTTP error 403',)
• File name: searx/search/processors/online.py:116
• Function: _send_http_request
• Code: response = req(params['url'], **request_args)

[tiekoetter]

The instance is blocked by 1337x.to (as seen in the HTTP error code 403). As this happens on all public instances and even on private ones you may escalate this issue to https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues if you deem it important enough.