diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index c052579f90a0f..4ef08341dc293 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@
   <component name="JavaScriptSettings">
     <option name="languageLevel" value="ES6" />
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_11" default="false" project-jdk-name="11" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
-    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build" />
-  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Python 3.11" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/py/python.iml b/py/python.iml
index 7e39384d0a360..238e0029909b4 100644
--- a/py/python.iml
+++ b/py/python.iml
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
     <option name="useAlternativeWorkingDir" value="false" />
     <option name="workingDirSelection" value="&lt;MODULE&gt;" />
   </component>
-</module>
\ No newline at end of file
+</module>
diff --git a/py/selenium/webdriver/chromium/service.py b/py/selenium/webdriver/chromium/service.py
index ae7262d2fcc32..3330a84e4337b 100644
--- a/py/selenium/webdriver/chromium/service.py
+++ b/py/selenium/webdriver/chromium/service.py
@@ -35,15 +35,17 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         executable_path: str = None,
         port: int = 0,
-        service_args: typing.Optional[typing.List[str]] = None,
+        service_args: typing.Optional[typing.Sequence[str]] = None,
         log_output: SubprocessStdAlias = None,
         env: typing.Optional[typing.Mapping[str, str]] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
-        self.service_args = service_args or []
+        if service_args is None:
+            service_args = []
+        self.service_args = service_args
 
         if isinstance(log_output, str):
-            self.service_args.append(f"--log-path={log_output}")
+            self._service_args.append(f"--log-path={log_output}")
             self.log_output = None
         else:
             self.log_output = log_output
@@ -56,5 +58,15 @@ def __init__(
             **kwargs,
         )
 
+    @property
+    def service_args(self):
+        return self._service_args
+
+    @service_args.setter
+    def service_args(self, value):
+        if not isinstance(value, typing.Sequence):
+            raise TypeError("service args must be a sequence")
+        self._service_args = value
+
     def command_line_args(self) -> typing.List[str]:
-        return [f"--port={self.port}"] + self.service_args
+        return [f"--port={self.port}"] + self._service_args
diff --git a/py/selenium/webdriver/edge/service.py b/py/selenium/webdriver/edge/service.py
index 881fc622784a3..30fd690113eb7 100644
--- a/py/selenium/webdriver/edge/service.py
+++ b/py/selenium/webdriver/edge/service.py
@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@ def __init__(
         port: int = 0,
         verbose: bool = False,
         log_output: SubprocessStdAlias = None,
-        service_args: typing.Optional[typing.List[str]] = None,
+        service_args: typing.Optional[typing.Sequence[str]] = None,
         env: typing.Optional[typing.Mapping[str, str]] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
-        self.service_args = service_args or []
+        if service_args is None:
+            service_args = []
+        self.service_args = service_args
 
         if verbose:
             warnings.warn(
@@ -52,13 +54,22 @@ def __init__(
                 DeprecationWarning,
                 stacklevel=2,
             )
-            self.service_args.append("--verbose")
-
+            self._service_args.append("--verbose")
         super().__init__(
             executable_path=executable_path,
             port=port,
-            service_args=service_args,
+            service_args=self.service_args,
             log_output=log_output,
             env=env,
             **kwargs,
         )
+
+    @property
+    def service_args(self):
+        return self._service_args
+
+    @service_args.setter
+    def service_args(self, value):
+        if not isinstance(value, typing.Sequence):
+            raise TypeError("service args must be a sequence")
+        self._service_args = value
diff --git a/py/selenium/webdriver/firefox/service.py b/py/selenium/webdriver/firefox/service.py
index 506876aa908a1..732c986de9200 100644
--- a/py/selenium/webdriver/firefox/service.py
+++ b/py/selenium/webdriver/firefox/service.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 import typing
-from typing import List
 
 from selenium.types import SubprocessStdAlias
 from selenium.webdriver.common import service
@@ -37,12 +36,19 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         executable_path: str = None,
         port: int = 0,
-        service_args: typing.Optional[typing.List[str]] = None,
+        service_args: typing.Optional[typing.Sequence[str]] = None,
         log_output: SubprocessStdAlias = None,
         env: typing.Optional[typing.Mapping[str, str]] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
-        self.service_args = service_args or []
+        if service_args is None:
+            service_args = []
+        self.service_args = service_args
+
+        # Set a port for CDP
+        if "--connect-existing" not in self._service_args:
+            self._service_args.append("--websocket-port")
+            self._service_args.append(f"{utils.free_port()}")
 
         super().__init__(
             executable=executable_path,
@@ -52,10 +58,15 @@ def __init__(
             **kwargs,
         )
 
-        # Set a port for CDP
-        if "--connect-existing" not in self.service_args:
-            self.service_args.append("--websocket-port")
-            self.service_args.append(f"{utils.free_port()}")
+    @property
+    def service_args(self):
+        return self._service_args
+
+    @service_args.setter
+    def service_args(self, value):
+        if not isinstance(value, typing.Sequence):
+            raise TypeError("service args must be a sequence")
+        self._service_args = value
 
-    def command_line_args(self) -> List[str]:
-        return ["--port", f"{self.port}"] + self.service_args
+    def command_line_args(self) -> typing.List[str]:
+        return ["--port", f"{self.port}"] + self._service_args
diff --git a/py/selenium/webdriver/ie/service.py b/py/selenium/webdriver/ie/service.py
index 3713517d30ff3..da06d9658e905 100644
--- a/py/selenium/webdriver/ie/service.py
+++ b/py/selenium/webdriver/ie/service.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 import typing
-from typing import List
 
 from selenium.types import SubprocessStdAlias
 from selenium.webdriver.common import service
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ def __init__(
         executable_path: str = None,
         port: int = 0,
         host: typing.Optional[str] = None,
-        service_args: typing.Optional[typing.List[str]] = None,
+        service_args: typing.Optional[typing.Sequence[str]] = None,
         log_level: typing.Optional[str] = None,
         log_output: SubprocessStdAlias = None,
         **kwargs,
@@ -45,12 +44,15 @@ def __init__(
          - log_output: (Optional) int representation of STDOUT/DEVNULL, any IO instance or String path to file.
            Default is "stdout".
         """
-        self.service_args = service_args or []
+        if service_args is None:
+            service_args = []
+        self.service_args = service_args
+
         if host:
-            self.service_args.append(f"--host={host}")
-        if log_level:
-            self.service_args.append(f"--log-level={log_level}")
+            self._service_args.append(f"--host={host}")
 
+        if log_level:
+            self._service_args.append(f"--log-level={log_level}")
         super().__init__(
             executable_path,
             port=port,
@@ -58,5 +60,15 @@ def __init__(
             **kwargs,
         )
 
-    def command_line_args(self) -> List[str]:
-        return [f"--port={self.port}"] + self.service_args
+    @property
+    def service_args(self):
+        return self._service_args
+
+    @service_args.setter
+    def service_args(self, value):
+        if not isinstance(value, typing.Sequence):
+            raise TypeError("Service args must be a sequence")
+        self._service_args = value
+
+    def command_line_args(self) -> typing.List[str]:
+        return [f"--port={self.port}"] + self._service_args
diff --git a/py/selenium/webdriver/safari/service.py b/py/selenium/webdriver/safari/service.py
index be6427960f37e..65a8625915f0b 100644
--- a/py/selenium/webdriver/safari/service.py
+++ b/py/selenium/webdriver/safari/service.py
@@ -37,16 +37,19 @@ def __init__(
         executable_path: str = None,
         port: int = 0,
         quiet: bool = None,
-        service_args: typing.Optional[typing.List[str]] = None,
+        service_args: typing.Optional[typing.Sequence[str]] = None,
         env: typing.Optional[typing.Mapping[str, str]] = None,
         reuse_service=False,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
-        self.service_args = service_args or []
+        if service_args is None:
+            service_args = []
+        self.service_args = service_args
+
         if quiet is not None:
             warnings.warn("quiet is no longer needed to supress output", DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+        self.reuse_service = reuse_service
 
-        self._reuse_service = reuse_service
         super().__init__(
             executable=executable_path,
             port=port,
@@ -54,8 +57,15 @@ def __init__(
             **kwargs,
         )
 
-    def command_line_args(self) -> typing.List[str]:
-        return ["-p", f"{self.port}"] + self.service_args
+    @property
+    def service_args(self):
+        return self._service_args
+
+    @service_args.setter
+    def service_args(self, value):
+        if not isinstance(value, typing.Sequence):
+            raise TypeError("service args must be a sequence")
+        self._service_args = value
 
     @property
     def service_url(self) -> str:
@@ -71,3 +81,6 @@ def reuse_service(self, reuse: bool) -> None:
         if not isinstance(reuse, bool):
             raise TypeError("reuse must be a boolean")
         self._reuse_service = reuse
+
+    def command_line_args(self) -> typing.List[str]:
+        return ["-p", f"{self.port}"] + self._service_args
diff --git a/py/selenium/webdriver/webkitgtk/service.py b/py/selenium/webdriver/webkitgtk/service.py
index 883fc0681b488..c96d363dbd51d 100644
--- a/py/selenium/webdriver/webkitgtk/service.py
+++ b/py/selenium/webdriver/webkitgtk/service.py
@@ -37,11 +37,14 @@ def __init__(
         executable_path: str = DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_PATH,
         port: int = 0,
         log_path: typing.Optional[str] = None,
-        service_args: typing.Optional[typing.List[str]] = None,
+        service_args: typing.Optional[typing.Sequence[str]] = None,
         env: typing.Optional[typing.Mapping[str, str]] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
-        self.service_args = service_args or []
+        if service_args is None:
+            service_args = []
+        self.service_args = service_args
+
         log_file = open(log_path, "wb") if log_path else None
         super().__init__(
             executable=executable_path,
@@ -51,5 +54,15 @@ def __init__(
             **kwargs,
         )  # type: ignore
 
+    @property
+    def service_args(self):
+        return self._service_args
+
+    @service_args.setter
+    def service_args(self, value):
+        if not isinstance(value, typing.Sequence):
+            raise TypeError("service args must be a sequence")
+        self._service_args = value
+
     def command_line_args(self) -> typing.List[str]:
-        return ["-p", f"{self.port}"] + self.service_args
+        return ["-p", f"{self.port}"] + self._service_args
diff --git a/py/selenium/webdriver/wpewebkit/service.py b/py/selenium/webdriver/wpewebkit/service.py
index 4dbb35a490e75..484dfcfd4a8a0 100644
--- a/py/selenium/webdriver/wpewebkit/service.py
+++ b/py/selenium/webdriver/wpewebkit/service.py
@@ -37,11 +37,14 @@ def __init__(
         executable_path: str = DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_PATH,
         port: int = 0,
         log_path: typing.Optional[str] = None,
-        service_args: typing.Optional[typing.List[str]] = None,
+        service_args: typing.Optional[typing.Sequence[str]] = None,
         env: typing.Optional[typing.Mapping[str, str]] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
-        self.service_args = service_args or []
+        if service_args is None:
+            service_args = []
+        self.service_args = service_args
+
         log_file = open(log_path, "wb") if log_path else None
         super().__init__(
             executable=executable_path,
@@ -51,5 +54,15 @@ def __init__(
             **kwargs,
         )  # type: ignore
 
+    @property
+    def service_args(self):
+        return self._service_args
+
+    @service_args.setter
+    def service_args(self, value):
+        if not isinstance(value, typing.Sequence):
+            raise TypeError("service args must be a sequence")
+        self._service_args = value
+
     def command_line_args(self) -> typing.List[str]:
-        return ["-p", f"{self.port}"] + self.service_args
+        return ["-p", f"{self.port}"] + self._service_args