diff --git a/libraries/scripting/common/src/kotlin/script/experimental/api/errorHandling.kt b/libraries/scripting/common/src/kotlin/script/experimental/api/errorHandling.kt
index 803f04bc395..692d804cd94 100644
--- a/libraries/scripting/common/src/kotlin/script/experimental/api/errorHandling.kt
+++ b/libraries/scripting/common/src/kotlin/script/experimental/api/errorHandling.kt
@@ -138,6 +138,24 @@ operator fun <R> List<ScriptDiagnostic>.plus(result: ResultWithDiagnostics<R>):
 fun <R> R.asSuccess(reports: List<ScriptDiagnostic> = listOf()): ResultWithDiagnostics.Success<R> =
     ResultWithDiagnostics.Success(this, reports)
 
+/**
+ * Makes Failure result with optional diagnostic [reports]
+ */
+fun makeFailureResult(reports: List<ScriptDiagnostic>): ResultWithDiagnostics.Failure =
+    ResultWithDiagnostics.Failure(reports)
+
+/**
+ * Makes Failure result with optional diagnostic [reports]
+ */
+fun makeFailureResult(vararg reports: ScriptDiagnostic): ResultWithDiagnostics.Failure =
+    ResultWithDiagnostics.Failure(reports.asList())
+
+/**
+ * Makes Failure result with diagnostic [message] with optional [path] and [location]
+ */
+fun makeFailureResult(message: String, path: String? = null, location: SourceCode.Location? = null): ResultWithDiagnostics.Failure =
+    ResultWithDiagnostics.Failure(message.asErrorDiagnostics(path, location))
+
 /**
  * Converts the receiver Throwable to the Failure results wrapper with optional [customMessage], [path] and [location]
  */
diff --git a/libraries/scripting/common/src/kotlin/script/experimental/api/scriptCompilation.kt b/libraries/scripting/common/src/kotlin/script/experimental/api/scriptCompilation.kt
index a5603537c90..4d9ee725835 100644
--- a/libraries/scripting/common/src/kotlin/script/experimental/api/scriptCompilation.kt
+++ b/libraries/scripting/common/src/kotlin/script/experimental/api/scriptCompilation.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ open class ScriptCompilationConfiguration(baseConfigurations: Iterable<ScriptCom
     companion object : ScriptCompilationConfigurationKeys
 
     object Default : ScriptCompilationConfiguration()
+
+    /**
+     * An alternative to the constructor with base configuration, which returns a new configuration only if [body] adds anything
+     * to the original one, otherwise returns original
+     */
+    fun withUpdates(body: Builder.() -> Unit = {}): ScriptCompilationConfiguration {
+        val newConfiguration = ScriptCompilationConfiguration(this, body = body)
+        return if (newConfiguration == this) this
+        else newConfiguration
+    }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/libraries/scripting/jvm/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvm/compat/diagnosticsUtil.kt b/libraries/scripting/jvm/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvm/compat/diagnosticsUtil.kt
index ce549cf8510..d4e034d793b 100644
--- a/libraries/scripting/jvm/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvm/compat/diagnosticsUtil.kt
+++ b/libraries/scripting/jvm/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvm/compat/diagnosticsUtil.kt
@@ -39,5 +39,17 @@ fun mapToLegacyScriptReportSeverity(severity: ScriptDiagnostic.Severity): Script
 fun mapLegacyScriptPosition(pos: ScriptContents.Position?): SourceCode.Location? =
     pos?.let { SourceCode.Location(SourceCode.Position(pos.line, pos.col)) }
 
+fun mapLegacyScriptPosition(pos: ScriptReport.Position?): SourceCode.Location? =
+    pos?.let {
+        val endPos =
+            if (pos.endLine == null || pos.endColumn == null) null
+            else SourceCode.Position(pos.endLine!!, pos.endColumn!!)
+        SourceCode.Location(SourceCode.Position(pos.startLine, pos.startColumn), endPos)
+    }
+
 fun mapToLegacyScriptReportPosition(pos: SourceCode.Location?): ScriptReport.Position? =
     pos?.let { ScriptReport.Position(pos.start.line, pos.start.col) }
+
+fun Iterable<ScriptReport>.mapToDiagnostics(): List<ScriptDiagnostic> = map { (message, severity, position: ScriptReport.Position?) ->
+    ScriptDiagnostic(message, mapLegacyDiagnosticSeverity(severity), null, mapLegacyScriptPosition(position))
+}