Merge pull request #1859 from emanlove/mutable-default-value-1817

Mutable default value 1817

Author: emanlove

.github/workflows/CI.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: [3.8, 3.11]  # 3.12, pypy-3.9
-        rf-version: [4.1.3, 5.0.1, 6.0.1]
+        rf-version: [4.1.3, 5.0.1, 6.0.1, 6.1.1]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3

src/SeleniumLibrary/keywords/browsermanagement.py

@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ def _make_new_browser(
 
     @keyword
     def create_webdriver(
-        self, driver_name: str, alias: Optional[str] = None, kwargs={}, **init_kwargs
+        self, driver_name: str, alias: Optional[str] = None, kwargs: Optional[dict] = None, **init_kwargs
     ) -> str:
         """Creates an instance of Selenium WebDriver.
 
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ def create_webdriver(
         `Close All Browsers` keyword is used. See `Switch Browser` for an
         example.
         """
+        if kwargs is None:
+            kwargs = {}
         if not isinstance(kwargs, dict):
             raise RuntimeError("kwargs must be a dictionary.")
         for arg_name in kwargs: