diff --git a/components/tool/duckduckgo/ddgsearch/client.go b/components/tool/duckduckgo/ddgsearch/client.go
index ac52199bb..0ef1fbe9b 100644
--- a/components/tool/duckduckgo/ddgsearch/client.go
+++ b/components/tool/duckduckgo/ddgsearch/client.go
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ func (d *DDGS) sendRequestWithRetry(ctx context.Context, req *http.Request, para
 
 		break
 	}
-
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	// Read response body
@@ -166,6 +165,11 @@ func (d *DDGS) sendRequestWithRetry(ctx context.Context, req *http.Request, para
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read response body: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("request duckduckgo failed with status code: %d, msg=%v",
+			resp.StatusCode, string(body))
+	}
+
 	// Parse search response
 	response, err := parseSearchResponse(body)
 	if err != nil {