diff --git a/webclient/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/spi/WebClientService.java b/webclient/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/spi/WebClientService.java
index a70c510208a..0425d794e50 100644
--- a/webclient/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/spi/WebClientService.java
+++ b/webclient/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/spi/WebClientService.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 public interface WebClientService extends NamedService {
     @Override
     default String name() {
-        return "@default";
+        return type();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/webclient/metrics/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/metrics/WebClientMetric.java b/webclient/metrics/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/metrics/WebClientMetric.java
index 3c445653459..b39bf5aae35 100644
--- a/webclient/metrics/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/metrics/WebClientMetric.java
+++ b/webclient/metrics/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/metrics/WebClientMetric.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2020, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ static Builder builder(WebClientMetricType clientMetricType) {
         return new Builder(clientMetricType);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String type() {
+        return "metrics";
+    }
+
     MeterRegistry meterRegistry() {
         return registry;
     }
diff --git a/webclient/security/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/security/WebClientSecurity.java b/webclient/security/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/security/WebClientSecurity.java
index ea43dc34a8f..6efe6ad3eac 100644
--- a/webclient/security/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/security/WebClientSecurity.java
+++ b/webclient/security/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/security/WebClientSecurity.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ public static WebClientSecurity create(Security security) {
         return new WebClientSecurity(security);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String type() {
+        return "security";
+    }
+
     @Override
     public WebClientServiceResponse handle(Chain chain, WebClientServiceRequest request) {
         if ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(request.properties().get(OutboundConfig.PROPERTY_DISABLE_OUTBOUND))) {
diff --git a/webclient/tests/webclient/src/test/java/io/helidon/webclient/tests/WebClientServiceTest.java b/webclient/tests/webclient/src/test/java/io/helidon/webclient/tests/WebClientServiceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..410320b76ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webclient/tests/webclient/src/test/java/io/helidon/webclient/tests/WebClientServiceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.helidon.webclient.tests;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import io.helidon.security.Security;
+import io.helidon.webclient.http1.Http1Client;
+import io.helidon.webclient.http1.Http1ClientConfig;
+import io.helidon.webclient.security.WebClientSecurity;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.contains;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.empty;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItem;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
+
+public class WebClientServiceTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void noServiceRegistered() {
+        Http1Client client = Http1Client.builder()
+                .servicesDiscoverServices(false)
+                .build();
+        Http1ClientConfig config = client.prototype();
+
+        assertThat(config.services(), is(empty()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void noServiceAutomaticallyDiscovered() {
+        Security security = Security.builder().build();
+        WebClientSecurity webClientSecurity = WebClientSecurity.create(security);
+        
+        Http1Client client = Http1Client.builder()
+                .servicesDiscoverServices(false)
+                .addService(webClientSecurity)
+                .build();
+        Http1ClientConfig config = client.prototype();
+
+        assertThat(config.services(), is(List.of(webClientSecurity)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void servicesFound() {
+        Http1Client client = Http1Client.builder().build();
+        Http1ClientConfig config = client.prototype();
+
+        assertThat(config.services(), is(not(empty())));
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void servicesNotDuplicated() {
+        Http1Client client = Http1Client.builder().build();
+        Http1ClientConfig config = client.prototype();
+
+        assertThat(config.services(), is(not(empty())));
+
+        int numberOfServicesFound = config.services().size();
+
+        Security security = Security.builder().build();
+        WebClientSecurity webClientSecurity = WebClientSecurity.create(security);
+
+        client = Http1Client.builder()
+                .addService(webClientSecurity)
+                .build();
+        config = client.prototype();
+
+        //The number of services has to match. otherwise there has been duplication
+        assertThat(config.services().size(), is(numberOfServicesFound));
+        assertThat(config.services(), hasItem(webClientSecurity));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/webclient/tracing/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/tracing/WebClientTracing.java b/webclient/tracing/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/tracing/WebClientTracing.java
index c16b578c6b0..0f0d6a65f2c 100644
--- a/webclient/tracing/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/tracing/WebClientTracing.java
+++ b/webclient/tracing/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/tracing/WebClientTracing.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ public static WebClientService create(Tracer tracer) {
         return new WebClientTracing(tracer);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String type() {
+        return "tracing";
+    }
+
     @Override
     public WebClientServiceResponse handle(Chain chain, WebClientServiceRequest request) {
         String method = request.method().text();